Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Math Guide additional subsections

[Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com>]

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Regina Henschel
<rb.henschel@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi Jean,
>
> Jean Weber schrieb:
>
>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Regina Henschel
>> <rb.henschel@t-online.de>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Hazel,
>>>
>>> Hazel Russman schrieb:
>>>
>>>> A file containing these two subsections, translated from the German, is
>>>> now on the ODF site in the English Math folder.
>>>>
>>> German:
>>> Die Aktivierung dieser Option setzt die Möglichkeit außer Kraft, durch
>>> Klick
>>> auf ein Formelelement an die entsprechende Position im Markup-Code zu
>>> gelangen.
>>>
>>> English:
>>> The activation of this option makes it possible, by clicking on a formula
>>> element, to gain access to the corresponding position in the markup code.
>>>
>>> It sounds wrong to me. "außer Kraft setzen" means "override". So it
>>> should
>>> be "impossible" instead of "possible".
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Regina
>>>
>>
>> I have tested this, and it does in fact mean "possible". That sentence
>> is talking about an experimental feature that makes it possible for
>> the user to directly edit the code in the preview window, not just in
>> the editor window. When "experimental features" are activated, it's
>> possible; when "experimental features" are not activated, it's not
>> possible. So this is overriding the default, which is for the
>> experimental features to not be activated.
>
>
> It seems I need to explain in more detail, what the German text says.
>
> First switch of "experimental features".
>
> Start inserting a formula into a Writer document. Write a code like 'sum
> from {n=1} to 20 {n^2}' into the command window. Do not finish editing. Make
> sure that the 'Formula cursor' is on. 'Formula cursor' is an icon in the
> toolbar inside the formula editor.
>
> You have got a formula preview. I mean the part where you see the Sigma sign
> Σ. In that preview single click on '20'. You notice a small dotted border
> around the '20'. And in addition, below in the command window, the cursor is
> set at '20'. Try it with single click on the n in n². So there is a deep
> connection from the preview to the command window. It is even deeper. Now
> double-click the '20'. The text '20' is highlighted in the command window
> and you can enter a change, e.g. 32 instead of 20, immediately without
> searching the right place in the command  window.
>
> This feature is "Möglichkeit, durch ein Klick auf ein Formelelement an die
> entsprechende Position im Markup-Code zu gelangen."
>
> Now switch on "experimental features" and try the same as described above.
> You will notice, that this feature is gone. Therefore I have written "setzt
> die Möglichkeit außer Kraft".
>
> I still think, that the English text is wrong.
>
>
> Kind regards
> Regina

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I will try this tomorrow. I am
sure you are correct (you know the program much better than I do) and
I misunderstood what the section said.

--Jean

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