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outliner writing tool

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Open Source Tree Editor for Writers

Shown by rayalez on Sep 15, 2017. Click the card to turn it over.

231points

83comments

#120of 2,242 in 2017

Top 6%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

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1 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.

Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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Licensed under AGPL, which conflicts with React dependency
From 1 comment
- I'm not sure what good the Affero GPL license is good for in this case. The resulting software cannot be distributed under it: It depends on React as a critical and integral…
  kevin_b_er on HN
Account creation deleted unsaved work
From 1 comment
- fyi, i wrote something fairly intricate in tree format and the account creation process deleted it without confirmation after logging me in
  pizza on HN
Documentation has typos and incorrect keyboard shortcut text
From 3 comments
- Ctrl+L would move to the right, and Ctrl+Shift+L would create a new node to the right. So above that where it says "L - left" is incorrect. There's also a typo "beraking" that…
  yardshop on HN
- Hey there's a little typo in "How it works": "beraking down your large writing goals"
  fifnir on HN
- Curious why the readme is only available in image format, also, was there a mistake? It says Ctrl + l is to create a node to the left, but then it says "for example, use ctrl +l…
  komali2 on HN

Support for cloning nodes
From 1 comment
- It is a shame more people aren't aware of Leo (http://leoeditor.com/). Leo is a hierarchical editor with a tree view of nodes, which can be in Markdown, ReST, code, and create…
  stevesimmons on HN
Configurable keymap not assuming QWERTY
From 2 comments
- How about a configurable keymap that doesn't assume the QWERTY layout?
  thomastjeffery on HN
- Like the look of this a lot. I'm a fan of mind maps for getting work done. I might suggest that unless you think that a large portion of your audience are vim users then you…
  discreteevent on HN

Gingko
From 2 comments
- I'm the creator of the app that inspired this one, http://gingkoapp.com They say imitation is the best form of flattery, but I'm surprised Ray that you didn't credit Gingko at…
  adriano_f on HN
- I think the original app that inspired it was gingko[1] but it's nice that we can see the source of this one[2] [1] - https://gingkoapp.com [2] -…
  xori on HN
Org mode
From 2 comments
- Best and most general option that I know of is Org mode (Emacs). But regardless, I'm glad more people are picking up on the power of hierarchical text editing (and interfaces…
  Tenobrus on HN
- As a plain-text editor fan, I use Org mode in Emacs for Tree-based documentation and blogging.
  kaushalmodi on HN
Leo editor
From 1 comment
- It is a shame more people aren't aware of Leo (http://leoeditor.com/). Leo is a hierarchical editor with a tree view of nodes, which can be in Markdown, ReST, code, and create…
  stevesimmons on HN
Workflowy
From 1 comment
- Love the idea. Reminds me of Workflowy (which has focus on task list in trees). Check it out: https://workflowy.com/
  nslindtner on HN
TreeSheets
From 1 comment
- Also see Treesheets: http://strlen.com/treesheets/
  kqr2 on HN