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[Amir Michail <address@hidden>]

On May 22, 2019, at 1:52 AM, Basile Audoly <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Amir,

what is the point of getting of the focus box in a first place? To me, it is both non-invasive and incredibly informative. Without the focus box, it becomes quite difficult to understand TeXmacs' logics.

Basile

Focus is an unfamiliar concept to new users. Moreover, when writing, one would generally like to concentrate on the content rather than on the document structure.

Of course, revealing the document structure is at times important, but I don’t think you need to do that constantly.

Amir

Le 21 mai 2019 à 23:58, Amir Michail <address@hidden> a écrit :

Hello,

Why not have a simplified mode that does away with the focus almost entirely?

For example, maybe only show the focus box when the user is making a selection.

Moreover, instead of having focus operations and format operations, just have the latter. If the user wants to format an entire focus environment, then he/she can select it first (using the temporary focus boxes that appear during selection) and then use a format operation.

Amir