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Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 20, 2022 at 10:13 PM
Rather impressed by the way internal links in Bike don’t just refer to rows, but will also open other files. That is, if you’ve created a link to a row in another file, you can close that file, and if you then click on the link, the file will open again at the row you linked to. One of the neatest implementations of that I’ve seen, especially since the link format (URL) is very short. You can use an Apple-standard format if you wish, but the Bike-specific format is more efficient.
Nice one, Jesse!
Posted by Amontillado
Dec 20, 2022 at 11:06 PM
+1 for tagging. Imagine you’re writing a linear outline for a story with three plot threads. It would be nice to see the just the rows for Arc One, or Arc Two, or whatever.
The nicest thing about Bike is how easy it is to just write.
Posted by Jesse Grosjean
Dec 20, 2022 at 11:56 PM
>Rather impressed by the way internal links in Bike don’t just refer to
>rows, but will also open other files. That is, if you’ve created a link
>to a row in another file, you can close that file, and if you then click
>on the link, the file will open again at the row you linked to. One of
>the neatest implementations of that I’ve seen, especially since the link
>format (URL) is very short. You can use an Apple-standard format if you
>wish, but the Bike-specific format is more efficient.
Glad you like the links implementation. More information on how exactly it works can be found here:
- https://bikeguide.hogbaysoftware.com/using-bike/using-links
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Dec 21, 2022 at 12:59 PM
Curious to know how Bike is better than OutlineEdit, for those of you familiar with both:
https://outlineedit.com/index.html
Thanks.
Steve
Posted by MadaboutDana
Dec 21, 2022 at 04:49 PM
I would prefer not to describe such tools as “better” or “worse” than one another; the philosophy behind OutlineEdit is, I suspect, rather different from that of Bike, which is minimalist by design, although there are a lot of features lurking below the surface.
I haven’t used the latest version of OutlineEdit, but much respect the developer’s work – I did use the first version and liked it very much.
Personally, I found having a trial period for Bike was very helpful for evaluating it. OutlineEdit looks good, but the price is relatively robust. A trial would be cool!
Although having said that, I’ve just visited the website and doh! there is indeed a free trial! Silly Bill. I shall give it a whirl and see what happens!
Cheers!