Re: Emacs as word processor

["Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> (I still intend to stay out of this thread, for the most part...)
>
> FWIW, wrt the discussion about handling properties, e.g., yanking
> or not etc.:
>
> Two little commands from library `highlight.el' let you copy/paste
> text properties from/to the active region: `hlt-copy-props' and
> `hlt-yank-props'.  And command `hlt-mouse-copy-props' copies them
> from the mouse pointer position (i.e., point & copy).
>
> If you use the mouse to select the region (not necessary, just
> an example) then this is like using the little "paintbrush" tool
> in some applications (e.g. MS Office apps).
>
> Except that you can keep pasting the same properties here and
> there; no need to copy again.  And undo works normally, removing
> the pasted properties.  And you can control which text properties
> get copied, both by option and on the fly.
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/HighlightLibrary#toc6


Isn't it exactly just what we would want to avoid?

Wouldn't we want to promote structured editing with style sheets, so
that instead of pasting faces, you'd rather change the structure of the
document, indicating <emphasis>, or <blockquote style="literary">
and letting the word processor perform the style cascade and text
rendering?

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__Pascal Bourguignon__
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