On 14/09/05, Timwi <timwi(a)gmx.net> wrote:
Edward Z. Yang wrote:
The idea is this: with a combination of
Javascript and server side tools, it should be feasible to double-click
any word on a page and then edit that single word. This is especially
useful for correcting spelling errors that you would be too lazy to wade
through an entire section to get to.
I'd prefer if it was a sentence rather than a single word. Sometimes a
grammar fix requires changes to multiple words within a sentence.
Well, here's a really neat idea: how about we let people edit section
by section - that way people can do things like merging sentences too,
and we don't need to worry about defining a sentence. Oh, wait... ;)
On a more serious note, I can see that this might be useful for some
power users, but it would definitely remain off by default to avoid
confusion, and only be turned on by a handful of people, so may not be
worth the development and maintenance time if it required changes to
the core code.
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Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]