Gingko

Posted by Dr Andus
Jun 25, 2015 at 01:50 PM

I don’t know how long it’s been there but now Gingko has an ability to import formatted text as OPML from WorkFlowy. It only seems to be possible when you start a new document. Choose New > Import from WorkFlowy > paste in WorkFlowy OPML and > Import.

It seems to work quite well. It converts WorkFlowy’s vertical hierarchy into Gingko’s horizontal hierarchy. Outline items are turned into level 1 headings, and inline notes are turned into card text. Basic formatting (bold, italics) seems to be preserved, and URLs also remain fuctional.

This opens up the possibility for some integrated workflows with WorkFlowy. The key would be to remember to keep WorkFlowy items short (as they will be turned into Level 1 headings), put detail into the inline notes, and keep the hierarchy relatively shallow, otherwise a lot of horizontal scrolling will be involved.

While it says “OPML from WorkFlowy,” I imagine that other software’s OPML exports (such as Bonsai) could also be made to work, by using an external text editor first to change the inline note code to the OPML standard implemented by WorkFlowy.