From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-12-07T02:42:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Idea: Linux PIM in Ruby

Zachary P. Landau wrote:
>>Have a look at Leo (http://leo.sf.net) which is a very sophisticated 
>>Outline Editor written in Python/Tk. It features the category tree (only 
>>they call it an outline) and unstructered text in the nodes. The good 
>>thing is, that it can be scripted (though only in Python) and that nodes 
>>can be 'cloned'  i.e. appear in different places in the outline but 
>>always point to the same content.
>>
>>I used it for structuring my thoughts and also for programming tasks. I 
>>just don't really like the Tk interface.
> 
> 
> For those of you looking for a similar type of program with a text
> interface, check out hierarchical notebook (hnb) at
> http://hnb.sourceforge.net. It is another outline editor. I use it for
> TODO lists, contact information, book lists, etc. It's definitely worth
> checking out.

I will check out hnb and Leo, but I'll make another comment along
these lines.

The typical "outline-oriented" program is not the style I'm
after, either.

I'd probably like to be able to put the list of categories in a
hierarchy, but:
1. I don't want to display the notes (or their titles/IDs)
as part of that tree.
2. I don't want the notes themselves to be hierarchical in
nature -- just plain notes, "info atoms" so to speak.
3. The overly hierarchical nature of the later versions of
Info Select is one thing I *don't* like about it.

Just my opinion. And obviously if I end up leading a little
group in working on this, I will nudge it in the direction
of my tastes.

Cheers,
Hal