I will check this out Terry, sorry I hadn't seen this post before I responded to Edward.
On Monday, May 4, 2015 at 8:01:51 AM UTC-4, Terry Brown wrote: > > Have a look at the valuespace plug in, I think it does outline wide > substitution. Not sure if the results are syntax agnostic. > Cheers -Terry > > On May 4, 2015 6:14:47 AM CDT, john lunzer <lun...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: >> >> I've been using Leo to help me organize hundreds of bash scripts. Some >> scripts share common data. One might say my project (and my reason for >> seeking out Leo) was to find a way to organize all these scripts. It's been >> a resounding success. >> >> I'd like to find a way to consolidate common pieces of data in a type of >> "global variables node" where I can change a value once and it is applied >> to all files/nodes which reference it. I've been doing this with >> find/replace all but I find this cumbersome and it does not document the >> shared data. >> >> Could Leo have something like @int/@bool/@string/etc simple settings >> types but applicable to any node in an outline? >> >> Section references do what I'm talking about but in reverse. In a section >> reference you can reference blocks of code in a parent node and it will >> replace them if those section definition nodes are found as children. My >> proposal here is to have node which collects a type of node similar to >> section definition nodes where those definitions could be referenced >> anywhere in an outline (or suboutline) similarly to how simple settings >> nodes work. >> >> I guess I would call these "Global Project Variables" if defined at the >> top level. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
