On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Trying to manage must do to do items while hosting visiting relatives,
> these must dos import into the top of my todo list in leo (from email,
> mostly).  I want to prioritize and sort them, without getting them mixed
> up with all my many other todo items which are on hold while my folks
> are here.  I don't have time to do anything clever, but there's no
> need, just make a node 'On Hold', and demote the on hold items into it,
> done.  They'll sit there and the critical stuff can be imported and
> handled without conflict.
>
> How many todo managers (a) are hierarchical in the first place, and (b)
> will let you move the lower 7/8ths of a list of items into a sub item
> in one keystroke?  Well, there are probably examples, but this is one
> of leo's "features for free", seeing leo as a platform just lets you do
> this even though it was never considered as a required function.
>

Thanks for this story, Terry.  In my mind, true power comes from simplicity
and generality, not features.

Anyway, as I read this I had the idea of asking people for their "Aha"
stories, the stories about how they got what Leo is all about.  I;ll ask
officially on another thread.

Edward

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