From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rainer M Krug Subject: Re: Org Writer's room Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:28:59 +0100 Message-ID: <50C0736B.8060003@gmail.com> References: <87lidc6nc1.fsf@pank.eu> <50BFEA73.2050309@gmail.com> <87fw3jfvqf.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87lidb7f2b.fsf@gmail.com> <50C06156.40301@gmail.com> <50C06200.3030602@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35031) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgYhe-0000Jo-Lm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:29:20 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgYhU-00044h-HN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:29:14 -0500 Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:54662) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgYhU-00044Y-7B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:29:04 -0500 Received: by mail-bk0-f41.google.com with SMTP id jg9so2824723bkc.0 for ; Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:29:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50C06200.3030602@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Rainer M Krug Cc: Eric Abrahamsen , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Jambunathan K -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 OK - Left side: is present in ecb. I installed ecb from MELPA (the other version does not work with emacs 24 and the cedet version) and I have the navigation panel - very nice. ecb, I am back. Cheers, Rainer On 06/12/12 10:14, Rainer M Krug wrote: > On 06/12/12 10:11, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> On 06/12/12 09:36, Jambunathan K wrote: > >>> I am attaching screen shot of LibreOffice UI. > >> Nice - I cusomised libreoffice immediately to look like that - nice. > > >>> On the left is the navbar. - You can quickly navigate to any heading, a table or a >>> captioned figure. > >> Couldn't the navbar from emacs be used for that? I haven't used it in a long time, but in ecb >> (Emacs Code Browswer) it is used for this - see Screenshots on http://ecb.sourceforge.net/ >> for how it looks there. > > Sorry - meant speedbar. > > > >>> On the right is the style - one can choose char, paragraph, frame, list styles - at point. >>> - In case of Org it will probably be element or point at point. > >> Not clear what you mean, but I would imagine the properties at cursor location (with the >> different levels of the properties from file via section to block) > > >>> In the center, toward lower right is the jump to next and prev element arrows. > >>> So the global view, doc view and local view seems to be pretty universal across all UIs. > >> Well - kind of ecb for org files - saying that, it might be possible to use ecb for that? > >> Cheers, > >> Rainer > > > > > > > > > >>>> Matt Price writes: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote: >>>>>> On 06/12/12 11:22, Rasmus wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Andrew Hyatt writes: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This sounds like an interesting project. My advice is to make a few screenshots >>>>>>>> that give people an idea what you are working towards. Of course, they could be >>>>>>>> completely fake, but it would be helpful to understand for people like me who >>>>>>>> haven't used Scrivener. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would also like to see this. It sounds nice when I read your description, but I >>>>>>> still don't fully appreciate the idea. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> –Rasmus >>>>>>> >>>>>> I'm also very interested. I haven't used Scrivener -- what features do you see as >>>>>> making org a *way* better writing environment? >>>> >>>> [...] >>>> >>>>> To start with I would like to just replicate this window structure, because it keeps >>>>> you focused on writing, while having the larger structure available if you feel the >>>>> need to flit around a bit. The third screenshot shows a semi-fake, still very >>>>> primitive version of what I'd like to have. (I haven't figured out a good way to do >>>>> the metadata yet). >>>> >>>> I *really* like the idea of having a right-hand pane available showing properties around >>>> the current point -- it could include properties from the PROPERTIES drawer, from the >>>> structure returned by `org-element-property', text properties, and maybe properties of >>>> the current headline parent. I'm sort of envisioning what you get from the "inspect >>>> element" command in Firefox. >>>> >>>> For the left-hand pane, org-toc and org-panel in the contrib directory (or even the >>>> org-goto interface) might provide some inspiration. >>>> >>>> Ugh, sounds like a lot of work. >>>> >>>> E >>>> >>>> >>>> > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDAc2sACgkQoYgNqgF2egpCCQCeKcVYX9xREB+4xs+fVM1KOkcm 6poAnj7L9cC+ZWmosnpBypqbeQa9BQoa =deC5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----