I'm feeling pretty stupid right now, I think this is what @asis & @nosent are for and I just missed it - even though I was staring right at it. I've heard comments to avoid these and they're flagged as not 'recommended' and so was just dismissing them without consideration. I'm not sure if there are particular reasons *why* they're not recommended but I'll go ahead and give them a shot.
Humbly yours, Kevin On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 4:54:25 PM UTC-4 k-hen wrote: > My sincerest apologies if I came off too alarmist with this message, > this is an awesome community and Leo is a truly amazing tool and > ecosystem. Rest assured I'm certain the problems are with *me* and not > the software :-) > > I still believe there would be a huge amount of value in a file type > that is write-only and not synchronized with the filesystem. In fact I > want to pick up changes with many small @auto nodes and then clone the > content of those nodes and embed them into *multiple* separate @write > nodes and thus avoid the 'clone wars' (among other things). > > I think the @rst directive maybe does this and perhaps the @adoc one > can do that too, but it wouldn't really solve the whole issue since > some of the output files would include additional file formats. > > I'll try to put together a simple walk through and use case. > > > Thanks again for your patience. > > > Kevin > > > > > On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 13:13 -0700, Félix wrote: > > If I may suggest : A quick [Alt+PrintScreen], on any OS, will capture > > the currently focused program window as a picture. > > > > Under windows, its in your clipboard so you can just CTRL+V to paste > > right in here while you type. Like this: > > > > (In linux its put into your home/picture folder. ) > > > > So I would recommend you paste one before, and at each step of the > > behavior/actions your trying to illustrate with your textual > > description. This will allow experienced users to spot instantly some > > details that explains the behavior you're experiencing while using > > Leo. > > -- > > Félix > > > > > > > > On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 3:31:18 PM UTC-4, Thomas Passin > > wrote: > > > Please describe exactly what you are doing. See if you can come up > > > with a very condensed example (a small file with only a few nodes, > > > for example). What do you want to achieve, what did you expect, > > > and what actually happened? > > > > > > Bear in mind the the entire Leo code base is contained in a few Leo > > > outlines, many people every day open those outlines that contain > > > thousands of @file files, and don't have these kind of troubles. > > > Of course, that's not importing. But - ask Edward - entire trees > > > of code get imported into Leo all the time, too. > > > > > > So it's probably just that you have something amiss in your picture > > > of how things work. Let's help you get that straightened out. > > > Gotta start simple! > > > > > > On Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 2:20:30 PM UTC-4, k-hen wrote: > > > > Is it possible to configure a non-sentinel file to be write-only? > > > > > > > > The file sync is making me very nervous because (and I'm sure I > > > > did something wrong) the file didn't import correctly and blew > > > > away my changes. Fortunately I had a backup but this just isn't > > > > acceptable for me :-/ > > > > > > > > What I think is happening is that the file can't write or writes > > > > partially, then I have to kill Leo for one reason or another, > > > > then it's importing that incorrect file and wiping out my > > > > changes. > > > > > > > > If I can't figure out a way around this, it's a deal breaker for > > > > me unfortunately :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in > > the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/leo-editor/yo1p0tkOCDg/unsubscribe. > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/292fb4c0-aea6-48d8-9062-df042d4d2c00o%40googlegroups.com > > . > > -- 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/b2b84b36-5dac-44c9-920d-b3410c1aae3an%40googlegroups.com.
