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@ 2004-08-03 08:00:00
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woody - Hierarchic text editor
Woody is a hierarchical text editor/outliner. It allows you to group related bits of information together into a common meaningful category. It is similar to BrainForest for the Palm Pilot.

The program is ideal for maintaining TODO files. The program stores the files in xml, but can export to plain text files.

This recommendation comes to us from Nick S.:
I think package "woody" is well worth of inclusion. Despite having a name clashing with current Debian stable name, it's possibly the best TODO manager I've seen. Easily hackabe too if you don't like the way it works - it's written in Python.

Default color theme kinda sucks in XTerm, so I'd put together something that looks like default Mutt colors:

def mutt_colors():
    colors["edit border"]       = ("brightblue", "default")
    colors["edit text"]         = ("default", "default")
    colors["top bar"]           = ("brightblue", "default")
    colors["bottom bar"]        = ("default", "blue")
    colors["node"]              = ("default", "default")
    colors["selected node"]     = ("black", "cyan")
    colors["menu bar"]          = ("default", "blue")
    colors["highlit menu bar"]  = ("default", "blue")

(in .woody.conf put first call to transparent_colors() and then to mutt_colors()).

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[info]xxv
2004-08-03 08:57 am UTC (link)
I've been using Woody for a while now, as it's a great editor. Just watch out, as the interface is a bit incomplete.

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Also see hnb
[info]phil_g
2004-08-03 11:37 am UTC (link)
Along similar lines is hnb. It also does the hierarchical notes thing, but at the very least, has much better support for operating as a todo list. I haven't used either one extensively enough to form an opinion on which one I think is better.

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... continue?
[info]toykeeper
2004-08-11 02:59 pm UTC (link)
So, I've been thinking about continuing development on woody, for quite some time. I think the main thing getting in the way is a design which solves all its current limitations. Got any ideas?

I'm hoping to give it a design that is simple, powerful, flexible, and extensible. It should allow the user to create a simple tree of text notes if desired, yet also handle complicated interrelations between cells. I want to be able to attach any number and type of fields to each branch, and not necessarily the same fields for each branch. The main issues to be worked out are the xml schema, internal data representation, and the interface design.

I want to use it on my zaurus, so I was thinking of building a version with a gtk interface. Hopefully something that is still usable on a small screen. I'm not particularly impressed with the gtk2 tree widget though.

Anyway, comments or ideas?

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Re: ... continue?
(Anonymous)
2004-08-13 06:01 am UTC (link)
You may want to give a look to Leo, on Sourceforge ( http://leo.sf.net/ ). Written in Python too, the author has years of experience, and manages to implement clones too.

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