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\documentclass{article}
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\hypersetup{bookmarks, bookmarksopen,
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pdftitle={VYM - a tool for visual thinking },
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pdfauthor={Uwe Drechsel},
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pdfsubject={map},
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pdfkeywords={map, tool},
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pdfpagemode={UseOutlines},
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\newcommand{\vym}{{\sc vym }}
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\newcommand{\key}[1]{[#1]}
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\begin{document}
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\title{VYM \\ -- \\View Your Mind}
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\author{\textcopyright Uwe Drechsel }
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%\date{September 26, 2002}
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\maketitle
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\tableofcontents
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\newpage
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\section{Introduction}
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\subsection{What is a \vym map?}
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A \vym map (in short words {\em map}) is a tree like structure:
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=12cm]{example1.png}
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\end{center}
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Such maps can be drawn by hand on paper or a flip chart and help to
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structure your thoughs. While a tree like structure like above can be
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drawn by hand or any drawing software \vym offers
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much more features to work with such maps. \vym is not another drawing
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software, but a tool to store and modify information in an intuitive
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way. For example you can reorder parts of the map by pressing a key or
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add various information like a complete email by a simple mouse click.
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\subsection{Why should I use maps? Time, Space and your Brain.}
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\subsubsection*{Space}
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A map can concentrate a very complex content on little space e.g. a
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piece of paper. It helps to use both sides of your brain: the logical
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side and also your creative side (e.g. by using pictures, colors and
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keywords in a map, so called {\em anchors}). It is a technique to
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organize the way you think: It can help you by developing, sorting and
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memorizing your thoughts.
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\subsubsection*{Time}
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Because you just use keywords and drawings, it is much faster than good
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old fashioned notes. Your brain memorizes things by associating them to
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other things -- a map makes use of those connections and stimulates
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new asccociations.
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\subsubsection*{Your Brain}
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In 1960 the Prof. {\sc Roger Sperry} discovered that both hemispheres
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of the human brain have different tasks (of course both of them
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basically {\em can} do the same): The left side is specialised in
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\begin{itemize}
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\item verbal speech and writing
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\item numbers
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\item logical thinking
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\item analyzing and details
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\item science
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\item linear thinking
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\item concept of time
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\end{itemize}
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while the right side of the human brain is specialised in
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\begin{itemize}
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\item body language
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\item visual thinking, day dreams
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\item intuition and emotion
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\item overview of things
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\item creativity
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\item art, music, dancing
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\item non-linear thinking, connecting things
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\item spatial awareness
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\end{itemize}
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In our science oriented society we have learned to mainly rely on our
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left side of the brain, the "rational" one. In other cultures,
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especially like the native americans and other "old" cultures, the right
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side is much more important. maps are just one way to stimulate the
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other side and make use of additional ressources we all have.
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\subsection{Where could I use a map?}
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Here are some examples, how you can use those maps
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\begin{itemize}
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\item to prepare articles, papers, books, talks, \ldots
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\item to sort complex data
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\item to memorize facts, persons, vocabulary, \ldots
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\item to sort emails, files and bookmarks on your computer
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\item to moderate conferences
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{What you shouldn't do with a map...}
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A map drawn by somebody shows the way the author thinks. There is
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no right or wrong in the way it is drawn, so there is no way to critize
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it. "It is, what it is" ({\sc F.~Lehmann}).
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%\section{Tutorials}
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%TODO
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\section{Concept}
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%TODO may add a general introduction here...
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\vym uses two windows: an editor for the map itself and another one for
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notes, which are part of the map. Let's call them {\em mapeditor} and
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{\em noteeditor}:
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=8cm]{windows.png}
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\end{center}
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Usually you will work in the {\em mapeditor} by just adding new
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branches, moving around and reordering them. The various ways to do this
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will be explained in \ref{mapeditor}. You can store additional
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information e.g. the content of a email easily in a {\em branch}: Just
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type or copy\&paste it into the {\em noteeditor}. Working with notes is
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explained in \ref{noteeditor}
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The map itself has always a {\em mapcenter}. The
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mapcenter has {\em branches} just like the trunk of a tree. Each branch
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in turn may have branches again.
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=10cm]{branches.png}
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\end{center}
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We will call a branch directly connected to the mapcenter a {\em
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mainbranch}, because it determines the position of all its child
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branches.
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The mapcenter and the branches all have a {\em heading}. This is the
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text you see in the mapeditor. Usually it should just be one or a few
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words, so that one can easily keep track of the whole map.
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In the toolbar above the mapeditor you see various symbols.
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=8cm]{default-flags.png}
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\end{center}
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These are called {\em flags} and can be used to mark branches in the
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map, e.g. if something is important or questionable.
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There are also more flags set by \vym automatically to show additional
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information, e.g. when a exists for a particular branch.
