> At 09:44 PM 3/10/99 -0800, Micah Yoder wrote:
> >How hard would it be to implement bookmarks? That might be something I
> >could try to get my feet wet in a project like this. I'm thinking
> >something like this: When you right click in the text, you get the
> >normal menu (of course it doesn't yet - when will that be implemented?)
>
> Hey, is Jeff responsive or what? Context menus are there now. :-)
>
> >from which you could select "Bookmark this...". You'd then get a dialog
> >box asking the name (defaults to the word(s) after the cursor) and radio
> >buttons asking when the bookmark should expire - in X
> >minutes/hours/days, after the end of this AbiWord session, or never.
> >That would let you bookmark something temporarily without having to
> >delete it later. The default would *probably* be expire at the end of
> >the session, but could be changed. That expire thing is just an idea I
> >had - I'm not sure if any other WP implements it! Seems like it would
> >be useful. Of course, another right-click menu option would be a
> >submenu listing all active bookmarks.
>
> Sounds like a good project.
>
It seems to me like a good idea to implement generic place markers first, that
can be used in TOC and index marking. then just implement bookmarks as a
specific type of these marks. Sorta like <placemarker type=bookmark notes="just
a generic marker"/>