[Vimoutliner] Re: VO Junior

[Bill Powell]

+++ Steve Litt [07/06/08 13:46 -0400]:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need my wife (Sylvia) and kids to use VO. Sylvia just used VO today (of her 
> own request, after she saw me making a task list with it). She actually used 
> it right to create subtasks under tasks.
> 
> But when she asked how to use it, I just put it in insert mode and told her to 
> use the arrow keys. Only a person knowing Vim or a very motivated person can 
> be taught VO.
> 

Hi Steve,

This sounds like a neat project. My immediate thought is:
could you just leverage Vim's insert mode? I've never used
"Cream", but supposedly it's basically Vim in Insert mode:
except that you still have all the power of Vim under the
hood; syntax highlighting, folding, and so on.

Once you have something like Cream that is easy for a newbie
to install and start typing, that _feels_ like Notepad, it
seems like if you can just make it easy to install VO on top
of that, all you _really_ need then are some good imap
remappings you can use in Insert mode. Probably Ctrl chords,
like <C-Space> to fold/unfold a hierachy. And ,, commands
will work in Insert mode, too, unless people are in the
habit of typing double commas. ;)

Sorry if I missed something, but it's a thought, right?

Bill Powell

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