Re: Org and Hyperbole

[David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>]

Juan Manuel Macías <maciaschain@posteo.net> writes:

> I've been intrigued with GNU Hyperbole for a while. I'm reading the
> documentation and trying it out a bit. It seems that its button system
> is very powerful. But Org links are also powerful (and exportable), and
> can be extended outside of Org docs. It seems that hyperbole offers some
> cool stuff that Org also has. And other things that are not in Org. I
> find some parts a bit confusing. I wonder if anyone is using hyperbole
> with Org and can put here some minimal workflow example where both
> complement each other in some way. Just in case I'm missing something
> useful...

I haven't touched Hyperbole in ...decades...?  Even then, it was
complicated and full-featured (but I still keep it in my .emacs file).
My discussions with Bob Weiner were interesting at the time and I really
wanted to make use of it.

As you've discovered, it integrates a lot of what Org has in, perhaps, a
tighter fashion (which makes it more complicated, but the pain might be
useful). The Smart Keys and Buttons are very similar to Org.  The
outliner (KOutline) is more powerful than Org, but not integrated with
export capabilities to other formats (I think there is a way of
exporting an outline to Org).  Something that Org does not have is
browsing capabilities for Object Oriented languages.  This is an add-on
(for C++ ?) in Hyperbole (search for OO-Browser).  Since I retired, I
don't do much programming, so Org's project management has been more
interesting to me.

It's nice to see that it's actually still being developed by Bob.

-- 
David Masterson