[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 101179] Writer/Web: View > HTML Source mode toggles are awkward

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101179

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Depends on|                            |95861
           Keywords|                            |needsUXEval

--- Comment #10 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to skyhook from comment #9)
> ...
> Anybody editing HTML would save a text version of their source as their
> platform would likely have a different application associated with an HTML
> extension, also, a browser open to view and refresh edits as the proof in
> the pudding. I might still like the idea of toggling views, but its utility
> is so minimal I don't feel it justifies the confusion. If doubling down, the
> goal should be to have any existing HTML file toggle to text on demand, for
> editing.

Well in reality, the entire Writer/Web module is broken. It was implemented for
HTML 4.0 transitional and provides no support for external CSS2 or CSS3.

The developer consensus for bug 95861 is to strip out the entire Writer/Web
module; and this issue with the HTML view "modes" just goes away. 

Essentially we don't want to work in HTML/XHTML directly--just on VCL canvas as
needed by filter import to ODF.

Another facet of that is though the XSLT based import and export filters do a
reasonable job with ODF formatting they are non-performant, so a major C++
based refactoring of HTML/XHTML/XML import and export filters has been
suggested.

For myself, I've moved to the dump Writer/Web module as unsupported with no
chance for dev maintenance or needed feature implementation. It just needs to
be dropped.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95861
[Bug 95861] Writer Web -- rework HTML export and import filters to use HTML 5
and inline CSS3 styles
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