It doesn't surprise me. That's indeed the strength of the Brain (to me), it is basically a mindmap but with the *current thought* as the center, it's not hierarchical. In that sense it is different from an outlook. OTOH, in zettelkasten I get the impression that the focus is on the taking of notes in an outline, and just adding #tags and links between the notes. I don't directly see there anything that leo couldn't do better. Can you clarify what you have in mind here ?
On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 6:01:46 AM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > I fooled around with a sample Brain project on the Brain's web site. I > was able to import the "thoughts" and links. The project file contains a > number of .json files, although they are not actually valid json. But it's > possible to work with them anyway. So yes, it's not hard to do an import. > The bigger question would be what kind of interface would work well with > them and how it would fit into Leo's node system. Contrary to what I > speculated above, the thoughts and their links do not look much like > bookmark collections. Basically, each "thought" node has both incoming and > outgoing links, potentially of any number. It is possible that they would > fit into the zettelkasten paradigm, which is basically one way to > synthesize multiple incoming and outgoing links. But whether that would be > a good approach or not, the interface and display are what need to be > invented. There would be no point in trying to reproduce what The Brain > already has! > > On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 2:12:18 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> Actually, just the browser bookmark scripts and optionally the mind >> mapping visualization, would probably do it. >> >> On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 2:07:27 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Having downloaded one of the example brains, and looked at a few of the >>> online examples, I'm coming to think that a combination of the browser >>> bookmark manager scripts I'm working on together, perhaps, with the >>> zettelkasten-style organizing scripts I offered in a different thread, >>> would provide similar capabilities. Add some enhancements to the mind >>> mapping script I provided a while ago, and we might be able to have a >>> really good alternative. >>> >>> On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 11:28:31 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I've tried TheBrain maybe three times over these many years. It always >>>> seems so promising, and I always abandon it with frustration. >>>> >>>> On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 11:10:22 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> ... Now, maybe leo could also import TheBrain files ? ;-) >>>>> >>>> >>>> Now there is an interesting idea. A Brain file is a .brz (not actually >>>> .zip, but same idea). It has a lot of individual json files that >>>> obviously >>>> have to work together, along with some icon files. Much of the data is >>>> metadata, which might or might not be of interest. The big thing to >>>> settle >>>> would be how present it all, and one big question there is whether there >>>> can be cycles, and if so, how to handle them.. >>>> >>> -- 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/9879080e-12d9-4c8b-855a-bf1ad11b701dn%40googlegroups.com.
