[Vimoutliner] Encrypted outline: was Obvious but don't get it: how do I move outline at N+1 to N

[Noel Henson]

On Monday 04 September 2006 08:36, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> Yeah, I didn't do anything about it either. Back in those days I didn't
> take VO on Windows seriously, but now that a lot of people are using it
> on Windows, a more OS independent method of interoutline linking might
> be preferable.
>
> If/when we implement it, we need to do so in a way that doesn't screw up
> traditional interoutline linking. I've been using Ctags interoutline
> linking since 2001.
>
> I'd suggest we have a config flag for linking_portable or
> linking_classic, and to start out with default it to linking_classic. As
> it proves itself able, (and this includes performance), switch the
> default to linking_portable. If, over a period of a year or 2 the
> portable method proves as good as or better than classic in every
> respect, we can then deprecate classic.
>
> Which leaves just one question -- who will develop the linking_portable
> code? Probably the people with the biggest itch (and the greatest
> opportunity to test it) will be the VO on Windows users. Perhaps some of
> them can develop it, and of course, we VO on Linux people will test
> their code on Linux.
>
> Sound like a reasonable plan?
>
> SteveT
>

I think I'll be the one to develop it. There is an intra-file linking 
plugin for vim that I'll take a look at. Hopefully I can get some ideas and 
make it cross-platform.

Noel

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