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\section{Mapeditor} \label {mapeditor}
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\subsection{Start a new map}
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After \vym is started two windows will open: the mapeditor and the
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noteditor. Usually you will work in both windows, but at the moment we
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will just need the mapeditor.
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Select the mapcenter "New map" in the middle of the mapeditor by
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left-clicking with the mouse. It will turn yellow to show that is
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selected. There are two ways to add a new branch to the center:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Main menu on top of mapeditor window:
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Edit \ra Add new Branch
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\item Press \key{Ins}
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\end{itemize}
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A new branch will appear and you will be able to type the heading of the
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branch. Finish adding the new branch by pressing \key{Enter}.
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%tipp
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Sometimes it comes handy to add a new branch above or below the current
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one. Use \key{Ins} together with \key{Shift} or \key{Ctrl}.
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\subsection{Navigate through a map}
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\subsubsection*{Select branches}
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To select branches you can use the left button of your mouse or also the
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arrow keys. Depending on the {\em orientation} of a branch type
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\key{\la} or \key{\ra} to get nearer to the mapcenter or deeper
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down into the branches. Within a set of branches, let's call them a
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{\em subtree}, you can use \key{\ua} and \key{\da} to go up and down. You can
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also use \key{Pos1} and \key{End} to select the first and last branch.
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\subsubsection*{Zoom a map}
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While adding more and more branches the size of the map may become
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bigger than the mapeditor window. You can use the scrollbars on the
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right and the bottom of your mapeditor window to scroll, but it is
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easier to just scroll using the left mouse button: Click onto the {\em
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canvas} itself, the empty space somewhere between the branches. The
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mouse pointer will change from an arrow to a hand, now move the visible
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part of the map to show the desired part.
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If you select branches using the arrow keys, the map will scroll
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to ensure that the selected branch is always visible.
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Working with huge maps, the {\em zoom}-function comes in handy: You can
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use
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\begin{itemize}
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\item from the menu View \ra Zoom
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\item the toolbar buttons
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=3cm]{zoom-buttons.png}
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\end{center}
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\end{itemize}
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The crossed magnifying lens resets the zoomed view to its original size.
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\subsubsection*{Find Function} \label{findwindow}
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With huge maps there is the need to have a
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find function. Choose Edit \ra Find to open the Find Window:
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=6cm]{find-window.png}
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\end{center}
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The text you enter here will be searched in all the headings and also in
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notes. Everytime you press the "Find"-button it will look for the next
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occurence, which then will be selected automatically. If the search
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fails, there will appear a short message "Nothing found" or a few
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seconds in the {\em statusbar} on the bottom of the mapeditor.
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\subsubsection*{Scroll a part of the map}
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A very big subtree of a map e.g. a branch with hundreds of childs makes
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it very hard to keep an overview over the whole map. You can hide all
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the childs of a branch by {\em scrolling} it -- this function is also
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often called {\em folding}. Think of the whole subtree as painted onto a
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big newspaper. You can scroll the paper to a small roll, leaving just
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the headline readable.
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To scroll or unscroll a branch and its childs, press the
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \key{Scroll} key or
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\item press the middle-mouse button or
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\item choose the little scroll from the toolbar.
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\end{itemize}
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If you select parts of a scrolled branch e.g. using the find function or
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by using the arrow-keys, it will unscroll temporary. This is shown as a
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scroll with a little hour glass. If the temporary unscrolled part is not
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longer needed, it will be hidden again automatically. It is also
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possible to unscroll all branches using "Edit\ra Unscroll all scrolled
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branches".
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\subsection{Modify and move branches}
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\subsubsection*{Modify the heading of a branch}
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You can edit the heading by selecting the branch and then
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\begin{itemize}
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\item pressing \key{Enter}
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\item double-clicking with left mouse.
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\end{itemize}
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Just type the new heading (or edit the old one) and press \key{Enter}.
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\subsubsection*{Move a branch}
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The easiest way to move a branch is to select it with left-mouse and
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drag it to the destination while keeping the mouse button pressed.
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Depending on the branch it will be
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\begin{itemize}
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\item moved to the destination or
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\item {\em linked} to a new {\em parent} (mapcenter or branch)
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\end{itemize}
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If you drag the branch over another one or over the mapcenter, you will
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notice that the link connecting it to the old parent will be changed to
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lead to the new parent which is now under your mousepointer.
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If you release the button now, the branch will be relinked.
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If you release the button in the middle of nowhere, the result will
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depend on the type of branch you are releasing:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item A mainbranch is directly connected to the mapcenter.
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It will stay on its new position.
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\item An ordinary branch will "jump" back to its original position.
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\end{itemize}
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Thus you can easily rearrange the layout of the mainbranches to avoid
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overlapping of their subtrees.
