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abbreviations linked to definitions / expanded text, with tooltips?
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Posted by jimspoon
Apr 29, 2011 at 10:09 PM
I’m pretty much making notes all day - have been using Ecco for a long time. I sure wish it had a wiki-like feature where I could just type in a short abbreviation, and then that abbreviation would be recognized and a link would be created to a definition or expansion of that abbreviation elsewhere in the database. Better yet, it would be nice just to be able to hover over an abbreviation like that and have a tooltip pop up showing the expanded text for that abbreviation.
As it is I use PhraseExpress or Robotype to expand typed abbreviations - but it would be better if I could just retain the abbreviation in the text, with a link to the expanded form, as indicated above.
Anybody know of outliners / notetakers / PIMs that do this?
Posted by critStock
Apr 30, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Hello, Jim,
Not sure if this will be helpful, but PhraseExpress can replace type text with links, either URL or command link syntax. I don’t know Ecco, but if it can produce a command-line link to a database item, you can have PhraseExpress replace your typing with such a link. UltraRecall supports such links, in the format “ur://D:/Inspiron.NO-SYNC/My%20Dropbox/URD/00-DATA.urd?item=14444”. “ur:” tells windows to open database file “D:/{path}” to item 14444. Of course, you have to set this up for every single text string; it’s not automatically generated as in a wiki. I’m not sure how graceful this would be in practice, but theoretically it should work….
Cheers,
David
Posted by Gorski
May 1, 2011 at 01:35 AM
Microsoft’s OneNote lets you type double brackets around a word or phrase to create a Wiki-like link. It will either automatically link to a new, blank page with that word/phrase as the title or, if a page with that title already exists, link you to it.
Posted by Arnold
May 1, 2011 at 01:58 AM
Not exactly as you ask:
1)
Brainstorm does this in a fashion via namesakes. If a line is exactly the same as in another branch a link will be made.
2) EMACS via Org mode
a link can be made via <
> or [[_]] that will jump to the target be it a branch, external file or weblink.
Use both daily for logging notes for work (EMACS) or home (Brainstorm). EccoPro is my PIM of choice, does need a few features, but way ahead of its time.
Posted by Lucas
May 1, 2011 at 02:57 AM
ConnectedText might meet your needs to some degree. It’s the most powerful personal wiki software I’ve come across. You can type the opening syntax characters for creating a link, and then as soon as you begin typing the link name, an auto-complete list is dynamically generated based on already existing pages. Through some combination of typing the beginning of the link name and/or scrolling through the auto-complete list, you can get the link you want rapidly. It’s efficient software.