[Vimoutliner] Vim Outliner 0.4.0 Final Feature Request

[Steve Litt]

On Wednesday 03 January 2007 14:13, Noel Henson wrote:
> I've posted methods for creating a VO tool bar and adding to the menus.
> What, specifically, do you suggest?

Because I'm so darned good at Vim (and humble too) it's hard for me to put 
myself in the position of my kids. I was unable to find the toolbar to 
download on http://vimoutliner.org.

As far as the VO menu tree, it would need to contain everything we do with ,, 
commands and Ctrl+K and Ctrl+N for interoutline linking, and <warning, tough 
programming described here> would have to do it correctly in insert or edit 
mode, whether there is a selection or not. It would also need basic Vim 
commands such as Insert/Edit mode toggle, insert at cursor, delete under 
cursor, and the like. It would not have to have the rich variety of Vim 
commands (like the several different ways to delete various movements) 
because the person using the braindead mode understands he/she sacrifices 
speed for "user friendlieness". Under such conditions, I'd imagine a Vim 
ignorant person could use VO at a reasonable (though not fast) speed and 
benefit from it. Such a person could later switch over to the real interface.

Like I said, that's just my impression. I'd need to see my wife and kids 
hammering on braindead VO to know exactly what's needed.

Thanks

SteveT

>
> Happy New Year!
> Noel
>
> On Wednesday 03 January 2007 10:24, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Wednesday 03 January 2007 11:06, Steve Litt wrote:
> > [clip]
> >
> > > I'd like to see a UI for the braindead 95% of the population. It
> > > should look like MS Notepad with outlining features, rather than Vim
> > > with outlining features :-). Then my kids could use it.
> >
> > Rereading the preceding, I realize it looks like I want to change the
> > existing UI, which of course is not my wish. I'd like to *add* an
> > additional braindead UI for people valuing "user friendly" over "fast",
> > and for people just starting out who use the braindead UI as a stepping
> > stone to the "classic" VO UI.
> >
> > SteveT
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