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There is another convenient way to move branches, especially if you want
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to {\em reorder} a subtree: You can move a branch up or down in a
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subtree by
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\item pressing \key{\ua} and \key {\da}
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\item selecting Edit \ra Move branch
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\item clicking on the toolbar buttons:
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=1.5cm]{move-buttons.png}
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\end{center}
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\end{itemize}
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There is yet another way to move branches: If you press \key{Shift} or
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\key{Ctrl} while moving with the mouse, the branch will be added above
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or below the one the mouse pointer is over. This helps also to reorder a
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map.
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\subsection{The right side of your brain - colors and images}
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\subsubsection*{Change color of a heading}
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You can also use colors to put more information into a map, e.g. use
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red, green and more colors to prioritize tasks. Again you can
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\begin{itemize}
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\item use the menu and choose e.g Format \rq Set Color
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\item use the toolbar
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=3cm]{color-buttons.png}
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\end{center}
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\end{itemize}
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The first button (black in the graphic above) shows the actual color.
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Clicking on it let's you choose another color. You can also "pick"
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another color by selecting a branch with the desired color and using the
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"pick color" button. Both of the buttons showing a bucket actually put
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the current color to the selected branch. While the first one just
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colors the heading of the selection, the last one also colors all the
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childs of the selected branch.
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%tipp
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A very useful function is the "copy color" using the mouse: Select the
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branch which should get the new color, then press \key{Ctrl} and
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simultanously click with left-mouse on another branch to copy its color
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to the first one. Here the childs of the selection also will get the new
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color, if you just want to color the selection itself, additionally
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press \key{Shift}.
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\subsubsection*{Use flags}
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\vym provides various flags. You see them in the toolbar on top of the
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mapeditor window. (Note: Like all toolbars you can also move them to the
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left or the right side of the window or even detach them. Just grab the
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very left "dotted" part of the toolbar with your left-mouse button.)
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=8cm]{default-flags.png}
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\end{center}
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If you have a branch selected, you can set any number of flags by
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clicking them in the toolbar. The toolbar buttons change their state and
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always reflect the flags set in the selected branch.
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Presently \vym uses two kinds of flags: {\em System Flags} and {\em
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Standard Flags}. The standard flags are those shown in the toolbar.
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System flags are set by \vym to indicate e.g. that there is additional
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information in a note (more on this in \ref{noteeditor}). Later versions
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of \vym may have another kind of flags, which may be edited by the user.
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\subsubsection*{Images}
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You can add a image to a branch or the mapcenter by clicking with the
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right-mouse button. A context menu will open, choose "Add Image". A
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dialog window lets you choose the image to load.
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\footnote{Supported image types are: PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM and PNM. It may
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also support JPEG, MNG and GIF, if specially configured during
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compilation (as done when \vym is part of SUSE LINUX).}
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While an image is selected in the dialog, you can see a preview of the
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image.
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You can position the image anywhere you want, just drag it with left
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mouse. To relink it to another branch, press \key{Shift} while moving
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it. To delete it, press \key{Del}.
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If you right-click onto an image, a context menu will open which let's
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you first choose one of several image formats. Then a file dialog opens
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to save the image. Hint: This is used to "export" the image, it will be
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saved anyway in the map itself! You can also cut and
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copy images, but it is not possible to add objects to an image\footnote{
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Images are regarded as "extra feature". It would make working with
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the map much more complex if e.g. images could be linked to images.}
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The option \lq{\bf Use for export} \rq controls the output of exports
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e.g. to HTML: If set to no, the image won't appear in the {\em text}
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part of the output. This is useful for large images or if images are
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used as a kind of frame e.g. the famous cloud symbol around a part of
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the map. Those shouldn't appear in the middle of the text.
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At the moment image support is preliminary: Images will be saved
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together with all the other data of a map in the {\tt .vym}-file.
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Later versions will include more functionality like resizing the images,
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changing its z-value (put it into background) etc.
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\subsubsection*{Frames}
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A frame can be added to a branch by clicking with the
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right-mouse button. A context menu will open, where you can choose the
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frame. At the moment just a rectangle resp. "No Frame" will be offered,
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nevertheless you can use images as frames. Have a look at the demo map
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{\tt todo.vym} as an example, where the mapcenter is a cloud. You can
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use an external drawing program like {\tt gimp} to create an image,
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preferable with an transparency channel, so that you can design frames
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which don't use a rectangular borderline, just like the cloud.
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\subsection{Background design}
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The design of the background of a map and also of the links connecting
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various parts of the map can be changed by
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Selecting Format from the menu
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\item Right clicking onto the canvas, which will open a context menu
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\end{itemize}
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\subsubsection*{Background color}
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The color is set (and also displayed) as "Set background color".
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\subsubsection*{Link color}
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Links connecting branches can be colored in one of the following ways:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item use the color of the heading of the branch the links is
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\item use {\em one} color for all links. The default color is blue.
