Subject: Re: dogfood feedback
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2001 - 15:16:12 CST
On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Paul Rohr wrote:
> At 02:59 PM 2/16/01 +1100, Martin Sevior wrote:
> >On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Paul Rohr wrote:
> >> 3. If you select a portion of an existing list, this indents the whole
> >> thing. I expected only the selected paragraphs to move -- even if that
> >> means making them become a new list.
> >
> >I explicitly put this in. I thought it was what was wanted. You can indent
> >a whole list structure this way. ie
> >
> >1.
> >2. | <--- cursor here
> > 2.1
> > 2.2
> > 2.3
> >
> >pressing indent moves everything 0.5 inches to the right.
> >
> >I like this behaviour...
> >
> >Maybe if the user selects a range containing the list, just the range gets
> >indented.
>
> I had a bulleted list with six entries:
>
> - foo
> - bar
> - baz
> - bim
> - bam
> - boom
>
> I selected a range from somewhere in baz to somewhere in bam (ie, paragraphs
> 3-5). If they'd been just text, then only those paragraphs would've been
> indented.
>
> - foo
> - bar
> - baz
> - bim
> - bam
> - boom
>
> However, since it was a list (I guess) all six paragraphs moved, which was a
> big surprise. I thought -- hey if I wanted all six lines, I woulda selected
> all six! Just move the ones I told you to, Abi!
>
> At that point, I had to be (forcefully) reminded to take a break and stop
> muttering out loud at the screen. ;-)
>
I can see your point. This behaviour will get implemented. :-)
Martin
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