Thanks a lot, that makes sense ! On 13 Aug., 21:41, "Ville M. Vainio" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:19 PM,Norbert<[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a question concerning chapters : What is their purpose ? Can > > someone give me an example ? > > Chapters create an illusion of having a separate Leo document, while > you are operating on a segment of a bigger document instead (with > ability to clone, etc). > > Fictional example: > > Let's say you have a big "workbook.leo", and you have to give 2 > presentations coming up. > > Your workbook.leo contains confidential stuff. > > You create 2 chapters, presentation-a and presentation-b. You clone > various interesting (non-confidential) nodes to those chapters. > > When the presentation starts, you can open presentation-a. This > immediately hides all the stuff you deem too sensitive for that > audience. When the second presentation is up, you open presentation-b. > > Two weeks pass, and you edit workbook.leo, fixing inaccuracies as you > go. You have to give both presentations again, and you still have both > of those chapters around, with improved content. If you had created 2 > separate leo documents, they wouldn't have been updated. Also, if you > were sharing nodes between presentation a and b, you would have THREE > copies of the same nodes (workbook.leo, a, b), instead of just one. > > Less fictional example: > > I have a chapter "gtd" for "gettings things done". When I come to a > node that is an "action point" for me, I clone it under "inbox" in the > gtd chapter. The chapter also has "now", "later", "done", "deferred" > nodes to manage tasks. > > Having this stuff in separate chapter helps you focus because you are > not staring at tons of nodes at the same time. > > -- > Ville M. Vainio @@ Forum Nokia
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