It looks like a conference call on Thursday, 1/28 at 12 noon Pacific will work best for those that I've heard from.
Any and all are welcome and encouraged to join, just let me know. I'll send out the logistical details via email to those who'd like to join. Thanks, -Richard On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 11:18:26 AM UTC-8, Richard Andersen wrote: > > [continuation of prior thread "Looking to engage a Leo expert in a paid > project" with new thread subject] > > Thanks to Jake, Rob, Terry, Edward, Jon, and Don, for expressing interest > in taking Leo further in the direction of being an optimum personal > organizer. Several of you have used Ecco Pro regularly for years and like > elements of it, such as... > > - outline centric interface > - elegant node manipulation > - rich context (parent nodes presented in certain views) > - robust search > - robust tag / metadata handling > - integrated contact file > - integrated calendar > > > ... and struggle with some of the other aspects of a 23 year old program > (history here --> http://eccopro.com/history/arabesque/) which still > amazes most of us who have used it. > > - challenges exporting formatted outlines > - challenges moving nodes around from file to file > - lack of some modern capabilities (e.g. hoisting) without some additional > code / config > - difficulties handling node headers and bodies simultaneously (without > some additional code / config) > > > The goal of this project, as of now, is not to replace Ecco Pro per se, > but rather to inform a direction for Leo in the area of personal organizer > (a purpose for which, out of the box, Leo is very well-suited). Having > spoken with a few of you, there is interest in getting together and > discussing what can be done, and which ones of us could take on various > sub-projects (design, dev, testing, doc, etc.). It appears that quite a bit > could be done in a few weeks, so this doesn't need to be a massive, > long-term project. > > I'd like to see how many can make a call this Wed or Thurs. I can set up a > conf bridge. I'll also demo how I'm using nodetags.py + quicksearch.py with > really good results. Perhaps others can share some of the techniques they > use as well. > > Please let me know if you're interested in joining and how your calendar > looks for those days or, alternatively, next week. > > -Richard > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
