On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:23 PM, 'Terry Brown' via leo-editor < [email protected]> wrote:
> I'm > > not going to have time to read what I missed, apart from some skimming > Hopefully the Leo 5.1 release notes will cover everything :-) So... what does @clean add? > > :-} I thought @shadow and more recently > @auto already persisted uA and gnx. > @clean is *much* faster than @shadow and @auto. @clean does not pollute the hard drive with hidden directories. @auto "bookmarks" can break even with @persistence. Technically, the new Mulder/Ream algorithm used by @shadow and @clean is a huge advance. It is now dirt simple and provably and obviously correct. Would a perhaps over-simplified view be that @clean is like @shadow but > with the info. previously in @shadow_subdir moved into the .leo outline? > Exactly. Except that no "moving" is required. The so-called private file is simply computed (written to a string) from the outline. Why did I never see this before??? That would be tidier in general and great when you want to share > the .leo outline *and* the "view" of the file possible only in Leo, but > a loss of the ability to share .leo files without sharing a purely > personal view of the file as was the case with @shadow - no loss if > @shadow survived as well of course, not sure if it did or not. > Not a big deal, imo. I have been *amazed* at how often sentinels have gotten in the way of my own work. Now the blinders are off, and I happily use @clean for many tasks. You were away during what I consider the most important breakthrough in Leo's entire history. Imo, it would be prudent to review/skim at least the following momentous threads: Feb 5: A working prototype that adapts the @shadow algorithm for @nosent files!! https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/leo-editor/I8mwCxKjj0E Feb 6: Why the new @nosent changes everything https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/leo-editor/t8CkRDVbnvE Feb 9: The new @shadow code: beautiful and important https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/leo-editor/Q5tFmzzS0Cc See LeoDocs.leo: "The Mulder/Ream update algorithm". It will soon be on the web in an Appendix. Feb 20: @clean is now the preferred spelling of @nosent No need to read this thread. It just announces the new terminology. Feb 23: @clean is more important than we think :-) https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/leo-editor/PjE_Jn-FKHI The title says it all. Recent: I've rewritten the programming tutorial. See LeoDocs.leo, "@rst html\tutorial-programming.html". See the node "@file vs. @clean". The best summary so far. Well, this is a load for sure. There is no urgent reason to read any of this "right now", but these posts chronicle the elimination of sentinels as a significant barrier to using Leo. This truly changes everything. We may see interest in Leo expanding significantly after 5.1 b1 goes out the door. 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/d/optout.
