quick convert from tab-indented text outline to opml?

Posted by jimspoon
Nov 3, 2013 at 06:15 PM

related question - what programs can open/import a plain-text tab-indented outline, and save/export to the same format?

here are some results of my quick experimentation:

tkoutline - file/open, drag and drop of txt file does not work; file/import from/indented ascii does work. File/Save saves to a format I don’t recognize - specific to tkoutline? File/Export To/Ascii option.

opml editor - file/open opens up a tab-indented txt file and preserves the indents. File/Save saves to OPML format. No option to save or export to tab-indented text format.

Fargo - File/Open opens up only OPML files stored in Dropbox folder. I don’t see a way to open up a plain-text tab-indented outline file. Don’t see a way to save/export to a tab-indented plain text file.

noteliner - crashed when I tried file/open to open a plain-text tab indented outline. no file/import option. Has File/Save As/Text option.

treeline - has “file/import/tab-indented text, one node per line” option, but I got a “improper format” option when I tried to import my tab-indented outline. Has File/Export/Text option, didn’t try it.