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leading to.
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\end{itemize}
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The latter can be set with "Set link color". Check or uncheck the "Use
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color of heading for link" option to choose one of the two designs for
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your map.
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\subsubsection*{Link style}
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\vym offers four different styles for the appearences of links:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Line
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\item Parabel
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\item Thick Line
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\item Thick Parabel
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\end{itemize}
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The "thick" styles only draw links starting at mapcenter thick, the rest
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of the map is always painted "thin".
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\subsection{Link to other documents}
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Presently \vym supports two kind of links:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Document, which will be opened in an external webbrowser
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\item \vym map, which will be opened in \vym itself
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\end{itemize}
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\subsubsection*{Webbrowser}
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Modern Webbrowsers like {\tt konqueror} are able to display various
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types of files, both local or in the internet. To enter the URL of
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any document, right-click onto a branch or use the Edit Menu
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and choose "Edit URL". Enter the path to your document (or copy and
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paste it from your browser). Examples for valid paths are:
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\begin{verbatim}
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http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/index.html
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file:/usr/share/doc/packages/vym/doc/vym.pdf
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\end{verbatim}
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If an URL was entered, a little globe will appear in the branch. By
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clicking on the globe in the toolbar or the context menu an external
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browser\footnote{
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The browser can be changed in the Settings Menu.}
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will be started.
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{flag-url.png}
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\end{center}
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If you want to keep bookmarks in a map, you may want to copy the heading
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as URL: Right click onto the branch and select "Use heading for URL".
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\subsubsection*{\vym map}
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To link to to another map right click on a branch or choose "Edit \ra
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Enter \vym link". A file dialog opens where you can choose the map. A
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branch with a link is marked with
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{flag-vymlink.png}
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\end{center}
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Clicking this flag in the toolbar or in the context menu of a branch
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will open the map in another tab (see \ref{tabs} for working with
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multiple maps). To delete an existing link, just press the "Cancel"
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button.
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Technical note: Internally \vym uses absolute paths, to avoid opening
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several tabs containing the same map. When a map is saved, this path is
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converted to a relative one (e.g. {\tt /home/user/vym.map} might become
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{\tt ./vym.map}. This makes it fairly easy to use multiple maps on
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different computers or export them to HTML in future.
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\subsection{Multiple maps} \label{tabs}
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You can work on multiple maps at the same time. Each new map is opened
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in another {\em tab}. The available tabs are shown just above the
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mapeditor. You can use the normal cut/copy/paste functions to
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copy data from one map to another.
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%todo
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%TODO
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%\subsubsection{Menus}
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%\subsubsection{Keyboard shortcuts}
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% Settings
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% Images
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% Copy & Paste
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% Working with tabs (multiple maps)
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% Exporting
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% Scrolling
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\section{Noteeditor} \label {noteeditor}
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If you want to save more text in a branch e.g. a complete email, a
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cooking recipe, or the whole source code of a software project, you can
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use the noteeditor. Since version 1.4.7 \vym supports formatted text in
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the noteeditor.
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\subsubsection*{States}
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Before you can type or paste text into it, you have
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to select a branch in the mapeditor. Note that the background color
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of the noteeditor indicates its state:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item black: no branch selected
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\item grey: no text entered yet
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\item white: text is already available
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\end{itemize}
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To show you in the mapeditor itself that there is a note with more
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information for a particular branch, a little note flag will appear next
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to the heading of the branch. See the lower branch on the right side:
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=8cm]{branches-flags.png}
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\end{center}
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\subsubsection*{Import and export notes}
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The note is always saved automatically within the \vym file itself.
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Nevertheless sometimes it is nice to import a note from an external file
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or write it. Use "File\ra~Import" and "File\ra~Export" to do so.
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\subsubsection*{Edit and print note}
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Editing works like in any simple texteditor, including undo and redo
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functions. You can delete the complete note by clicking the
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trashcan. Only the note itself is printed by clicking the printer icon.
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When pasting into the editor using the X11 copy\&paste mechanism, the
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editor will create a paragraph for each new line. Usually this is not
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wanted, so there you can convert all paragraphs into linebreaks by using
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Edit~\ra~Remove~Paragraphs or \key{ALT-X}.
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\subsubsection*{Fonts}
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The noteeditor is ment to be used for simple notes, not really as full
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featured text editor. Because of many requests \vym supports now
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formatted text in the noteeditor\footnote{
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\vym uses the QRichtText format, which is basically a subset of the
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formatting provided in HTML.}
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Two default fonts are supported which can be set in the Settings menu.
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One is a fixed width font, the other has variable width. The fixed font
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is usually used for emails, source code etc.\ while the variable font is
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used for simple notes, where one doesn't need fixed character widths.
