Ah! So it should be understood/named as "promote children" (its children become siblings) and "demote siblings" (siblings become its children)
... if I got it right? -- Félix On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 1:29:33 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 4:44 AM Vedran Čačić <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > when I start Leo, sometimes it opens the default document (with the help), >> sometimes it opens the last opened one, and sometimes it just opens new >> document. I still haven't been able to see when each of these happens. > > > When you don't specify a file, Leo should open the last file or files you > were editing previously. The first time you open Leo, Leo will open the > workbook file. > > Second, inserting nodes. Yes, I know I can press Insert. But whether it >> will insert new root node or a child of already selected one (or even a >> child of last node) seems simply random. >> > > Leo will insert a new node as the first child of the presently selected > node (c.p) if and only if c.p has children *and* c.p is already showing > its children. In practice, this behavior is natural. > > I still don't understand what Promote and Demote does, > > > By default, F11 is bound to help-for-command. F11 promote shows: > > "Make all children of the selected nodes siblings of the selected node." > > So the promote command does nothing unless c.p has children (hidden or > not). > > F11 demote shows: > > Make all following siblings children of the selected node. > > So demote does nothing unless c.p has siblings that follow c.p. > > not to mention that on my keyboard Ctrl+{ and Ctrl+} doesn't work (it >> probably works only on US keyboard). > > > Ctrl+{ means Ctrl+Shift+[ and Ctrl+} means Ctrl+Shift+] > > I really think there should be an easy way to move the nodes around, after >> all it seems like a main feature of Leo. > > > There are many ways to do this, all of them straightforward. I usually > move nodes with Shift-Arrow keys. This works provided the outline pane has > focus. > > Fourth, help is abysmal. None of the above things I could find in help. >> Example: I press F1, and get (it's not even copy-pasteable?!): >> > > I agree, help could be improved. I'm glad you asked for help here. > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/fdb97cec-85af-45f3-8b14-c5dc28965c18o%40googlegroups.com.
