Dear Zim-Gurus,
May I suggest a simple alternative, that doesn't involve embedding some
special logic or identifier or ID etc?
* Let the current alphabetical sorting remain.
* For anyone who wants to re-order, as per their preference, a
key-binding can be given. For example, in MS-Word, the key-sequence
[Shift+Alt+Up] or [Shift+Alt+Down} can rearrange paragraphs. The
OpenOffice/ LibreOffice Key-Binding is different and probably
[Ctrl+Alt+Up/ Down]; I am not sure of the latter because I always
change it to [Ctrl+Up or Ctrl+Down] on all PC/ laptop I use.
I depend on this key-binding for its simplicity, power & convenience.
Mr. Ugur Murat's method is a little laborious, needs foresight and such
disciplined notebook looks super-human to me.
My special (earnest) request is that the key-binding (for
page-promotion/ demotion) should also be applicable to paragraphs
(promotion/ demotion) within the page, and if you do that, Zim will
become an exceptional text-editor. For regular use one won't need the
Word Processor, until printing the page becomes important.
Best regards,
S.Mubashir
On Wednesday 18 February 2015 03:53 PM, Güven, Ugur Murat wrote:
Hi Jaap,
>1/ Do you only want custom ordering, or switch between custom and
alphabetical sorting ?
What I’d love to see is the possibility to enable / disable a personal
index
My current structure is:
004Projects
004-0010-ProjectA
001-Information-ProjectA
002-Tasks-ProjectA
003-Meetings-ProjectA
M001-DATE-ProjectA
M002-DATE-ProjectA
M003-DATE-ProjectA
003-OngoingTopics-ProjectA
004-0020-ProjectB
004-0030-ProjectC
… using the pre-fix numbers for sorting.
So putting this together means that I would need the possibility to sort
·according to creation date
·setting the position manually
>2/ If so, where do you click to switch between custom ordering and
alphabetic ordering ? And how this switch affect sub-sections ?
Basically I need to have the option per parent note to make child
notes sorted against. So, right-clicking on the parent note should
show a popup menu
In above example I would sort manually:
004-0010-ProjectA
001-Information-ProjectA
002-Tasks-ProjectA
003-Meetings-ProjectA
003-OngoingTopics-ProjectA
These should be sorted against creation date:
003-Meetings-ProjectA
M001-DATE-ProjectA
M002-DATE-ProjectA
M003-DATE-ProjectA
>3/ When index has custom ordering, where do new pages show up - at the
end, in the front, other position ?
According to the selected option in parent note. There could be an
exception though -->
>5/ ... what did I not think of yet ... ?
If camel case creation is switched on, the notes which are created
automatically need to be placed as child notes and should be sorted
alphabetically as standard.
>4/ Should custom sorting depend on list of links in parent page ?
(Either by default or as a plugin)
That is a nice idea. On the one hand it could make it easier for the
user to find the notes in the index if the index order follows the
order in the note, but on the other hand, if the
links are not in a list within a note, I don’t see a direct visual
connection to the index order and to the order within the note.
-->
>5/ ... what did I not think of yet ... ?
I often use parent notes as ‘folders’ with little or no content. Such
‘special’ notes could have the option to have the sub-notes listed as
links (basically your idea at 4/ with an addition)
Thank you and Regards,
Murat
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