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Both fonts can easily switched using the following symbol from the
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toolbar:
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{formatfixedfont.png}
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\end{center}
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In the Settings menu both fonts can be set and also which font should be
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used for default.
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Additionally to the default fonts any font installed on your system can
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be used. Please note, that the chosen font also will be used for HTML
|
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exports, so you should only use fonts which are available generally.
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\subsubsection*{Colors and formatted text}
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Colors and text attributes (e.g. italic, bold) can
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be set with the buttons above the text.
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The text itself is divided in paragraphs. For each paragraph the format
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can be set (e.g. centered, right). A paragraph is ended when a
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\key{Return} is entered. If you just want to begin a new line, press
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\key{CTRL-Return}.
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\subsubsection*{Finding text}
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The noteeditor itself has no Find function, use Find in the mapeditor,
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which will also search all notes (see \ref{findwindow}).
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\subsubsection*{Pasting text into note editor}
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Often you will paste text into the editor from another application e.g.
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an email. Normally \vym will generate a new paragraph for each new line.
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This usually is not what you want, so you can choose from the menu
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\paragraph{Edit \ra Convert Paragraphs:}
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This turns paragraphs in selected text (or all text, if nothing is
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selected) into linebreaks. This is especially useful for snippets of
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source code.
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\paragraph{Edit \ra Join Lines:}
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Tries to format text, so that empty lines are used to delimit
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paragraphs. This is done for selected text (or all text, if nothing is
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selected). Especially useful for text like emails, meeting minutes etc.
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\section{Hello world}
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\vym can export its maps in various formats and can import data from
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outside (though import is still limited at the moment).
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\subsection{Export}
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The format in which the map will be exported can be chosen with
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\begin{itemize}
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\item File \ra Export \ra {\em format}
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\end{itemize}
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\vym offers both HTML and ASCII export.
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\subsubsection*{Image}
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\vym supports all image formats which are natively supported by the
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QT~toolkit:
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BMP, JPEG, PBM, PGM, PNG, PPN, XPM, and XBM.
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For use in websites and for sending images by email PNG is a good
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recommodation regarding quality and size of the image. \vym uses QTs
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default options for compressing the images.
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\subsubsection*{ASCII}
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Exporting an image as text is somewhat experimental at the moment. Later
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this will probably done using stylesheets. So the output may change in
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future versions of \vym.
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\subsubsection*{HTML}
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Before a map is exported as HTML, it will be first written as XML into a
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directory (see \ref{xmlexport}). Then the external program {\tt
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xsltproc}\footnote{On SUSE Linux {\tt xsltproc} is installed by
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default.}
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will be called to process the XML file and generate HTML code.
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%A script then will transform the XML
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%version.
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A dialog allows to set various options:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item {\bf Include image:} If set, \vym will creat an image map at
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the top of the HTML output. Clicking on a branch in the map will
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jump to the corresponding section in the output.
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\item {\bf Colored headings:}
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If set to yes, \vym will color the headings in the text part with the
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same colors like in the map.
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\item {\bf Show Warnings:}
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If set to yes, \vym will ask before overwriting data.
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\item {\bf Show output:}
|
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This is useful mainly for debugging. It will show how the processing of
|
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the XML file works by calling the external {\tt xsltproc}.
|
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\end{itemize}
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Additionally the paths to the CSS and XSL stylesheets can be set. By
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default on SUSE~Linux they will be in {\tt /usr/share/vym/styles}.
|
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|
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%\paragraph{WIKI style:} This is very useful for easy design of webpages.
|
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|
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%Here is a short overview:
|
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|
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%\begin{verbatim}
|
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|
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%Lines:
|
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|
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% + Big headlines start with the '+' character.
|
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|
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% - Small headlines start with the '-' character.
|
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|
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% Normal text doesn't have any starting notation.
|
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|
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% ! Notes start with an exclamation.
|
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|
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% . Indented text starts with a dot.
|
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|
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% ? Questions start with a question-mark, and
|
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|
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% = Answers starts with the equal-sign.
|
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|
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% * Points for a item-list
|
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|
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% # clues
|
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|
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%
|
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|
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%Links:
|
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|
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% use '{...}' or '{(vym homepage) http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/}'
|
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|
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% for external links.
|
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|
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%
|
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|
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%Markup:
|
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% |This is bold| text, while
|
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|
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% |/this text is italic|,
|
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|
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% |*this is pre-formatted|, and
|
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|
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% |!this is a note|
|
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|
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%\end{verbatim}
|
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|
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%
|
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|
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%\paragraph{Show output:} This is used for debugging. \vym uses an
|
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%the external script {\tt vym2html.sh} to preprocess the XML-data. Then
|
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|
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%\vym calls {\tt xsltproc} to generate the HTML page by using various
|
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|
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%{\tt .xsl} stylesheets and {\tt wireframe.css}. If you run into problems
|
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|
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%here, changing paths in {\tt $\sim$/.qt/vymrc} might help.
