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Gingko or Dynalist?
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Posted by Ken
Nov 22, 2017 at 07:03 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
>You didn’t mention why you need a web-based editor—is it for
>collaboration with other authors or reviewers?
>
>I think either Gingko or Dynalist would be helpful—but Dynalist does
>not “export to Word” —it exports as plain text so you would need to
>reformat the exported text, which defeats the point. Gingko exports to
>Word, with a lot less reformatting needed.
>
>Or you could consider Google docs, or even Office 365 in the cloud.
My preference for web-based is because I cannot install software on my desktop machine. I can run portable software, and have a few options there like Right Note and MLO. But, I was hoping to KISS if possible.
—Ken
Posted by Ken
Nov 22, 2017 at 07:06 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
> I sent an email to the Dynalist support people and have
>not gotten any kind of response.
>
>The result? My confidence in Dynalist is shaken, and my respect for the
>developers has diminished. I may continue to use Dynalist, but I’ll make
>frequent backups with OPML exports.
>
>As for your project, if you’re going to be writing a lot of material,
>I’d choose Gingko over Dynalist anyway. Dynalist isn’t well made for
>crafting lots of body text, in my view. This also sounds like a great
>project for Scrivener, if you don’t need access to it through the cloud.
>
>Steve Z.
Not what I was hoping to hear, but glad I asked, and, as always, appreciate the candid reply. I’ll give more consideration to Gingko. I am assuming that Gingko is free as I did not see any pricing information listed, but I could be mistaken.
—Ken
Posted by Dr Andus
Nov 22, 2017 at 10:27 PM
Ken wrote:
> I
>am assuming that Gingko is free as I did not see any pricing information
>listed, but I could be mistaken.
That’s a bit strange… But I think it’s still the freemium model. Probably you’ll be limited to 5 or 10 documents unless you subscribe.
Posted by Ken
Nov 23, 2017 at 12:18 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
Ken wrote:
>> I
>>am assuming that Gingko is free as I did not see any pricing
>information
>>listed, but I could be mistaken.
>
>That’s a bit strange… But I think it’s still the freemium model.
>Probably you’ll be limited to 5 or 10 documents unless you subscribe.
There site is a bit lacking on pricing and that is why I assumed free. I will look a bit further, but am now throwing Right Note in the mix as I own it and it is portable.
—Ken
Posted by washere
Nov 23, 2017 at 01:33 AM
If the final destination is Word documents:
* Word has the “Multilevel List” icon on default home view toolbar, variety of options of auto node/sub-nodes levels:
TAB moves in a level for each new line, deleting each TAB moves line back up a level
However if sharing online:
* Can Setup a free google gmail account (or more) + free google drive online storage (or more) for that email account(s)
* Share documents & passwords with your manager, or not. Or one gmail+storage just for you (Work in Progress) + one (or more) gmail+storage for Team sharing
* Google Docs has Outline views too + can import from any app/software into it with a little knowhow depending on the app or searching these forums:
https://www.google.com/search?q=google+docs+outline&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch
* Google Docs can be imported into MS Word too:
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/7654/how-to-export-documents-from-google-docs-to-your-computer/