Re: commit (head): toward fixing 8130

Am Montag, den 17.01.2005, 08:40 +0000 schrieb Tomas Frydrych:
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> Hi Robert,
>
> > - IMHO it's better to offer both "apply to paragraph" / "apply to
> > document" and not assume that the user knows the default.
> >
>
> The language setting gets applied to selection, and in this regard it
> functions like any other formatting operation in AW. If the checkbox is
> checked, it also changes the document property lang, so making the
> language default in the absence of explict language markup. Checking
> this box does *not* apply apply the language to the whole document,
> hence, the string 'apply $LANG to the whole document' in the attached
> screen shot is very misleading (if you want to apply the language to the
> whole document, you need to select the whole document).
>
> I am not sure about the benefits of having an additional 'apply to
> paragraph' option, particularly as it would create a behaviour that
> differs from how fmt is generally applied in AW.

I see your point. The major difference still is that the language
setting
- is not visible to the user (at least not obviously)
- it's not located in the Format menu with all the other commands that
behave alike.

Abi's tools offer a very broad range of functionality (that's at least
how i'm conceiving it), therefore i'd still stick to my argumentation
and not assume any default behaviour in that particular case.

Thanks,
Rob
Received on Mon Jan 17 11:39:06 2005