Bike Outliner: Adds Row Types

Posted by Jack Baty
Aug 24, 2023 at 12:22 PM

There’s a hidden preference in DTP that lets you add file extensions that are to treated as plain text.

defaults write com.devon-technologies.think3 AdditionalPlainTextExtensions -string .bike

This fixed the .html problem for me. My notes: https://wiki.baty.net/#2023.07.27%20-%20Using%20.bike%20files%20as%20templates%20in%20DEVONthink

Amontillado wrote:
For a number of reasons it’s nice to make maps of content in Devonthink.
>Bike is probably my new favorite tool for that because it’s quick and
>low friction for editing lists. Devonthink links work fine in Bike
>files, so it can link to DT notes, files, groups, or tags.
> >Yesterday I found the game changer. Devonthink recognizes links,
>backlinks, and mentions in Bike files.
> >There is one small wrinkle, not Bike’s fault, and with an easy
>workaround.
> >Devonthink will open and edit a Bike file. Unfortunately, it changes the
>file type from Bike to HTML and you no longer have a Bike-friendly file
>- but there’s a nice workaround.
> >Set a smart rule to lock any file with a Bike extension on creation,
>import, or moving into the database.
> >The lock is just within the context of Devonthink. You can still open a
>“locked” file in Bike and edit to your heart’s content. The only
>limitation is I haven’t found a way to save an empty Bike file as a
>template in Devonthink. Creating a new Bike file from a template results
>in an HTML file, not a Bike file.
> >I grumble, but I can live with that limitation.