On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Chris George <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I came to Leo because it is the only outliner for Linux that supports > cloning that doesn't require an internet connection. > > I am struggling to implement it into my workflow though, simply because I > do not have time to figure out the simplest things. (full time university > student) Right now I simply do not have the 200 minutes available to figure > this out. Yet I can see that if I took the time to do my own setup it would > save me far more time in the future. > > Leo would be a wonderful platform for writing anything, but especially for > fiction. If there was a tutorial on setting up Leo to do the following, I > know there would be immediate interest from people who write on Linux as > there simply is not an outliner that meets the needs of the average writer. > > I need basic text formatting at the standard hot key level. ie. Ctrl-B for > bold, Ctrl-I for italic etc. while in the edit window. I know this can be > done, I almost had it working once but then got busy and by the time I came > back it had escaped me how I had done it. I don't need buttons, I don't > need WSIWYG, RST markup works fine as it gives me lots of output options. I > just need the ability to put my head down and write, using the shortcuts > that are baked into my fingertips at this point, and not having to relearn > those keys. Support for standard word-processing keys are important for > writers. :-) > > I think that by creating tutorials that address the basics for different > groups of users who are not programmers, Leo could be an extremely popular > program. > .. > > > > Leo is far too complex for the average person who simply wants to > accomplish a task. Simplifying things for specific classes of users would > open Leo up to many more people who share those requirements and may be > interested in learning the rest of the power of Leo as their use of it > increases. Give people a foot in the door and they will figure out how to > open it the rest of the way as needed. > Many thanks for these constructive comments. I've made a note of them. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
