[Vimoutliner] how to abstract from tree to graphs, or at least have hyperlinks

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 15 June 2006 04:38 am, Peter Princz wrote:
> Dear VimOutliners,
>
> I maintain a one and only, huge outline file (BrainDump.otl :) that
> contains even it's own archive. (In contrast to my real brain. :o )
>
> Both my Diary and ToDo items are in it, and this is where my problem
> begins.
>
> Imagine this:
>
> Projects
> <Tab>Project1
> <Tab><Tab>[_] 25% Item1
> <Tab><Tab><Tab>[X] Item11
> <Tab><Tab><Tab>[_] Item12
> <Tab><Tab><Tab>[_] Item13
> <Tab><Tab><Tab>[_] Item14
>
> ...
>
> I have several projects in parallel. :(
> As I arrive in the morning, I try to pick at least one atomic activity
> from each project a la round-robin, and try to make some progress. It
> works most of the time, but sometimes I get deadlines, so this
> round-robin should be weighted somehow and give much attention to a
> specific project on a certain calendar day.
>
> Fortunately, my diary is in the very same file:
>
> Diary
> <Tab>[_] 2006
> <Tab><Tab>[_] June 2006
> <Tab><Tab><Tab>2006.06.15 Thu
>
> ...
>
> Would be nice to think on a calendar day as nothing else that a
> collection of pointers to arbitrary leafs of the work breakdown
> structures under Projects.
> Planning wouldn't be else than yanking leafs, or references to leafs
> under calendar days.
>
> I tried several methods so far, but don't like them:
> - move the wbs leaf under the given calendar day. But then it is cut
> out of context under Projects, progress in percentages becomes
> misleading there, etc.
> - move it, but move back by the end of the day. A discipline hard to
> follow, at least for me.
> - copy it. But then I always get screwed where to update the progress
> (,,cx), end up with a mixture of checked items in calendar and in the
> project...
> - put a slogan-like short textual reference under the calendar day,
> that guides me to Projects, and then look up the wbs leaf manually.
> Lot of typing and searching, but suprisingly the best so far. Also it
> can be a good basis for logging what I'm actually doing.

I'm really confused as to what you're saying, but it seems to me is what you 
need is cloning, where two headlines are linked such that if you change one, 
the other one is automatically changed in the same way.

Cloning is hugely difficult when using Vim as an engine. Various people have 
gnashed their teeth for years trying to figure out a way to do it, yet it 
remains undone.

If anyone can think of a way to implement cloning, please speak up.

SteveT
 
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