David, It's not the full story but the codeMirror plugin handles tabs and new lines well. I use it when writing macros to keep them clear and well structured.
I have always being a fan of easy to use outliners. They provide a hierarchical structure. But tiddlywiki can go beyond hierarchical. My feeling is that tiddlywiki has more than the possibility to act as an outliner, in fact I think the Code Mirror or Visual editor can help within a single tiddler. If you want each item in the outline to be a seperate tiddler, you do need to decide if you have an independent title or an automatically generated one behind the scenes. I think this needs more work to define the best way to tackle outlining. Your notes are a start. regards Tony On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 2:52:26 AM UTC+11, David Gifford wrote: > > > >> could you please enlighten me on the game changer feature or concept of >> Dynalist?? >> > > For me, the basic advantage of an outliner program (Dynalist, Workflowy, > Roam) is the writing experience. Everything is in bullet points. Hit enter > to start a new line, hit tab to indent, and when you hit enter for a new > line, your next line is also indented to that level, etc. And by dragging > the bullets you can rearrange the order and indenting of any line. So it is > a really great way to write, and to order and reorganize one's thoughts on > a topic. Very freeing compared to writing in TiddlyWiki: in TiddlyWiki, if > you use the unordered list, you need to do shift+8 to add * or ** or *** > every new line, or write loosely, use a toolbar button to add one * for > every line, and manually add the extra levels of * for the lines that need > it. If you don't use bulleted lists, new paragraphs require two newlines, > not one, and indenting requires other actions that take one away from > typing (wrapping in a span class, or using : , which only affects the first > line, etc). And these delays really add up. > > Another advantage of outliners is that if you have a pro account you can > drag images right into it, and copy the link to insert them wherever you > want. Another is that you can add tags to each line and do searches for > tags across multiple outliner documents. > > There was a way, probably still exists, to replicate the 'ordered list / > enter for new line / tab for indent' experience in TiddlyWiki, but the cost > was too high for me - it meant losing access to the editortoolbar. I think > it also required a different tiddler type, and if I remember, there were > other drawbacks as well associated with that aspect. If there were a way to > do enter-and-tab without such a huge cost, I would use TiddlyWiki for > almost everything, and would not feel much pressure to switch between > Tiddlywiki and outliners. Although Roam....very enticing once they get > their defects weeded out. > > I hope that answers your question about the game changer features. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" 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/tiddlywiki/d72d953d-63c4-4920-8fe5-f88e3304d683%40googlegroups.com.
