[Vimoutliner] Re: VO Junior

[Steve Litt]

On Saturday 07 June 2008 13:52, Bill Powell wrote:
> +++ 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

Thanks Bill,

I read about Cream, downloaded it, and am trying to install it. Unfortunately 
I'm getting a bunch of error messages. Has anyone on this list successfully 
installed Cream, and if so, what procedures did you use to install it?

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
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