Hiero - single-pane outliner for Linux

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Posted by Dr Andus
Jul 27, 2015 at 09:45 PM

Appears to have been developed recently.

Message from the developer:

“For the benefit of any Linux users who might come this way, I just released a single-pane outliner for Linux called Hiero. I don’t know how useful it will be to someone writing a book exactly as I haven’t done much testing of outlines that large (though the modest testing I did do in order to determine size limits did seem to indicate that it would work fine). If anyone’s interested, it can be found on my new blog, Productive Penguin.”

http://productivepenguin.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/an-outliner-for-linux.html

https://launchpad.net/~bwb-s/+archive/ubuntu/hiero

Posted by tightbeam
Jul 28, 2015 at 12:42 AM

A shame this isn’t for Windows (or also for Windows).

Posted by jaslar
Aug 1, 2015 at 07:32 PM

I finally had a chance to download and test. I’m deeply appreciative of programmers who create tools for the rest of us, and I’ve shared a more extensive version of my comments with him on his site. In brief, though, I found the user interface for creating “nodes” very balky. Everything is entered in a text box discrete from the outline, and requires a command to start, erase placeholder text, and save. After that, it’s a pretty decent outliner, though, and I’m hopeful that it will get even better over time. I’m certainly encouraged to see the project.

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