On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:23:53 -0800 (PST) HansBKK <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Friday, December 16, 2011 11:27:11 AM UTC+7, Terry wrote: > > > > > > free_layout itself has no data consequences. But it's most useful when > > you're arranging other plugin panes, it allows you to arrange the core > > three panes somewhat more freely, but it doesn't do anything different > > multiple-body pane wise. > > > So is there a "companion" plugin that makes use of free_layout to do so? Not really. But there are quite a few plugins which create new types of pane, and free_layout manages these. It also allows more flexible handling of the three core panes (tree, body, and "log-tabs"), but doesn't change the way multiple body editors work (splits within one pane). The stickynotes plugin basically creates extra body editors in separate windows, but plain text with no highlighting or Leo text editing features only. The tabula plugin (or perhaps it's just part of sticknotes) allows many of the stickynote windows to be managed in a tiled / cascaded / tabbed manager window. I think that a major step forward for Leo will be more modular body editors so you can have multiple full fledged syntax highlight Leo key aware windows where ever you want them. > > > Are multiple outline panes possible for the same leo file? (I know I > > don't > > > want much 8-) > > > > Nope - Edward feels about multiple outline panes the way I feel about > > clones ;-) > > > I have to admit the fact that someone of your centrality to Leo doesn't > make use of what I see as its most compelling feature, has got me a bit > nonplussed. Do you use it just as a coding IDE? I'm guessing the data > model, exposure to scripting control are your thing? > > How would/do you accomplish what I'm doing without clones? breaking down > large texts into chunks and then re-factoring into different org schemes to > make sense of it, while leaving the original "data-stream" intact? I think the functionality clones provide is extremely useful, I'm just not so keen on the way they do it. If anything I'd say I view Leo as a general data management environment more the Edward does. I use if for light weight project management, bookmark management, web page generation, and database design, as well as coding. But I prefer other kinds of links, like UNLs, which can jump between separate Leo outlines, and in some cases the links provided by the backlinks plugin. Both are fragile, you can delete the node at one end of the link without the other end knowing, but because they're not doing all sorts of gymnastics to maintain their existence, they don't have unexpected side effects, either. I'm not exactly sure how I'd do what you're doing, perhaps point to nodes of interest with lists of UNLs and generate the pointed to content with some sort of script, if needed. And I appreciate that clones make it easier to generate thins without resorting to scripting Leo with python, if that's not your thing. Cheers -Terry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
