[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 141452] Rename Tools > Chapter Numbering back to Outline Numbering

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141452

--- Comment #28 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
Or you could see it this way:

There is *only one* content structure defined in Writer, and that structure is
defined using outline levels (let me ignore a small structure created by lists,
which is unrelated to the discussion, and would just confuse the following).
Paragraph styles do *not*, *never* define any structure. They can only *help*
in such structuring - in the same way that they may *help* in semantical
structuring, and in formatting - but no style itself is equal to "bold"
formatting, even if you name the style "bold".

There are several solutions:

1. Make all terminology follow the Outline concept (and then, drop *everything*
related to the use cases - so drop all "headings", "chapters", "tables of
contents", and only keep technically clear terms, like "outline paragraphs",
"parts of text governed by an outline paragraph", "index of outline", etc.)

2. Introduce additional - orthogonal - content structure. That, again, must
*not* use paragraph styles, but some similar *property* (which, indeed, could
be set in a paragraph style, as a convenience method - but doesn't make the
style *internally* special). Then - why limit to two structures? Let us define
arbitrary number of orthogonal structures. Then user could name each structure
as they wish. And shoot into their feet (or, rather, make others' life harder,
because even the second orthogonal structure would introduce huge confusion).

3. Just improve the existing structure in steps, using the established and
familiar terms, in the ways that make it not too hard for users to grasp it,
but not trying to create something absolutely perfect (trying to do which would
simply stop any progress).

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