I think that your explanation is pretty complete.
For me, one of the most important aspects of Leo is that the structure
of the plain-text documents is not only implicit, and in that sense
"rarely visualized", as you put it, but also emergent and user provided.
I was always able to take a plain text file and give it my structure,
beyond the one implicit in the file via classes, scripts or methods.
I don't know how to convey this in your explanation, or if it wants to
highlight this. For me, it was pretty important and one of the
differentiated values of Leo, difficult to find elsewhere (maybe in
OrgMode?)
HTH,
Offray
On 27/02/23 23:36, Thomas Passin wrote:
OK, how about this, adding in the outline idea -
"Leo helps you create, edit, and understand the structure and contents
of collections of plain-text documents.
Plain-text documents can include text editor files, source code for
program and documentation, and any other content that can be written
as plain text, such as ReStructuredText, Markdown, .dot files that
represent graph diagrams, to-do lists, and so on.
Structure includes both the arrangement of groups of related files,
and structure that is important but rarely visualized in ordinary text
files. Structure is represented as an outline or tree, so Leo is also
an effective outliner program.
Leo's key concepts include a tree-like (outline) organization, nodes
that contain the textual content, external files that can be contained
as subtrees, and scripts that can add or change Leo's behaviors.
Leo makes possible a divide-and-conquer strategy."
On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 6:02:29 PM UTC-5 Thomas Passin wrote:
Thanks ... I'll see how to work that in. It might fit in as one
of the key concepts.
On Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 5:54:59 PM UTC-5 stevelitt wrote:
Thomas Passin said on Sat, 25 Feb 2023 09:11:31 -0800 (PST)
>Leo's key concepts include a tree-like organization, nodes that
>contain the textual content, external files that can be
contained as
>subtrees, and scripts that can add or change Leo's behaviors."
I'd go the extra yard here and specifically say that, among other
things, Leo is a full featured outline processor. I know your
preceding
paragraph implies this, but I'd spell it out for the 2% of the
population who actually outlines on a regular basis.
SteveT
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