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Outliner where you can preset color/formatting based on level
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Posted by satis
Nov 9, 2023 at 11:36 PM
Amontillado wrote:
> OmniOutliner has per-level styles. They are quirky but once you see how
>they work they do what they are supposed to.
>You can’t save OmniOutliner styles, so you can’t save a particular setup
>and then apply it to another outline.
I do this in OmniOutliner by saving an otherwise empty outline I use as a template with new outlines, using Save As.
Posted by jimson
Nov 10, 2023 at 08:42 PM
MyInfo can do this too via Conditional Formatting form.
Posted by Lucas
Nov 10, 2023 at 11:56 PM
In addition to the options mentioned above (I use InfoQube) and other options for Mac (e.g., Tinderbox), if you’re looking for Windows and web options, my memory is that Obsidian is relatively hackable in this regard. At want point I set up my own CSS rules that rendered different markdown bullet/sub-bullet levels in different colors. But this required some deep digging into CSS. Inspiration probably also has basic styling features, but I don’t have it installed.
(By the way, does anyone remember how there used to be a somewhat unusual outliner where on the website it showed everything in outline form but styled sort of like colored boxes of text within other-colored boxes of text? I think it began with a ‘B’, but I can’t find it…)
Posted by Cyganet
Nov 11, 2023 at 08:17 AM
Some Obsidian themes (like Aura and AnuPpuccin) have different colour settings for different heading levels, so you don’t have to start from scratch with CSS.
Posted by Amontillado
Nov 11, 2023 at 02:17 PM
Oh, good tip. Definitely a good solution.
What I like, though, is for a document to be independent of any particular style choices of the moment.
Probably more than is needed in an outlining tool, I admit, but an absolute requirement for my happiness in a word processor.
Scrivener has massive flexibility in its compile feature. I get pretty much the same functionality, covering the bases I need, by flipping to different style libraries in my word processor as needs arise.
I have fond memories of OmniOutliner. Great product. One of the reasons I started using other outliners was Omni doesn’t seem to care about OmniOutliner as much as I do. A shame.
And personal weakness. I stopped using OmniOutliner because there was something shiny on the other side of the fence. I admit it.
satis wrote:
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>I do this in OmniOutliner by saving an otherwise empty outline I use as
>a template with new outlines, using Save As.