Visual editor

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The Visual editor can be very handy for new users and even experienced users to make small changes.

Advantages[edit]

  • Easily add/validate/remove links
  • Can automatically generate filled-in reference templates via a popup

Disadvantages[edit]

  • Not really useful; even not straightforward for new users

Known problems[edit]

  • Cannot add a label to HTTP URLs; use the classic command tag editor
  • References are not automatically shown right after creation; requires a Safe
  • Does not generate a blank lines before a header (makes subsequent text editing more difficult)
  • Delete and backspace can ruin the layout
  • Generates hard line brakes with text paste
  • Hard returns are shown (this is not very practical/useful)
  • Adding headers from flat text after paste does not work properly (requires new line + cut/paste of text)