Re: binary installer

All that's really needed is a script that tests and verifies each dependency and describes the issues when there is a problem. On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 12:30:20 PM UTC-5, Todd Mars wrote: > > 12/11/2016: > using google to search for the leo installer, gives references to

binary installer

12/11/2016: using google to search for the leo installer, gives references to sourceforge download and a one-click windows installer 'leo.exe' or 'leoapp.exe'. There is a zip file for 5.4. There is no 'leo.exe' or 'leoapp.exe' in that zip file. Where is this located? Is this not working? Thanks

Re: Leo.exe: a christmas present for newbies

I"m setting up a new 64 bit win system. I'll just list some observations on a new 64 bit Win system, OK?: It was blocked from running in the zip file. (no output). --I'd suggest running a test program first and outputting the result. It ran from the exe file. It has a dialog at start saying it ne

Copy Paste and moving cloned nodes

If you cut/paste or copy/paste a clone is copied into a non-clone node. What is the easiest quickest way to move around clones? Thanks Todd I find line-by-line with cursor keys down/up is difficult. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group.

Re: whatever

Thank-You! Here are my notes: LEO font size leoSettings.leo @settings/Appearance (change these first) /Qt Gui Settings/Fonts/Basic Fonts (change these first) /@string font-size =. (changed to 10) On Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 4:17:12 PM UTC-5, Todd Mars wrote: > > hi, > finally up

whatever

hi, finally upgraded to 5.1, now @clean node works and can output a simple text file that reflects the outlline. So to make a small font in the body and headlines, I edit personal settings file and put in what node? thanks it would be nice if ctrl- and ctrl+ could make the font sizes bigger and

Re: install versions

I fix it by running this batch file (windows) cd C:\Program Files\Leo-5.1-final C:\Python34\python.exe launchLeo.py pause I guess it's just the environment it's running in by default. Great! thanks, Todd. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor

install versions

Hi! I have python 2.7 and 3.4, and run 2.7 by default in windows. I was using Leo 5.0 using Python 3.4, with this: C:\Python34\pythonw.exe "C:\Program Files\Leo-5.0-final\launchLeo.py" and 'start in' folder: C:\Program Files\Leo-5.0-final\leo" Which worked Fine! Now I'd like to use this: (simply s

versions, re-install, etc.

I have some trouble because I had to downgrade py to 2.7 to use npm, so: (now I have py33 and py27 on the 'puter) 1) Is it necessary to uninstall old version of Leo to install new version? 2) To run Leo I use cmd and change folder to: C:\Python33\Lib\site-packages\Leo-4.11-final Then I execute t

Re: My advice: avoid Windows 10 until 2020

On Windows 8.1 you could get most of the Windows 7 interface with a little tweaking, and there are security and speed improvements. I hope that Windows 10 has the same thing. Todd. On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:30:21 AM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > I spent most of yesterday installing and

Re: ENB: Proposal re #199: handling already-open files

Hi, There is kind of a standard way to deal with this problem, already. 1) an option to allow multiple versions of the app to run, or not. (maybe check if a file exists in the folder you keep your database file in) 2) When refreshing the display, check if a later version of the file exists than

Re: ENB: Proposal re #199: handling already-open files

Hi, Why is it needed to know that another copy of Leo is running? Thanks! (this kind of thing is fascinating!) On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 5:18:01 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Todd Mars > > wrote: > > The thing where it says it's

Re: ENB: Proposal re #199: handling already-open files

The thing where it says it's already open when it's not, now I understand it! Where is this global db file and why is it necessary? thanks Todd. On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 7:01:07 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > #199 is presently > th

Something I need, Word? (haha)

Hi! I'm very pleased reading the design of the @clean implementation! Very interesting and I'm fascinated by the implications and applications. So, I'm looking at some word documents that have outlines that are produced automatically by word processing programs. 1. blah a. blah blah i.

Re: I prefer Android Outliner to NoteLynX as a Leo-Editor partner

> > Also, there are I think 3 types of views (or 4) including different node >> and editing views, so THAT can be confusing! > > Todd. However, it makes a lot of sense. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this g

Re: I prefer Android Outliner to NoteLynX as a Leo-Editor partner

> > >>I stopped investigating NoteLynX when I couldn't find a way to rearrange > the "projects" (outlines) in the Project Main Menu, and, much more > seriously, I discovered that line breaks are ignored in the node body. > Also, I think the Android Outliner displays are better than the NoteLyn

Re: User friendliness. Will it ever be a priority?