|
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|
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|
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|
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\subsubsection*{XML} \label{xmlexport}
|
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|
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The map is written into a directory both as an image and as XML. The
|
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|
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directory is set in a file dialog. If the directory is not empty, you
|
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|
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will be questioned if you risk to overwrite its contents.
|
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|
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|
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|
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It is possible to export different maps into the same directory. Each
|
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|
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file generated will have the map's name as prefix, e.g. {\tt todo.vym}
|
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|
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becomes {\tt todo.xml}, {\tt todo.png}, {\tt todo-image-1.png} and so
|
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|
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on. This is useful if e.g. for a website several combined maps have to
|
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|
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be stored in the same directory.
|
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|
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|
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|
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\subsection{Import}
|
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|
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At the moment \vym can read a directory structure. This is mainly for
|
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|
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testing \vym e.g. to easily create huge maps used for benchmarks (yes,
|
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|
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there is still room to optimize \vym ;-)
|
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|
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|
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|
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Many other applications meanwhile can export their data using XML, so
|
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|
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volunteers to write import filters are welcome.
|
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|
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|
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|
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\subsection{File format}
|
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|
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\vym maps usually have the postfix "{\tt .vym}" and represent a
|
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|
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compressed archive of data. If you want to have a
|
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|
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closer look into the data structure, just uncompress the map manually
|
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|
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using
|
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|
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\begin{verbatim}
|
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|
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unzip vymfile.vym
|
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|
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\end{verbatim}
|
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|
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A directory named {\tt vymfile} will be created containing further
|
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|
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directories both for {\tt images} and {\tt flags}. In the {\tt vymfile}
|
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|
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directory you will find the map itself, usually named {\tt vymfile.xml}.
|
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|
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|
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|
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This file can be loaded directly into \vym, it does not have to be
|
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|
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compressed. If you want to compress all the data yourself, use
|
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|
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\begin{verbatim}
|
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|
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cd vymfile
|
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|
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zip -r vymfile.vym .
|
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|
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\end{verbatim}
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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%TODO
|
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|
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%\subsubsection{Menus}
|
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|
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%\subsubsection{Keyboard shortcuts}
|
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|
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%Where does vym save its settings? -> ~/.qt/vymrc
|
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|
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|
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|
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\section{History of \vym}
|
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|
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\subsection{Future}
|
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|
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There are lots of features which might find their way into \vym.
|
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|
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Together with \vym you should have received a directory with example
|
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|
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maps e.g. on SUSE~LINUX this is
|
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|
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\begin{center}
|
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|
705 |
{\tt /usr/share/doc/packages/vym/demos}
|
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|
706 |
\end{center}
|
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|
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where you find the map {\tt todo.vym}. It lists quite a lot of things to
|
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|
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be done in future. If you have more ideas, contact the author at
|
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|
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{\tt vym@insilmaril.de}.
|
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|
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|
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|
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\subsection{Past}
|
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|
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\begin{center}
|
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|
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\begin{longtable}{|lcp{8cm}l|} \hline
|
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|
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Version & & Comment & Date \\ \hline \hline \endhead
|
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|
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\hline \endfoot
|
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|
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1.6.0 & - & Added saving of xhtml settings in map& 2004-12-14 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
717 |
1.5.2 & - & Added Import of maps with two modes:
|
insilmaril@28
|
718 |
add/replace & 2004-12-13 \\
|
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|
719 |
& - & Added export of part of maps & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
720 |
& - & Added joining of paragraphs in text editor & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
721 |
& - & Optimized undo: Only relevant parts are saved, which
|
insilmaril@28
|
722 |
dramatically improves e.g. moving branches up/down
|
insilmaril@28
|
723 |
in most maps & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
724 |
& - & Bugfix: QTextEdit generates invalid XML code, which
|
insilmaril@28
|
725 |
could lead to a parse error, if font name contains a \& & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
726 |
& - & Bugfix: Wrong order of mainbranches in Export & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
727 |
& - & Bugfix: zip archive was not deleted before save, which
|
insilmaril@28
|
728 |
could lead to much bigger files, e.g.
