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Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 24, 2013 at 02:00 PM
Franz Grieser wrote:
>If anyone’s interested, I summarised the above process flow into a
>>chart:
http://drandus.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/academic_writing_process1.png
>
>Thanks. That makes it clearer.
>
>As a writer I am allergic to the saying “a picture paints a thousand
>words” (I usually reply “I’d like that saying be illustrated”) but
>sometimes… :-)
Thanks Franz :)
The above chart could have been more representative by having an arrow between ConnectedText in Step 4 and Freeplane in Step 5, as the CT project outline would be exported as a .mm file and imported into Freeplane. This is an important relationship as the links to the selected CT topics will be preserved and remain clickable, thus turning CT+Freeplane into a virtual dual-pane outliner/notes organiser.
Also, Steps 5 and 6 should have been alongside each other or at least there should have been arrows pointing back from 6 to 5, as the reverse outlining process is part of the drafting process. After writing 3 or 4 paragraphs I immediately add headings and sub-headings and slot them into Outline 4D’s single-pane hierarchical outline.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 24, 2013 at 03:22 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
>The above chart could have been more representative by having an arrow
>between ConnectedText in Step 4 and Freeplane in Step 5, as the CT
>project outline would be exported as a .mm file and imported into
>Freeplane. This is an important relationship as the links to the
>selected CT topics will be preserved and remain clickable, thus turning
>CT+Freeplane into a virtual dual-pane outliner/notes organiser.
>
>Also, Steps 5 and 6 should have been alongside each other or at least
>there should have been arrows pointing back from 6 to 5, as the reverse
>outlining process is part of the drafting process. After writing 3 or 4
>paragraphs I immediately add headings and sub-headings and slot them
>into Outline 4D’s single-pane hierarchical outline.
Here is the amended chart, taking into consideration the above corrections:
http://drandus.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/academic_writing_process2.png
Posted by pjbw
Jan 25, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Doctor,
I notice Bonsai appears frequently in your wishlist.
I have used ECCO as a general purpose outliner for years for contact lists, family trees, diaries, work schedules, software evaluation, etc, etc.However the software has been getting increasingly ‘fragile’ over the years (I keep getting a warning that ECCO has failed; please restart, which I can ignore).
After a lot of research into a replacement I loaded Bonsai. This is so nearly ideal it is sad:
Some single pane outliners have columns. Dual pane outliners have a notes pane. But Bonsai seems to be unique in having a Notes pane AND columns. What a pity the columns are preset and cannot be renamed or re-data-typed, unlike ECCO.
(This text will be pasted into Bonsai with a reminder to check for reply(s).
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 25, 2013 at 09:06 PM
pjbw wrote:
>Some single pane outliners have columns. Dual pane outliners have a
>notes pane. But Bonsai seems to be unique in having a Notes pane AND
>columns.
I never thought about that… I guess there are so few single-pane outliners out there that it’s fairly easy to be unique :) How about UV Outliner or Inspiration? Or are their notes inline only?
What a pity the columns are preset and cannot be renamed or
>re-data-typed, unlike ECCO.
Yes, they missed a trick there…
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 25, 2013 at 10:23 PM
pjbw wrote:
>Some single pane outliners have columns. Dual pane outliners have a
>notes pane. But Bonsai seems to be unique in having a Notes pane AND
>columns. What a pity the columns are preset and cannot be renamed or
>re-data-typed, unlike ECCO.
Well, apart for the obvious Infoqube, which you could call ECCO for the 21st century, there’s also MyInfo with those two features.