OutNoted
An outline note-taking editor.
Just what it says on the tin: OutNoted is an editor for outlines made of one-line notes, inspired by the old Linux/BSD tool hnb
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This is my second attempt to make one; my interest in outliners dates back almost five years. The first time I failed however, because outliners are complicated.
The trick, as with many other things, is paring them down to the essence.
Download
OutNoted v1.3 (28K) is offered under the MIT license; see source code. System requirements:
Python 2.7 or 3.x, and Tkinter
800x600 graphical desktop
OutNoted is stable as of 17 October 2021. Remaining features are low-priority. See also:
(The latter is mostly a mirror of this page.)
Features
Create and edit outlines made of one-line notes.
Open and save outline formats like Org Mode and OPML .
Treat any note as a task and / or link.
Uses
Bookmark management: don't leave it to the browser!
Task management: often you don't need much more.
Planning a book or game, writing dialogue and so on.
How to use
Press Ctrl-Insert to add a note, Enter to save.
Or just click in the edit line and start typing.
Keep typing to add more notes in the same place.
Use Ctrl-Escape to clear the selection first.
Press Tab from the edit line to focus the tree.
Ctrl-E starts editing the selected note.
Escape on the edit line cancels editing the note.
Insert adds a child note to the one selected.
Delete removes the selected note and its children.
Use Control with the arrow keys to move notes around.
Right-click in the main view for a context menu.
Key bindings
(Many bindings have a Command- equivalent for Mac users.)
Ctrl-N
Start new outline
Ctrl-O
Open outline from disk
Ctrl-S
Save current outline
Ctrl-F
Find text from the beginning.
Ctrl-G
Find again from the last result.
Ctrl-1 / Ctrl-2 / Ctrl-3
Toggle note status.
Other bindings are shown in the menu.
Remarks
OutNoted guesses formats based on file extensions to keep it simple.
OutNoted is best used with mouse and keyboard together.
If you add notes while a search is active, Find Again will skip them.
When opening Org Mode files, only headlines are recognized!
Seriously, OutNoted isn't a proper Org Mode editor, sorry.
Wishlist
Insert / extract subtrees.
Support more metadata / file properties.
Change note color depending on link or status.
See also
Scrunch Edit : an offshoot project that complements OutNoted.
Keep an EyeOut : a tool to eye the outline of various documents.
hnb : the old text-based outliner for Linux and BSD that inspired OutNoted.
Last updated: 8 November 2021 . More small things