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Posted by Cassius
Jun 6, 2011 at 12:52 AM
jimspoon wrote:
>Perhaps an “outliner”
>could be designed where a subitem is stored in a file system subdirectory associated
>with a a parent note item.
>
>If a note belongs in several places in the outline, this
>might be accomplished by using file system “hard links” or “symbolic links”.
>———————————————————————————-
Most outliner programs I know of can contain links to files. How easy or hard it is to create those links depends on the outliner. Sometimes it is as easy as drag-and-drop. I do this all the time.
I suspect, however, that you are looking for something more automatic.
Posted by $Bill
Jun 6, 2011 at 01:36 AM
Posted by jimspoon
>And here is what I?m more interested in ... have you
>seen a browser that will display the wrap the contents
>of a single field over multiple lines? For example - a browser could show lines of text from each file in a ?text? column. I could use that for browsing short text files - i could see text from >multiple files at the same time in a tabular display.
I do this with UltraRecall. I have a folder, containing text files, which is synchronized in UR. I get an explorer-like view with the file’s text content displayed as an field (Item Text). With line wrap on, the grid pane will wrap long cell text to 9 rows per cell. (If line wrap is off, a tool tip will display the entire text when hovered over. ) The grid looks like a spreadsheet, but in-cell-editing is on the “road map” but not planned for the next release. Of course you are probably looking for a more simple solution to your text file problem and perhaps do not share my enthusiasm for UltraRecall as the integrated solution for all my organizational frustration. ;-)
I recently made excellent progress sorting some old files (pre UR), by making use of windows 7 explorer’s document preview pane and surprisingly robust search features. Although I had only one preview pane, the speed at which I could cycle though the files was impressive. If I were not already spoiled by my current solution, I could see making use of these features along with file indexing, libraries, saved searches, versioning, etc - all built into windows 7….
Posted by jimspoon
Jun 6, 2011 at 02:49 AM
Hi Bill,
$Bill wrote:
>
>I do this with UltraRecall. I have a
>folder, containing text files, which is synchronized in UR. I get an explorer-like
>view with the file’s text content displayed as an field (Item Text). With line wrap on,
>the grid pane will wrap long cell text to 9 rows per cell. (If line wrap is off, a tool tip
>will display the entire text when hovered over. ) The grid looks like a spreadsheet,
>but in-cell-editing is on the “road map” but not planned for the next release.
I have UR 3.5, but I never really switched over from Ecco - and so I never really learned about the file synchronization function. Sounds very interesting ... I need to study it. But I’d need to upgrade for UR4, since 3.5 wont work for me in Win7. I’ve been thinking about it ... but wish the upgrade was cheaper than $50 ! Before doing so I’d like to feel confident that it really seems like the solution for me, as opposed to infoqube, zoot, etc. I love Ecco but the limitations are maddening.
>I recently made excellent progress
>sorting some old files (pre UR), by making use of windows 7 explorer’s document
>preview pane and surprisingly robust search features. Although I had only one
>preview pane, the speed at which I could cycle though the files was impressive. If I
>were not already spoiled by my current solution, I could see making use of these
>features along with file indexing, libraries, saved searches, versioning, etc - all
>built into windows 7….
I agree that Win 7 has some very impressive built-in features. Lately for example, I’ve been using it to rename PDFs I made from scanned images - using the very nice PDF previewer. I need to explore the other features more fully.
Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Jun 6, 2011 at 08:02 AM
Jim,
This is not what you are looking at but maybe and idea to follow:
http://www.gumnotes.com/
How it works:
1. Open a document
This can be a website, an office document or a email
2. Attach a note!
Open the GumNotes window in the sys tray bar and write a note.
3. Next time you open the document GumNotes shows your note.
Even for related documents GumNotes can show your note e.g. for follow up emails.
Dominik