On Thu, 6 Aug 2015 17:28:13 -0700 (PDT)
john lunzer <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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!

Ok, funny, I have proof of concept in my working version of Leo, so
trying to do some other work my tree looks like the attached, the "12 "
is just an illusion, it's not there when you edit the headlines.  It
was simpler to add than to remove text for editing.

Cheers -Terry

> 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. 
> > > 
> >
> 

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