Newsgroup: it.comp.macintosh
Titolo: Mellel 1.8 beta

Sto testando ora ora la beta della 1.8
Devo proprio dire che hanno fatto un bel lavoro, inoltre apre e salva i
documenti office in maniera decente.
Phate

 documenti office in maniera decente.
differenze più significative rispetto alla 1.7.5?
f.
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 differenze più significative rispetto alla 1.7.5?
Ho inniziato a testarlo solo ieri sera tardi, quindi ancora un giudizio è 
difficile, cmq ti copio le nuove features, invece per il resto dammi 
qualche giorno.
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1] Outline: Mellel 1.8 offers an Outline pane that lists all the auto-
numbers (e.g. headers, sub-headers, figure captions, etc.) listed in the 
document. The outline is located at the left end of the document window and 
can be opened and closed via the outline button at the top-right end of the 
document window.
[2] Structure and tag view: You can view the document structure in the 
Outline pane (under "Structure") and the various tags in the document (like 
figures, charts, etc.) separately or combined. 
[3] Navigating via the Outline pane: The Outline pane will allow you to 
navigate through the document by clicking the name of an item in the 
Outline pane or moving using the up and down arrow keys. 
[4] Creating and deleting outline items: Through the Outline pane you can 
now create and delete items in the outline (and the document) in a fashion 
similar to the way this works with outliners (but works more "naturally," 
we think). 
[5] Promote and demote: Through the Outline pane you can now promote and 
demote auto-numbers in the numbering flows hierarchy. For example, if you 
promote a sub-chapter it will become a chapter, and if you demote it it 
will become a sub-sub-chapter.
[6] OpenType support: Mellel now supports the main features of the OpenType 
technology, allowing for enhanced typographical and language support.
[7] Syriac support: Mellel now supports writing in Syriac, including 
contextual changing of characters (initial, medial, final forms and 
ligatures). The support exists with OpenType fonts only, like the Meltho 
fonts (they're the only fonts available for this anyhow). Find them at: 
http://www.bethmardutho.org/meltho/
 . The support will function to some 
extent with other languages using the Arabic script (or Unicode points). 
[8] Improved Typography: When using OpenType fonts, Mellel now supports 
options like automatic kerning, fractions, superior/inferior text, small 
caps, and so on with Roman text. The "Language" feature (in the Character 
Appearance palette) allow you to set language as a character attributes. At 
this point, this mainly means using the language option with OpenType 
technology. For example, if a font contains special ligatures for German or 
French, if the language for the text is set to German or French, then those 
special ligatures will be available, while with the text set to English 
they will be avoided. 
[9] Improved Arabic/Farsi support: Mellel now supports additional 
ligatures, discretionary ligatures, swash ligatures and contextual 
alternates when using OpenType fonts. This is especially evident with 
combinations of Teh, mem, kaf, and so on. 
[10] Improved Hebrew support: Mellel now fully supports correct pointing 
and trope positioning with OpenType fonts (like SBL Hebrew, Cardo and Ezra 
SIL). The advantage is especially evident with Biblical texts, of course. 
[11] Change note/auto-number flow: Now, you can move a note or an auto-
number from one flow to another. For example, moving a note from footnotes 
to endnotes. The option is accessible either through Edit > Change or the 
contextual menu. 
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Phate

 
direi che la novità maggiore sembra essere l'outline (di cui 
-onestamente- sentivo anche io la mancanza)


 -onestamente- sentivo anche io la mancanza)
e non è da trascurare il migliore supporto per arabo ed ebraico
(legature e puntuazione): viste le pecche di Word in materia, Mellel
forse è il migliore per l'edizione di testi semitici.
ciao,
salvo
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