Hi Edward. I totally agree with your observation and a through overview of Leo is in order to really sell it in an unified way.
Following are my thoughts on making this happen 1. Create a document or presentation called "The Essence of Leo" or "Leo at a Glance" (For presentation http://leoeditor.com/slides.html is a good example) 2. Create updated videos showing each item being presented in Step 1 3. When a new feature is added in Leo, right away document following Step 1 and Step 2 4. Since Leo supports Markdown and Rst share Leo on those community forums as well. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Satish. On Friday, March 2, 2018 at 8:27:59 AM UTC-8, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > Leo probably *already has* the features you want. Alas, these features > can be hidden from casual sight. This is driving me crazy :-) > > My top priority is to make it obvious to everyone, newbies and devs alike, > what Leo can do. Happily, this is a *much easier* task than some of the > grand projects we have been discussing lately. A few weeks work should make > a *huge* difference. > > This post lists hidden features and enhancements (actions items) that will > make a big difference. > > This is a long post, but concise. Please study it carefully. As always, > comments are welcome and encouraged. > > *Leo's hidden features* > > *Hidden feature 1: Leo's Python console* > > Someone recently said he uses another editor because it has a python > console. How sad is that! The python_terminal.py plugin puts such a console > in a Log pane tab,* with full support for Leonine features*. > > *Action*: #760: Move python_console plugin into Leo's core. > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/760> This feature must > be made much more obvious. > > *Hidden feature 2: Live evaluation of objects* > > How many times has Terry reminded me and others about the valuespace > plugin? This plugin creates live objects, which can be > introspected/auto-completed, as in jupyter notebooks. > > *Action*: #761: Make the valuespace plugin more visible > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/761>. Not sure how, but > this item is worth any amount of work. > > *Hidden feature 3: Sophisticated rendering* > > Leo's *existing* markdown rendering is extremely powerful. In particular, > *you > can embed html into markdown*. The <img> element can insert svg graphics > and movies in Leo's rendering pane. In particular, the style attribute > allows virtually unlimited flexibility! For example, open Leo in the > leo-editor folder, put this in any node, and show the rendering pane with > Alt-0, vr-toggle: > > @language md > > <img style="float: right;" src="../Icons/SplashScreen.ico" alt="Splash > Screen"> > > Line 1 > > Line 2 > > Line 3 > > Line 4 > > *Action*: #762: quickstart.leo & CheatSheet.leo should demo Leo's features > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/762>. Including markdown > rendering. > > *Hidden feature 4: Good looking themes* > > The screen shot on Leo's home page is amateurish. It should have a dark > theme and smallish fonts. Something like atom dark. Leo's existing theme > machinery can do this, but see #766 > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/766> below... > > *Action*: #764: Improve the screen shot on Leo's home page > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/764>. > > *Other hidden features* > > Leo could use better "implicit" documentation in the Cmds menu and perhaps > elsewhere. > > *Action*: #765: Improve the Cmds menu > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/765>. > > *New projects* > > Here are two smallish projects that would greatly enhance Leo. Each might > take a week. > > *1. Better theme setting and pre-built themes* > > #766: Create a Themes menu and simplify theme settings > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/766>. Don't panic. > Existing Theme settings will remain in place. > > *2. Better support for markdown* > > #767: Add markdown command similar to rst3 command > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/767>. I want to move > Leo's docs to markdown. > > #763: Use html comments to support @file x.md > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/763>. This will allow > structured markdown files. > > *Summary* > > - Some of Leo's most powerful features are hidden. They must be revealed. > > - Two, smallish, *urgent* new items will add better support for themes > and markdown. > > *It doesn't have to be difficult.* The work described here is > straightforward, yet no other project is even *remotely *as important as > these items. All work can probably be done in a month or two, but this > uber-project is worth *any* amount of work. All items mentioned here have > a target of 5.7.1. > > All comments and suggestions welcome. > > 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]. 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