Most of the recent threads zoom over my head, but here is an entry point
for opinion.

Leo is great at managing complexity, some would consider it's strength a
weakness.
Per a piece I read, the author didn't use an IDE because it made it too
easy to write complex code. A rule of thumb says it's x number of times
harder
to debug than to write (10 times?) so, if you are writing code too near
your limit
of comprehension, you won't be able to debug it. A simple editor demands
that
files and elements within a file be relatively small and simple: easier to
understand
and debug.

I don't altogether buy this, not all complexity is optional, and  Leo
provide
shoulders to stand on to better understand the landscape, therefore is
indispensable.
I do however think Leo tends to be complicit in creating 'proprietary'
source code files,
which are too big and complex to be handled effectively outside of Leo.
DANGER!

As convenient as I find the parsed view of a .py file Leo offers, a unified
view
provides a view of the forest not possible by examining trees: hence no
sentinels,
<alt-x> vim-edit-file.

As I recall we talked about toggling between <chunked> and <slurped> ...
🤗

Thanks,
Kent

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:19 AM, lewis <[email protected]> wrote:

> I imagine that this feature you describe would be most intuitive as a
> toggle. As you toggle between [outline​] [body/content] and unified mode,
> the outline interleaves with the body pane. Depending on your code task or
> presentation requirement you simply toggle to suit.
> I have been giving some thought to issues such as this recently but have
> been waiting for 5.5 to roll out. This type of  discussion is more
> enjoyable than ever.
>
> Regards
> Lewis
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