elementaryOS Outliner

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Posted by jaslar
Apr 3, 2020 at 04:02 PM

Today I updated my elementaryOS (running on a Macbook). Minder, the mindmap application, boasted a new ability to import “Outliner” (now in AppCenter!) files. So I went to the AppCenter, and can’t find it. On the other hand, it has a GitHub page at https://github.com/phase1geo/Outliner. It looks to be a relatively stripped down outliner with the following features:

- Quickly create outlines and export them in a number of useful formats.
- Quickly create and navigate outlines using the keyboard or mouse.
- Full support for text formatting.
- Add notes to any outline text.
- Close/Hide any group within the outline for increased focus.
- Quick search and replace of any text within the document, including notes.
- View document statistics such as character count, word count and row count.
- Unlimited undo/redo of any change.
- Automatically saves in the background.
- Open multiple outlines with the use of tabs.
- Built-in themes.
- Import from Minder and OPML.
- Export to HTML, Markdown, Minder, OPML, PDF and PlainText.
- Printer support.

With Minder and Quilter (a markdown editor), elementary will offer a tidy little toolchest for writing. Not sure why it’s not showing up in AppCenter, though…

Posted by jaslar
Apr 4, 2020 at 06:54 PM

I taught myself how to use the simple github syntax to download and install Outliner on my system. It should be out on AppCenter soon. The Outliner is a little minimal just yet, but the developer is keenly interested. It’s just EXCITING to see a new outliner in Linux.

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