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Posted by thouqht
Nov 5, 2018 at 10:41 PM
>Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Wbo are you asking? Thanks.
>
>thouqht wrote:
>What does org-mode not provide you?
OP (Stephen R. Diamond) - I think it would let him do what he wants.
>tightbeam wrote:
>Is org mode really a viable option for 99.9999% of the population?
If someone is serious enough about their outlining to be on this forum, they are likely serious enough for org-mode. Getting the core functionality set up is really pretty straight forward and only becomes more complex once you start customizing it. Watch a couple youtube tutorials and you’ll be on your way to the “text editor for a lifetime”.
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Nov 6, 2018 at 01:47 AM
thought,
I don’t think one’s seriouness about outlining can or should be equated to their seriousness about org-mode. Different strokes for different folks.
Daly
>>thouqht wrote:
>>What does org-mode not provide you
>If someone is serious enough about their outlining to be on this forum,
>they are likely serious enough for org-mode. Getting the core
>functionality set up is really pretty straight forward and only becomes
>more complex once you start customizing it. Watch a couple youtube
>tutorials and you’ll be on your way to the “text editor for a lifetime”.
>
Posted by Amontillado
Nov 6, 2018 at 04:49 AM
I’m all in with complex tools for text manipulation. Emacs is a favorite of mine and power tools are always the answer - except for creative writing. A part of me always wants high capability. Another part would be happy with a typewriter and a #2 pencil with which to grieve over word choice.
During a recent interlude when OmniOutliner had some vexing rough edges in IOS, I did some outlining with MindNode. it worked so well I wished for a full-frame outline view. Currently, when you turn on outline view in MindNode, you still see the mind map view, and the outline can only be expanded to fill about 2/3rds of the window.
So that led to some youtube searches, and thank goodness there’s more than flat earth conspiracies still to be found there. I had never really thought of a mind map as a replacement for an outline, but they are close cousins, and no mind map utility worthy of consideration would have a limit to the number of levels.
If only MindNode would offer a pure outline view. That would be nice. Sort of like Tinderbox without all the metadata.
Posted by satis
Nov 6, 2018 at 05:03 AM
thouqht wrote:
>>tightbeam wrote:
>>Is org mode really a viable option for 99.9999% of the population?
>
>If someone is serious enough about their outlining to be on this forum,
>they are likely serious enough for org-mode.
So, the answer is ‘no’.
;-)
Posted by MadaboutDana
Nov 6, 2018 at 11:09 AM
Ah - now here’s another intriguing entry in the single-pane outliner stakes: XMind:ZEN
The latest version is both a mind-mapping tool and an outliner. I’ve not had a chance to assess it yet, but it looks intriguing - outliner mode looks about as single-pane as you can get… ;-)
And of course XMind runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android. The subscription isn’t exactly cheap, however. But you can download an evaluation version!
Cheers,
Bill