On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:14:34 -0700 (PDT) "Edward K. Ream" <[email protected]> wrote:
> While reorganizing Leo's to-do list I realized that clones speed the > process significantly. Afaik, bookmarks can not emulate the process > I use. True, they can't. quickMove.py eliminates the need for clones when reorganizing outlines :-) Its core function is to define buttons which move / copy / clone the current node to the first / last child or preceding / following sibling of a target node. After the action the selected node is the one following (vizNext?) the node moved / copied / cloned. I.e. the tree selection stays in the source area with the nodes that need filing, doesn't jump to the place you filed the node. It also has functions to bookmark or link (sensu backlinks.py) nodes to those destinations, and move/copy/clone nodes between outlines, and between pre-defined positions in other outlines, e.g. moving a todo item from the general "incoming todo" outline to the project specific outline's todo subtree. Finally it has an option to make a button which simply takes the user to the target node, but this is a evolutionary artifact pre-dating bookmarks.py. Having said that, I can see how nodes would be a straight forward way of re-filing things, and you could always delete them all when you were finished. Cheers -Terry > As I explored the to-do list, I created top-level clones of all the > nodes I kept coming back to. In this way of working, moving a node > was a snap: just move it from one clone to another. > > Something subtle is going on here. Yes, bookmarks could emulate this > workflow. However, the workflow *suggested new topics in the to-do > list*. Indeed, the new organization only seems natural in > retrospect. There was a significant process of trial and error > involved. > > *The result contains no clones*. The clones were only scaffolding. > Each to-do item appears exactly once, in its most appropriate place. > I think this discipline is important: it forced me to choose where I > actually wanted items. > > 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.
