Feature Request: Saved State

[Tom Wiebe Lists]

Hi there,

OO is likely the most used application on my computer aside from maybe 
mail.app and BBEdit. The numbers are likely pretty close though. 
Couldn't live without it.

One thing that drives me bonkers though is how whenever I expand or 
collapse an outline, on closing it I'm required to save or discard the 
changes. It would seem to me that this is more of a change in the state 
of a document, as opposed to an actual change to the document.

What would be really nice is if OO supported the concept of "state" 
like BBEdit and others do (BBEdit probably does this best). For those 
not familiar, if you change the active selection or text wrap or other 
similar "status" aspects to a BBEdit document, you then have the option 
to save these changes with the document. Only if you make an actual 
text change does the document require a full saving or discarding of 
changes on close.

It would seem logical for OmniOutliner to function in a similar 
fashion. i.e. if I expand or collapse a row in my outline, I haven't 
changed any of the information in the document, so I shouldn't be 
forced to decide whether or not to save this change. This should be an 
option only.

On the flip side, if I change the indentation of an item, or make a 
text change of any sort, this is an actual change in the document and 
worthy of _requiring_ a saving or discarding of those changes upon 
closing the document.

Hopefully I've explained this properly, if it isn't clear, I can give 
it another shot.

Oh, and Thanks again Omni Group, your apps rock. :)

Tom Wiebe