This would be glorious. I also thought there might be a relatively simple way of simply changing the appearance and I also thought that using icons might be part of the answer! I'm super interested to see what you come up with!
On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 4:04:12 PM UTC-4, Terry Brown wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Aug 2015 12:25:40 -0700 (PDT) > john lunzer <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Directives in node headers cause a great deal of visual clutter, > > making it more difficult to navigate expansive trees filled primarily > > with @clean/@file/@edit nodes. > > I agree completely, rather than seeing: > > @clean /home/tbrown/projects/pyth| > @edit /home/tbrown/misc/maps_and_| > @nosent /home/tbrown/projects/rec| > > I'd like to see > > 𝓒 …/somecode.py > 𝓔 …/file.js > 𝓝 …/someelse.txt > > i.e. icons for the directive and path hiding / compression. > Maybe even the …/ is too much :-) > > I think this can be done without changing Leo internals or adding > aliases like @c for @clean etc. Basically you'd see the regular text > when you edit a node headline, and the succinct version otherwise. > > In the past I've said I'm tired of hearing myself say I'll try things > like this and then not getting to them... I think now I'm getting to > the point of saying I'm tired of hearing myself say I'm tired of > hearing myself say... :-) > > But I think if this can be done it has to be by just changing the > appearance of the nodes when they're not being edited, and having the > user edit the whole regular `@clean /home/tbrown/projects/...` text. > Otherwise the changes to Leo internals would be a huge task. > > So, I'll try and have a quick hack along those lines. > > Cheers -Terry > > > I suggest creating aliases for the directives @clean/@file/@edit > > which would obviously be @c/@f/@e . > > > > I think you can tell just by comparing the two on one line just how > > much single letter aliases cuts down on visual clutter. > > > > I know @c is in use already but as per the documentation that usage > > is for body only and this would be for headline only. > > > > Please let me know what you think of this proposal. I think this > > enhancement would truly change the ease by which directive heavy > > trees, making Leo much more visually appealing. > > > -- 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.
