new button "renumber lines"

[andrea103]

add the function to relabel physical lines (under edit when in modify mode). enter of new line labels for example by: "r: 1-20, v: 1-15" for lines 1 to 20 and 21 to 35 (resulting in r1, r2, … r20, v1, v2, … v15). That is, prefixes for all the following numbers before the next comma are to be separated by colon.

[stevewh]

I would expand on the definition as follows. Commas are used to separate labels or label shorthand (a formula prefix : startnumber - finishnumber). So "r:1-8,9a,9b,10-15,v:1-8 would yield r1,r2,r3,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,9a,9b,10,11,12,13,14,15,v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8 which could also be done as "r1,r2,r3,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,9a,9b,10,11,12,13,14,15,v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8".

each label is applied in physical line order until labels are all used or until there are no more physical lines.

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[andrea103]

ok.

[IanMcCrabb]

Possible approach is to enable editing on label field in Properties of Physical line.

[stevewh]

Since the sequence (type = TextPhysical) is the container that contains the "PhysicalLine" sequences, it seems this is a good place to store the pattern string for generating the line numbers. I would suggest that when the use indicates to renumber physical lines that we show a dialog for editing the pattern and confirming the renumber. Related to this is that once we renumber the glossary locations get out of sync and would need to be refreshed.

[andrea103]

Update and summary: Current approach is to add a new button (link) in der properties of "TextPhysical," next to "Components:" (see screenshot)

This would open a free text field where to input the new physical lines label sequence as follows.

Commas are used to separate labels or label shorthand (a formula prefix : startnumber - finishnumber). So "r:1-8,9a,9b,10-15,v:1-8 would yield r1,r2,r3,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,9a,9b,10,11,12,13,14,15,v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8 which could also be done as "r1,r2,r3,r4,r5,r6,r7,r8,9a,9b,10,11,12,13,14,15,v1,v2,v3,v4,v5,v6,v7,v8". Each label is applied in physical line order until labels are all used or until there are no more physical lines (e.g., for very long manuscripts, entering 1-600 could be used, even though there are only 574 physical lines).

In addition to the free text field, there should be three buttons: preview, OK and cancel.

Preview calculates the new numbering and displays for each component next to the current numbering (in bold). OK executes the renumbering and refreshs the display. Cancel removes the UI and leaves the current numbering.

In case of multi-editions: The renumbering will clone any unowned physical line sequences.