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Curio 22 will have something like transclusion
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Posted by Paul Korm
May 6, 2022 at 11:05 AM
An additional new feature in Curio 22 (still in beta) is “file-backed text figures”. Unfortunately a clunky name for the feature, but what Curio is doing here is displaying the contents of a file as though it were a block of text that can be edited directly in Curio. Previously, Curio only showed files as previews using the QuickLook feature of macOS.
Here’s one way I am using the “file-back text figure”: I sync Readwise with Obsidian. I index Obsidian’s Readwise folders in Curio using the Local Library feature. With Curio 22, I can drag a Readwise file into Curio, as an alias to the original, and view and edit the file in Curio. The original file remains in the Obsidian vault. This is essentially the same as indexing files in DEVONthink and editing the files inside DEVONthink.
https://www.zengobi.com/curio/releasenotes/?v=22
Posted by MadaboutDana
May 6, 2022 at 11:36 AM
Hm, I find OmniOutliner very, very irritating, but appreciate you’ve probably got a lot of stuff on it!
However, you might want to keep an eye on the wonderful Dashword, the most recent and effective answer to Trees 2… (macOS and Windows)
There’s still quite a lot of stuff on their roadmap (iOS app, more functional search, tags, reminders, collaboration…), but it’s already a nice app.
Cheers,
Bill
Amontillado wrote:
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.
Posted by Amontillado
May 6, 2022 at 11:15 PM
I used Trees 2 a long time ago. I mourned its loss. Dashword looks nice.
Omnigroup has somewhat sidelined its outline offering, I think.
OmniOutliner bugs me most by its implementation of styles. For someone happy to write in vim, I get cranky about styles.
OO custom columns are a redeeming feature. I’ve used those to make outlines that import directly to Aeon Timeline.
Outlines will always be a reasonable way to codify the structure of a story or document. I can do the same thing in more of a storyboard, though. My interest in Curio has definitely reawakened.
MadaboutDana wrote:
Hm, I find OmniOutliner very, very irritating, but appreciate you’ve
>probably got a lot of stuff on it!
>
>However, you might want to keep an eye on the wonderful Dashword, the
>most recent and effective answer to Trees 2… (macOS and Windows)
>
>There’s still quite a lot of stuff on their roadmap (iOS app, more
>functional search, tags, reminders, collaboration…), but it’s already
>a nice app.
>
>Cheers,
>Bill
>
>Amontillado wrote:
>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.
Posted by Amontillado
May 6, 2022 at 11:21 PM
It’s going to be pretty cool, I think.
I’ve been more eager for the synched text figures, but I’ve also thought indexing a directory in Devonthink and also importing the same directory into Curio could be powerful. Best of both worlds sort of stuff.
Paul Korm wrote:
An additional new feature in Curio 22 (still in beta) is “file-backed
>text figures”. Unfortunately a clunky name for the feature, but what
>Curio is doing here is displaying the contents of a file as though it
>were a block of text that can be edited directly in Curio. Previously,
>Curio only showed files as previews using the QuickLook feature of
>macOS.
>
>Here’s one way I am using the “file-back text figure”: I sync Readwise
>with Obsidian. I index Obsidian’s Readwise folders in Curio using the
>Local Library feature. With Curio 22, I can drag a Readwise file into
>Curio, as an alias to the original, and view and edit the file in Curio.
> The original file remains in the Obsidian vault. This is essentially
>the same as indexing files in DEVONthink and editing the files inside
>DEVONthink.
>
>https://www.zengobi.com/curio/releasenotes/?v=22