Drafting editors flag major issues with code blocks, track changes and keyboard shortcuts
Drafting staff and attorneys said the editor blocks coding semantics from normal editing: copy/paste/backspace can fail inside code sections, track-changes behaves unexpectedly, and undo/redo granularity complicates rapid floor drafting. They urged either editable code blocks during drafting or clear markers to finalize at enrolling.
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Attorneys and drafting staff ran through the document module and reported that many usual editing functions either fail or are constrained when the editor recognizes a code block. One participant said the system felt like "a nonfunctional straight jacket" because they could not backspace or freely move text in code sections, and they were forced into slow workarounds.
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