[TxMt] Auto-close markup

[Trevor Harmon]

On Jan 8, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Timothy Bates wrote:

> So, my guess is this is an inconsistency introduced by Allen in  
> responding to people thinking "this is no good for html, i can't  
> even close tags. So he is trying to expose some more "built-in" and  
> obvious functionality.

But is the Insert Closing Tag function truly "built-in"? I don't know  
why it needs to be. Couldn't it be implemented as part of the HTML  
bundle?

> But it is not rational, I agree. I guess the logical thing to do  
> would be to break out all the functionality pertaining to the  
> current scope (i.e, add the "gear" menu on the bottom of the  
> automation menu)
>
> That way the things you probably want (pertinent to your context)  
> will be in the menu, and other stuff as accessible as ever. Trouble  
> is that this would make the menu clumsy and highly visually  
> confusing (changing often).

I don't think it's as bad as you make it out to be. All that's  
required is to move Insert Closing Tag from the Automation menu into  
the HTML bundle. That would be a simple change (interface-wise, at  
least) and would fix all the confusion.

> Still, i agree that sticking close-tag on the end is not  
> consistent: especially when "cmd-shift-<" and other common items  
> are not there: makes you think you have seen all that is on offer.

Yes, that's exactly why I couldn't find it and had to ask here for  
help. It's a very confusing placement of the command.

Trevor

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