[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 125876] More centralized endnote/footnote settings

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125876

--- Comment #14 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
I agree with Telesto's description of the problem, but not with all of his
concrete suggestion. 

About Telesto's three points:

* I don't see how you can integrate an insertion dialog with a settings dialog.
* Agreed, that's my point (3.) below, but see also my point (4.) about the same
for endnotes.
* I suggest the opposite direction. You see, the whole-document settings should
not direct you to single-page-style-specific settings, but the other direction
does make sense.

Here's what I think I would do:

1. Make Footnote numbering page-style-specific: Bug 155712. That would
naturally move the numbering setting from the document-level Tools-menu dialog
to the Page Style dialog's Footnotes tab.
2. (Maybe) Rename the "Insert | Footnote and Endnote | Footnote or Endnote"
dialog an "Out-of-order Note" or a "Special Note", and only allow choosing the
single character (or string) to use as the reference, without allowing
autonumbering.
3. (Maybe) have an entry for "Insert | Footnote and Endnote" to open up the
current Page Style's dialog at the Footnotes tab.
4. (Maybe) have a fourth menu entry open up the Endnote Page Style's dialog at
the Footnotes tab. (Of course, that brings up the fact that it's not clear to
the user that Endnotes = Footnotes in special EndNote pages.)
5. Add a button to the Page Style dialog's Footnotes tab which takes you to the
document-level Footnote Settings dialog.

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