After some months of being around I am just beginning to use clones that way, and its wonderful. I have a simple script that creates and puts a clone of the selected position as a child of the "To Fix" root node that I have at top of the outline.
So after selecting the nodes I want to fix I go to the "To Fix" node and do my job. Things like this make me wonder both: How can it take so much to interiorize the possibilities of clones And which more improvements on workflow will a deeper understanding of clones bring. To me, progressing In Leo is being a slow but a very, very rewarding path. On Friday, October 18, 2013 12:20:06 AM UTC+2, Edward K. Ream wrote: > For years I have been saying that clones can create multiple views of > data. That's true, but today I realized that that "story" is misleading. > In fact, I use clones simply as a way of accelerating my work flow! > > I do indeed clone nodes and drag them at or near the top level, where I > can get at them easily. So you *could* say that this creates a new view of > the data. But this is misleading, for several reasons: > > - I'm not really so interested in a new view. I really just want to get > my hands on the relevant nodes quickly. > > - When I'm done with the clones, I simply delete them. In fact, there are > disadvantages to keeping old "views" around: they "clog up" finds, and they > can cause clone conflicts on loads. So I typically just keep a few clones > around. > > In fact, the way I use clones, their advantages all revolve around work > flow: > > - The originals never move, so the source files don't change (except when > I change the contents of the clones!) > > - There is nothing to "put back in place" when I am done. Deleting the > "work" clones is all that is needed. > > Amazing. > > 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.