|
insilmaril@28
|
729 |
when working on older \vym maps or deleted images& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
730 |
& - & Bugfix: Printing in Texteditor & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
731 |
& - & Bugfix: Wrong URLs in xhtml output & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
732 |
& - & Bugfix: Segfault fixed at Cursor left/right in empty map& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
733 |
1.5.1 & - & More options in xhtml export: external scripts & 2004-10-01 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
734 |
1.5.0 & - & Public release of all changes since 1.4.1 & 2004-09-26 \\
|
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|
735 |
& - & New function to replace paragraphs in note editor
|
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|
736 |
by linebreaks, this makes pasted text much nicer& \\
|
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|
737 |
& - & New option to toggle exporting of of floatimages& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
738 |
& - & z-plane of floatimages can be set (manually only)& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
739 |
& - & Bugfix: Wrong ordering of branches, if mainbranch is
|
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|
740 |
exactly left of center& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
741 |
1.4.7 & - & New Export to HTML by Thomas Schraitle. & 2004-09.24 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
742 |
& - & Bugfix: vymLink& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
743 |
& - & Bugfix: spaces and dots in filenames & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
744 |
& - & Bugfix: Error message if xsltproc is not installed& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
745 |
1.4.6 & - & New file format: notes are saved as part of the .xml file
|
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|
746 |
& 2004-09-15 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
747 |
& - & Note Editor supports Rich Text now.&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
748 |
& - & Parser now also nows {\tt standardflag} (all letters
|
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|
749 |
lowercase)&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
750 |
1.4.5 & - & Correct handling of font size in Heading & 2004-08-23 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
751 |
1.4.4 & - & Selecting with cursor now works between subtrees & 2004-07-29 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
752 |
& - & Bugfix: vymLink was set to temporary dir in 1.4.3 & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
753 |
& - & Bugfix: & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
754 |
1.4.3 & - & Optimisation: Reduced canvas objects by only
|
insilmaril@28
|
755 |
creating objects for used flags & 2004-07-19 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
756 |
& - & Better visualization of moving branch above/below target&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
757 |
& - & Find Window informs with dialog, if the search failed&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
758 |
& - & System Flags are clickable now &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
759 |
& - & Reworked CSS and XST stylsheets (comments, indent, browser
|
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|
760 |
compatibility) &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
761 |
& - & vymLinks are shown in statusbar &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
762 |
& - & current directory is save &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
763 |
& - & Rewritten load/save to improve multimap handling and
|
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|
764 |
unzipped files&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
765 |
& - & Bugfix: vymLinks don't get deleted
|
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|
766 |
when Cancel is pressed &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
767 |
& - & Bugfix: Fixed a bunch of bugs in XSL for HTML export& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
768 |
& - & Bugfix: More toolbar buttons disabled, if action not
|
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|
769 |
possible& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
770 |
& - & Bugfix: Renaming .vymfile now works&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
771 |
& - & Bugfix: mapChanged set when toggling flags&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
772 |
& - & Bugfix: CTRL-N was used twice &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
773 |
& - & Bugfix: Del didn't work on floatimage &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
774 |
1.4.2 & - & Bugfix: Float image could not be deleted& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
775 |
1.4.1 & - & Bugfix: Color of branch not saved & 2004-05-25 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
776 |
& - & Bugfix: wrong path at HTML export & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
777 |
& - & Bugfix: map is not save with special characters in path& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
778 |
1.4.0 & - & Ask for confirmation before opening
|
insilmaril@28
|
779 |
a map in multiple editors & 2004-05-17 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
780 |
& - & Save state of note editor (visible/minimized)& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
781 |
& - & Export to HTML & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
782 |
& - & Author and Comment is saved in map & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
783 |
& - & Stats are shown in Edit MapInfo & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
784 |
& - & Changes for OS X port (QCursor, QContextMenuEvent) & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
785 |
& - & Bugfix: Fonts from note editor are save now &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
786 |
& - & Bugfix: invisible image when parent is scrolled &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
787 |
& - & Bugfix: Segfault pressing "enter" for floatimage &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
788 |
& - & Bugfix: Images can't be outside of exported area
|
insilmaril@28
|
789 |
anymore.& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
790 |
& - & Bugfix: Filenames with blanks & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
791 |
& - & Bugfix: Old maplink is shown when editing maplink& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
792 |
& - & Bugfix: always show cursor while editing heading & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
793 |
1.3.5 & - & Export map to dir & 2004-04-16 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
794 |
& - & Export to any of QTs image formats & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
795 |
& - & Also right side of selection is always visible now.& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
796 |
1.3.4 & - & Load last maps in file menu & 2004-04-07 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
797 |
& - & save last image path for loading & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
798 |
& - & Also export standard flags to dir. & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
799 |
1.3.3 & - & Enabled <br> in headings as manual linebreak & 2004-03-26 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
