Re: [w3c/editing] Should execCommand dispatch beforeinput or not? (#200)

@johanneswilm 
What you seem to be asking for is a way for a JS app to generate input events which are *indistinguishable* from real input events issued by the user. I'm not sure that should be a design goal at all, given that, for example, JS cannot generate keyboard events that are indistinguishable from the real thing.

Generally speaking, I believe you should err on the side of giving developers more information. The reason is simple: If your app doesn't need some piece of information, you can always ignore it. But if you need that piece of information and it's not there, there's nothing you can do. [Above](https://github.com/w3c/editing/issues/200#issuecomment-558949339), I have described an example where it's important to distinguish between user-issued and app-issued `beforeinput` events. You can bet there are many more cases like that.

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