Bike Outliner: Adds Row Types

Posted by Amontillado
Aug 24, 2023 at 06:13 PM

Awesome! Works here, too.

Jack Baty wrote:
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.