[Vimoutliner] Thanks again for checkboxes

[Lucas González]

Yes!  Part of it is already written, right?  So what next? :-)

Lucas

2008/7/12 Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>:
> How's this for a top level outline:
>
> * basic usage
> * features
> * troubleshooting
> * addons
> * usage tips and tricks
>
> Does that sound like a plan for the top level?
>
> SteveT
>
>
> On Friday 11 July 2008 19:21, Lucas González wrote:
>> Here's the reminder! ;-)
>>
>> And I don't know what the priorities would be.  I guess it'd be an
>> outline of new features, and then we'd be able to prioritise what is
>> more useful, what's cooler, what has a greater potential to expand the
>> user-base, or whatever.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Lucas
>>
>> 2008/7/6 Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>:
>> > Hi Lucas,
>> >
>> > Let's discuss this when I return from Athens GA late this coming week.
>> > VO's code and capabilities have waaaayyyy outpaced its documentation, so
>> > I guess it's time for me to get to work documenting.
>> >
>> > Please remind me late this coming week, and try to set up  priorities of
>> > what you'd like documented first.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > SteveT
>> >
>> > Steve Litt
>> > Recession Relief Package
>> > http://www.recession-relief.US
>> >
>> > On Saturday 05 July 2008 03:23, Lucas González wrote:
>> >> I know it's the last thing you need-want-can do, but ... ok, I was
>> >> disconnected from this list for many months.  What's been going on?
>> >> You guys seem to have turned vim+vimoutliner into something that is
>> >> really so much more than good old plain outlining.  And it doesn't
>> >> show in the fine manual.  What would a how-to look like?   Or is it
>> >> many how-tos depending on who's using it and what they want to do?  An
>> >> outline of what is there to find?
>> >>
>> >> I'm not saying Please share your umenues and grep one-liners or
>> >> anything.  Just intrigued at what are all those new posibilities after
>> >> the basics of outlining are more or less groked.  The title of the
>> >> article would be "beyond simple outlining" or something.
>> >>
>> >> :-?
>> >>
>> >> Lucas
>> >>
>> >> 2008/7/5 Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>:
>> >> > Hi Noel,
>> >> >
>> >> > As I finish preparations for tomorrow's business trip, it's time again
>> >> > to thank you for checkboxes. What a world of difference they make in
>> >> > trip preparation.
>> >> >
>> >> > Also a big thankyou goes out to whoever clued me in on putting stuff
>> >> > like @wallet and %lastminute in my outline. The @wallet type stuff
>> >> > lists the container that each item goes in. Because of a Places first
>> >> > level item in the notebook, such containers can be hierarchical. For
>> >> > instance, in the main outline there's a line like this:
>> >> >
>> >> > 8 coursewares @ trainingbox
>> >> >
>> >> > Then, in the places tree, there are the following items, all with
>> >> > checkboxes:
>> >> >
>> >> > trainingbox @ smallsuitcase
>> >> > smallsuitcase @cartrunk
>> >> >
>> >> > Ultimately, the car's trunk is the ultimate container, because
>> >> > obviously it doesn't go with me without getting in the trunk.
>> >> >
>> >> > Doing it like this enables me to pack hierarchically, with all the
>> >> > training box stuff checked off when it goes in the training box, but
>> >> > then I need to check the trainingbox off in the small suitcase, and
>> >> > then the small suitcase in the trunk. It's a really wonderful system.
>> >> >
>> >> > Also, it serves as one heck of a packing list, identifying where
>> >> > everything is.
>> >> >
>> >> > The %lastminute gives me a way (via a grep command) to ignore certain
>> >> > items until I leave (keys, stuff in wallet, wallet, travelling
>> >> > bluejeans and the like. With the known last minute stuff out of the
>> >> > picture, I can concentrate on what SHOULD be packed. Of course, just
>> >> > before I go, I make sure that EVERYTHING is checked off (or perhaps
>> >> > labeled with %nottaken so it can remain in the outline for next time,
>> >> > but not worried about this time.
>> >> >
>> >> > With checkboxes plus @location and %timing, the outline becomes a
>> >> > multidimensional database that can be ad-hoc queried with grep one
>> >> > liners.
>> >> >
>> >> > So thanks!!!
>> >> >
>> >> > SteveT
>> >> >
>> >> > Steve Litt
>> >> > Recession Relief Package
>> >> > http://www.recession-relief.US
>> >> >
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