QualCoder with additional "Formatted View" tab

[anouarg88]

Hi! I have been experimenting with ways to retain original formatting of DOCX and HTML files during import. I think the result is interesting:

The import keeps different fonts and font-sizes as well as bold, italic and underlined text. The text can be coded both in the plain text and formatted viewer. They get updated simultaneously. I am not sure how stable it is (I didn't write a single line of code, it was all done by AI). The code can be found in this forked repository.

[qwertygc]

Oh amazing. I know that @Salomon-Mazatlan works on this, for the memo stuff.

[Salomon-Mazatlan]

Oh amazing. I know that @Salomon-Mazatlan works on this, for the memo stuff.

I like this proposal; it has the potential to load text documents or digital books with images. Perhaps we could move from plain-text Markdown to HTML

[kaixxx]

I see why this could be beneficial - and you get extra points for using Gerhard Polts "Osterhasi" as an example ;)

But I also see a lot of potential problems. For the way QualCoder handles text codings internally, absolute character positions are essential. This is how line numbers are calculated, reports are generated, and the AI features reference text. Introducing HTML tags into text documents would require a substantial rewrite of many of these functions, not only in the main coding window. Also, editing text while keeping the existing codings in the right places would become much more complicated.
So, overall, I'm skeptical...

[ccbogel]

Yes it is nice to see the effort of using html for display, it would be a vast amount of work to update QualCoder.

[anouarg88]

Thank you, @qwertygc @kaixxx and @ccbogel for your kind responses! To be honest, I am surprised how well it works. I haven't done extensive testing, yet, but if it turns out to be more or less stable, I might keep using it. And yes, Osterhasi is one of my favorites for intonation practice. ;)

[ccbogel]

@anouarg88 well that is good. It would be good to see most functions tested, within the coding text area, reports and analysis options. as the shifting of characters might be a concern. As well as the vertical stripes positioning mentioned by Kai above.