[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 127954] New: Please rename "Show formatting marks" to something correct!

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127954

            Bug ID: 127954
           Summary: Please rename "Show formatting marks" to something
                    correct!
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: needsUXEval
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: mikekaganski at hotmail.com

"Show formatting marks" toggle has an awful name. For two reasons:

1. Its name suggests that what is shows/hides *is* a formatting tool: paragraph
marks, tabs, spaces... These *should not* be used for formatting! Such
"formatting" (inherited from typewriter era) is evil in electronic documents
that makes working with documents a nightmare.
2. Its name confuses people who think that turning on the marks, they would see
the details of applied real formatting. A quote from IRC question: 

> hk239: hi
> hk239: are there some 'hidden' formatting marks that are not displayed even
>        after you select 'show formatting marks'?
> hk239: I'm wondering because the document behavior is inconsistent, although
>        I suspect it's not because of openoffice per ce, but because of the
>        underlying logic
> hk239: for an example, sometimes when using the 'new line' or 'endline'
>        formatting mark, the next line begins immediately below the first one
> hk239: and sometimes it leaves a space
> hk239: At least there seems to be a distinction between a 'return' and a
>        'newline' symbol, which can be made by pressing 'enter' or 'alt+enter'
>        but I think that's not the complete picture

Something like "Show non-printing characters" would be much better (even though
the option also shows text margins).

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