Subject: [TS] Re: Cosource.com
btanksley@hifn.com
Date: Mon Aug 30 1999 - 12:33:12 EDT
> From: Ben Darnell [mailto:bgdarnel@unity.ncsu.edu]
> Subject: [TS] Cosource.com
> There is a request on Cosource for an outliner application (search for
> "outliner"; the headline is "Outliner similar to MORE"). I have
> submitted a proposal to modify ThoughtStream to fit the request. This
> does not change my overall vision of ThoughtStream in any way. The
> specific modifications involved in the proposal involve some
> much-needed
> UI improvements (drag&drop, keyboard navigation and editing) and file
> import/export capability (export to plain text or HTML, and
> compatibility with gnome-think's file format). The existing branching
> structure will be cleaned up, and it will remember which branches are
> expanded/collapsed.
Wonderful! This is how I happen to envision using Syna -- I mean
Thoughtstream :-).
> Once the proposal gathers enough commitments to meet the target price
> ($1295; part of that goes to Cosource.com), I will begin work on those
> modifications. Until then, I will be working on synchronization. (A
> few notes on synchronization: I will have to break backwards data
> compatibility with the next PalmOS release, but I will provide a
> converter program. There will be a limit of 16 syncable copies of a
> single mind, although you can make any number of read-only copies)
Fine.
> Now is your chance to encourage me to work on UI, instead of adding
> features and breaking things ;-). Even if you don't contribute any
> money, I encourage you to set up an account on cosource and add this
> proposal to your watchlist so it will move up on the top
> requests list.
Okay.
You have, no doubt, read about the Udanax release of Xanadu, right? If not,
go to udanax.xanadu.com and read about it. Although the C code is very
dated, the Python code is extremely clean -- and the algorithms are VERY
impressive. I think you may be able to use the linking features in a truly
powerful way.
> -Ben
-Billy
------------------------------------------------------------------------
eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/thoughtstream
http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b25 : Wed Aug 30 2000 - 22:01:00 EDT