This is an interesting thread and most of my >35 year experience is in this area, or related ones. IMHO as they say, you don't stop development to re-do a UI. Here's what you do: 1) Adapt the files to a new port, a re-write. Gets easier every day. Parallel development. 2) You identify a speci

leo user's home directory (folder)

Sorry for stupid question. (on windows 7 now) where is the user's home folder? I tried saving into a leo config sub-folder and got blocked by administrator rights which is a separate issue, normally in the shell you get a permission dialog which you can click through but from leo itself you don

Re: New Install

thanks, it's funny once you get it up and running (in my case 64 bit with PyQt4) you just want to go on and use it rather than figuring out what the issues were that made me stumble on the installation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" gr

Re: New Install

, Todd Mars wrote: > > Trying to install on a new windows system. > I installed Python34 which goes into C:\Python34 > I installed DocUtils > PyQt GPL v5.4 for Python v3.4 (x64) Setup reports an error and if I > install it anyway Leo has an error. > "This copy of PyQt has

New Install

Trying to install on a new windows system. I installed Python34 which goes into C:\Python34 I installed DocUtils PyQt GPL v5.4 for Python v3.4 (x64) Setup reports an error and if I install it anyway Leo has an error. "This copy of PyQt has been built against Python v3.4 (x64) which doesn't seem t

Re: android outliners...

s is dreaming at this point...) > > > Don > > > Rob... > > On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 1:06:15 PM UTC-5, Todd Mars wrote: >> >> >> I like NoteLynx; It's html based with some javascript, css, a nice >> publish to html. It uses 'links&#

Re: android outliners...

I like NoteLynx; It's html based with some javascript, css, a nice publish to html. It uses 'links' to produce multiple parents and 'friends', and other parents are 'categories'. And it uses .xml There is a Leo viewer, why not just port leo editor to android directly? (and write converters)

visit every parent of a clone in editing traversal.

It would be great to have a command to simply go to next parent of any clone, to be able to traverse in succession with the command, every parent of any clone (any node, really, since a node has just a single parent) Doable and does this make sense as a need or is it already done? Todd. Of course

day to day minor newbie issues?

Is it possible to branch another leo google group for minor newbie day-to-day issues? I'm using Leo as a daily organizer at work, and hope to someday transition to a programmer that uses it. When little problems or issues come up, it would be nice to have a discussion that is separate from the r

rst3 indentation errors can override?

If the body has an indented line we can get this error on creating rst3 System Message: ERROR/3 (, line 1032) Unexpected indentation. is there a way to deal easily with these errors? probably an input language type? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Houston, we have a problem with gnx's

OK great: The fact that GNX is considered visually intrusive is a separate issue. There should be a design to mitigate that. My diagnosis: you are confusing two diseases as having the same cause. 1- There are bad GNX (functionality). If GNX is fixed it makes the visual worse. 2- There are visual p

Re: Houston, we have a problem with gnx's

> > I'm sorry to jump in like this after long study of the problem by others, > not me. > Why not just append a big enough range random number to the end of the timestamp, (a different field) so that the gnx starts off with a unique value, the random part of big enough range that probability of

Navigation

Hello! How do I do this? global to an outline: Find text (with multiple results) Display next/previous results (go to location in the outline for each search found) Thanks, Todd. P.S. Good luck to Edward on the vacation!! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

view all parents and navigate?

Hi, Is it possible to view all parents of a clone and navigate to them easily through the view? Thanks Todd. -- 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-e

Re: Using leo for documentation (rst3 html)

> > The Repeats: It is to perform a command when the user stops typing, right? > --If the user has not type, nothing is done. --If the user has typed, then the timer starts. If there was a timer already, it's just reset to the delay time. --when the timer fires, the command is executed. just

Using leo for documentation (rst3 html)

HI, I'm trying to use Leo for documentation, memoes, etc. using rst3 One hassle: how do you do columnar editing mode? On Windows it is hold down ALT key while using the mouse for columnar copy paste etc. Another request! I've found a delay timer to execute code is very useful. For example, if I

Re: I'm back

Wow! Good luck and hoping you're feeling better! Todd. On Monday, May 12, 2014 10:59:31 AM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > On Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:06:10 AM UTC-5, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > I've been dealing with various distractions recently, including >> moderate-to-severe hip pane. I

Re: Why Leo is not yet ready for prime time (for most users)

There is no reason why the settings cannot be made user friendly, other than the work involved. Simply enumerating the specific problems from the beginning, and designing a friendly user interface to perform the tasks. When that is done, a good programmer can do it. Todd. -- You received this

how to get section numbering node headlines in rst3 output?

Howdy, Is there an easy way to get section numbers so that output from rst is for example: 1 node 1.a first child of node 1 1.b second child of node 1 2 2.a.1 2.a.2 second child of first child of node 2 etc? (I'm not sure what these things are called, I omitted the bodies etc.) How about indent

delete all nodes bug?

