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Hi Christoph,

On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 23:05 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote:
Quick question: Is there already another "non-printing indicator"
besides the line that explains what has been added (br = icon)? You
remember the discussion about...

+--+\
|br| +-----------------------------------------------
+--+/

... next to the top page border.

I still haven't implemented that button and won't until I get rid of the
layout loops due to the Header/Footer tab. But I added a "Manual Page
Break" / "Manual Column Break" on top of the line as you mentioned.

At least two persons are arguing that it's more logical to have them
with the Text Boundaries like before... any thought?

In this case, I fear nothing is logical ... it is rather a matter of
personal preference and what people already know. The non-printing
characters are visualizing the "control command", whereas the line tries
to explain the result, the "new page".

Thus, if we want to keep the pages as clean as possible, then the
"non-printing character" behavior is the better approach (unfortunately,
we miss a good alternative like the Draft view). If there are more
people who really miss that functionality, the "formatting aids" options
are the way to go.

Ok. Many thanks for sharing your thoughts... I'll probably leave it as
is for the moment. There are much more important things to fix ;)

Regards,

-- 
Cédric Bosdonnat
LibreOffice hacker
http://documentfoundation.org
OOo Eclipse Integration developer
http://cedric.bosdonnat.free.fr


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