Ted G's idea outlines within outlines

[Stephen Chakwin]

On 6/11/04 3:03 PM, "omnioutliner-users-request at omnigroup.com"
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>  1. Feature Request: Note Hierarchy (Ted Goranson)
>  2. Re: Feature Request: Note Hierarchy (Thomas Ingham)
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:03:30 -0400
> From: Ted Goranson <tedg at alum.mit.edu>
> Subject: Feature Request: Note Hierarchy
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> I would like OmniGroup to register a feature request: allow some sort
> of reasonable "outlining" in notes.
> 
> Since I mentioned this in my ATPO column, I've gotten lots of mail
> looking for it so it may already be in your database.
> 
> Recently, Hog Bay Notebook came up with a clever solution which makes
> life MUCH nicer for a certain type of writer. In HBN's case, if the
> first line of a note has a dash then the rest of the note behaves in
> some ways like an outline: tab and sh-tab indent and outdent and
> return enters a new sibling.
> 
> Dragging notes to the outline section makes new headers and vice versa.
> 
> This is one way of creating something between a "full" outline and
> flat paragraphs. I'm sure OG can come up with other even better ways.
> Given the user interest and apparent interest from developers, there
> are likely to be several solutions.
> 
> Best, Ted

Let me join in the acclamation as well and suggest another thing that Ted
talks of from time to time in his writings: tagging of headlines, subheads,
and perhaps even notes, so that you can have a multi-dimensional outline as
needed.

Stephen