I'm on Leo 4.11 build 5020 I selected ALL nodes, and deleted them. (I think I used the context menu delete) Then the outline window was red, could not insert any nodes, could not Undo. Todd. (Had to abandon the outline and start again) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Search

How to get a Search (headlines or bodies)? Can the results be links to the node? Todd. -- 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...@googl

New install problem

Hi! I have a new 64 bit install, I have Python33 and PyQT5. And Leo-4.11-final. When I execute Python lauch-leo.py, I get errors PyQt4 no module named, ImportErrors, etc. So, where's that association? Thanks Todd. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo

Re: On Topic: Intuition Pumps

> I am focusing on the simplest useful tools that might detect *some* kinds of errors. > I was generalizing. So what kind of errors would you detect? Also you say about code that handles run time type changes: " Indeed, *all* of Leo's functions and methods will quickly fail if they do not,

Re: On Topic: Intuition Pumps

So your static type checking project has the goal of producing C-performance code system. Meaning it can be compiled into machine code. Well the problem might be that code can make type assumptions and change types based on run-time events rather than build-time knowledge. So for example during

Headlines as Titles with spaces for hyperlink in RST3

In RST you can hyperlink to titles. In Leo headlines turn into titles in RST but if there are spaces in them this hyperlink does not work, hyperlinks cannot see them. Using quotes does not help, that I can find. Is this a problem and whose problem is it? Thanks! Todd. -- You received this mess

Re: Leo as a PIM

Regarding PIM functionality, I have been using Leo on and off for organizational tasks and there are lots of fascinating ways to work it. It would take some work to make it user friendly. The self-referential technology feels like it can do many new things which need to be worked with to fully g

@url file absolute path

Hello, regarding a change from 4.9 to 4.10 Used to be if I opened a file with @url file:C:\Users\blahblah.leo Then in the file blahblah.leo I had OTHER @url file:blah2.leo Then the second file would be opened in the same folder as the first. This is no longer the case, I have to have absolute

Re: write protect

Well I am thinking being able to -completely- write protect a node is interesting to add freedom to add functionality that cannot exist otherwise. (like cross-file references to nodes which would have to be write protected) In that case I could make some interesting documentation (what I do now m

Re: write protect

Are there Node Types? Or are all nodes basically the same, all the same type. Not having different situations, but treated uniquely. (having children or being cloned is a situation but not a type)? Thanks Todd. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-e

write protect

Hi, Cheers! Could you have write-protected nodes? Can you have node references that cannot change node contents? Todd. (while editing outlines) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving email

comparison leo outline type with other outliner's types?

I remember reading -somewhere- about comparing various multi-parent or multi-copy of node outline types (clones vs. backlinks or whatever) but I can't find where I read that. Where is it? Desire to read analysis, isn't that in the leo docs somewhere? Thanks! Todd. -- You received this message

section references to other outlines?

hi! I can use clones to make section references to sections outside of the tree branch in the same outline. But how can I make section references to other leo outlines? (other @url file:dada.leo) or maybe make clones to other outline nodes so that I can make section references to them? thanks! todd

Re: output body and headlines (newbie)

Ouch, if I have a clone of a node, in expansion of @auto test.txt the clone is not output only the original? todd. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe fro

Re: output body and headlines (newbie)

Very beautiful thanks, Terry. At some point I'll learn enough to get what I want, not being Python-able yet. Now using Leo to organize my thoughts, and needing output. (for showing them) Another thing I probably want/need is to write my @file node (@auto .txt right now) according to the current s

Re: output body and headlines (newbie)

I would like to output @file trees with the headline as the top line of the body text that is written. (an option to do that) Or: I would like to be able to indent @rst output, each headline section is indented (using indented @others doesn't do it) This is just to use Leo as a documentation tool

Re: output body and headlines (newbie)

When it does 'print(\n..' where does that go to? What I really want is to write files, in which the first line of every 'body text' section contains it's headline. thanks! todd. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this grou

output body and headlines (newbie)

Can I export text representation with both headlines and bodies in a simple outline structure? (like a text dump)Perhaps there is a way to do this in rst but output defaults to all left justified. thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" g

transfer edit?

I'm playing with xml @auto import. (using @settings @data import_xml_tags) I'm wondering about what we old folks used to call transfer edit. Read one file but Write a different one, transferring so that the original is not clobbered! Make any sense? todd. -- You received this message because

newbie open leo document via node

Hi from a newbie, wannabie... My question is how do I make a node that when double-clicked on (or another command) opens a new Leo Window containing the document specified in the node (by name)... possibly a nodeAction? Thanks! Todd. I searched but could not find... -- You received this messag

Re: corrupted leo file?

> > OT: It amazes me that an OS which actually calls itself "Windows" ships with > a window manager which buries critical dialogs under all the other windows.   > And that this *still* happens in Windows 7.  "It's been saying 'Please wait, > installing' for three hours... oh wait, there's a click

Re: Docs and installer should have top priority

Proper thing to do is run Python installer and run QT installer if user says to, from the Leo installer first. In either case if the user installs Leo, and Python and QT are installed, it should work. It does not now. (my new Win7 install did not a few days ago) Just takes a bit of work that's all,