It is indeed difficult to rank the features some are equally important. Please no new features that threaten stability (and speed) or contribute to ‹corrupted› style sets and auto-title flows. And for continuing the numbering with large portions of unnumbered text inbetween, an option linked to tag flows might make sense.īefore I list the features I’d suggest, let me note this: Mellel is already very good regarding stability and speed while working with large and complex documents (600 pages, tables, pictures). For numbering small portions, a paragraph option might be ok. Maybe make it part of the Mellel ‘section’? Or ‘tie’ it to an auto title element? A paragraph? For numbering large amounts of texts, the section version might make sense. From a user’s point of view, I am not sure where it makes most sense to 'locate' this functionality. For typographic control: Maybe an option to choose where to place the numbers vertically in relation to the line (on the baseline or a certain amount of points above or below the baseline). Maybe an option to use cross references to point to lines (eg. Eg.: In a discussion of an interview, show the first 7 lines (numbered), interrupt the numbering to add a few lines of comments and then continue with the next section of the interview and pick up line numbering where it stopped (8, 9, 10. Maybe an option to 'interrupt' numbering. The option whether or not to print the line numbers (as it is now planned for the track changes feature). The option to align them left or right (by what kind of 'tab' they are aligned) The option of a vertical separating line between numbers and text. Maybe a line numbering style would be a good thing to vary appearance in different style sets. The option, of course, to choose fonts, color etc. One should be able to have the numbers placed automatically in the margin area or to place them manually. between the page border and the margins, as one should not be required to ‘indent’ all the paragraphs to make room for the numbering. It may be a good solution to place them 'outside' of the text area, ie. Horizontal placement: to the left and/or right of the text (only on one side or on both sides), not dependent on whether you write from left to right or right to left. There should be the option of choosing for every line numbered section the starting point for numbering. to include a line numbered section of an interview in a text that is not line numbered). The option of numbering the lines only in one or several parts of a document (eg. The option of not only numbering every line, but also every other/third/fourth/. Line numbering could include the following options: We use it to discuss texts (like interviews) in a detailled manner and to be able to refer quickly to a specific point in a text. Although I regard other improvement of features to be more urgent (due to my specific use of Mellel, like splitting tables over pages and tie captions to diagrams/pictures so they are not separated onto different pages), line numbering would indeed be useful.
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