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Curio 22 will have something like transclusion
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Posted by Amontillado
May 3, 2022 at 02:57 PM
I see from the Zengobi web site the next version of Curio (Mac only) will support something like transclusion.
A text snippet (a text figure, in Curio’s lexicon) can appear like a Devonthink replicant in many places. The source text can be edited from any instance.
I believe a text figure can be instantiated as either another text figure or as a node in a mind map, and probably other forms as well.
My current use of Curio is as a notebook of math whiteboards. I study math with the same understanding of a preschooler studying crayons, but I get the same joy, too. Life’s good. Might want someone else to plot trajectories through wormholes.
The new feature will probably make it my go-to app for outlining/blocking/story-boarding creative writing.
There is no mobile version of Curio. That doesn’t bother me, my mobile writing platform is a Macbook, and I like being cloud-independent.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
May 3, 2022 at 05:52 PM
If I did most of my work on my MacBook, I’d use Curio a lot. I think it is a fine app. Unfortunately, most of my workday is spent on a Windows PC, which excludes Curio. But I am glad to learn the app continues to evolve.
Steve Z
Posted by Amontillado
May 3, 2022 at 09:47 PM
The development is aggressive. It’s on version 21 now, 22 soon.
I’ve been able in the past to find layout irregularities, but they were never all that bad. The current version has no bad habits I’m aware of.
There are also some hidden features. For instance, anything in Curio can have a note attribute. That means a hierarchical list can serve as a two pane outline. Just open the note inspector and move it beside the list. Each entry in the list gets its own note attribute.
A long time ago I wrote a Python script to convert a Curio export to Aeon Timeline. I believe the method was to export a Curio search as a csv, which was then easy enough to format for Aeon. That was back in the days of the previous version of Aeon. I’ll have to update my script.
Posted by satis
May 5, 2022 at 12:59 AM
> The development is aggressive. It’s on version 21 now, 22 soon.
The *numbering* is aggressive but I’m dubious about features matching such accelerated numbering.
v.21 came out less than a month ago, v.20 came out 4 months ago, v.19 came out 6 months ago, v.18 two months before that, v.17 one month before that, v.16 two months before that, and 14 and 15 both came out only a year ago.
Posted by Amontillado
May 5, 2022 at 11:38 AM
Good point. Each one has brought some features. Better, though, that earlier quirks seem to be under control.
I’m currently using Curio as a corkboard/story outliner. It won’t replace Devonthink, for example. Curio is not a data warehouse.
It could replace other outline tools. Not sure I’m ready to give up OmniOutliner, but life could go on without it.