800 |
& - & Heading can be copied to URL &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
801 |
& - & Bugfix: GIFs are automatically converted to PNG now&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
802 |
1.3.2 & - & Add and move branches above/below selection, Texteditor copy all,& 2004-03-26 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
803 |
1.3.1 & - & Export to directory, changed naming in .vym& 2004-03-25 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
804 |
1.3.0 & - & Bugfix: Check if map can be saved at all& 2004-03-23 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
805 |
1.2.12 & - & Select image format before saving image & 2004-03-22 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
806 |
1.2.11 & - & Selecting mainbranches by up/down & 2004-03-18 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
807 |
& - & Export ASCII (experimental) & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
808 |
& - & Each map can be saved individually at quit & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
809 |
& - & Bugfix: Opening VymLink crashes QT & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
810 |
& - & Bugfix: 50\% less objects on canvas & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
811 |
& - & Bugfix: Ignoring LANG, now always written as UTF8&\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
812 |
1.2.10 & - & Sort Mainbranches by angle to y-axis& 2004-03-16 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
813 |
& - & Import directory structure & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
814 |
& - & Fix: Set FrameType of MapCenter while loading map &\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
815 |
1.2.9 & - & Jump to another vym map & 2004-03-12 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
816 |
& - & Mainbranches are alwas ordered clockwise & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
817 |
1.2.8 & - & Change frame types in context menu & 2004-03-03 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
818 |
1.2.7 & - & Copy / Paste and save Floatimages & 2004-02-25 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
819 |
1.2.6 & - & Closing vym in KDE now asks for save, too & 2004-02-24 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
820 |
& - & Context menu for branches & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
821 |
& - & Selection is saved in .vym file & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
822 |
1.2.5 & - & URLs to external links can be added & 2004-02-18 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
823 |
& - & All actions are deactived if not possible & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
824 |
1.2.4 & - & Images: Can be loaded, saved, relinked to other parents
|
insilmaril@28
|
825 |
& 2004-02-16 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
826 |
1.2.3 & - & Zoom: Reset and finer steps shrinking/enlarging & 2004-01-27 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
827 |
1.2.2 & - & Editing of links (style and color) & 2004-01-27 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
828 |
1.2.1 & - & Bugfix: LineEdit when adding branch has correct position
|
insilmaril@28
|
829 |
again. & 2004-01-27 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
830 |
1.2.0 & - & Scrolled parts are automatically unscrolled when
|
insilmaril@28
|
831 |
selected and scrolled again later. & 2004-01-23 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
832 |
& - & Bugfix: Save flag is updated when multiple maps are opened& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
833 |
& - & Bugfix: Moving of branches is faster and more accurat
|
insilmaril@28
|
834 |
when adding to mapcenter& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
835 |
1.1.7 & - & Bugfix: Remember filename of note in noteeditor & 2003-12-04 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
836 |
1.1.6 & - & Find Text also in Notes. & 2003-12-02 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
837 |
1.1.5 & - & Bugfix: Correct setting and positioning when relinking branches & 2003-11-07 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
838 |
1.1.4 & - & Scroll mode added (folding of subtrees). & 2003-11-03 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
839 |
& - & Bugfix: Wrong position of linedit in zoomed view& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
840 |
1.1.3 & - & Added clear button in find window, bugfixes & 2003-10-09 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
841 |
1.1.2 & - & Links can be colored with color of heading & 2003-10-07 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
842 |
1.1.1 & - & Improved visualization of linking to new branch& 2003-09-26 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
843 |
1.1.0 & - & Find Function & 2003-09-25 \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
844 |
& - & Selection always stays in view & \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
845 |
1.0.1 & - & Find function scrolls to result now & 2003-09-18\\
|
insilmaril@28
|
846 |
& - & Bugfix: Adding branch with midmouse & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
847 |
& - & Bugfix: multiple repositioning of map,
|
insilmaril@28
|
848 |
when noteeditor was changed (speedup) & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
849 |
& - & New Linestyles (still hardcoded) & \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
850 |
1.0.0 & - & First public stable release & 2003-09-16 \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
851 |
0.9.0 & - & added quick color picker (CTRL + Left Mouse) & ? \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
852 |
0.8.0 & - & added automatic canvas resizer, removed manual resizing of
|
insilmaril@28
|
853 |
canvas & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
854 |
|
insilmaril@28
|
855 |
& - & added settings option to paste text into new branch & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
856 |
& - & simplified code & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
857 |
& - & Added heart flag & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
858 |
& - & Choose and switch between fixed and variable width fonts& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
859 |
& - & note editor & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
860 |
& - & Fixed segfault caused by undo and a call of updateNoteFlag of
|
insilmaril@28
|
861 |
note editor & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
862 |
& - & Added settings menu to configure autoselect \& autoedit mode & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
863 |
& - & autoedit \& autoselect mode & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
864 |
& - & Fixed ugly display problem with QT Palette (Klaas Freitag)& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
865 |
& - & Reduced temporary directories from 4 to 1 & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
866 |
& - & Added wordwrap in printing of notes & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
867 |
& - & New toolbar buttons in texteditor & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
868 |
& - & Set background color & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
869 |
& - & Fixed bug: Flags in toolbar not updated when selecting map center & \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
870 |
0.7.0 & - & No more segfault, when an object is deleted while being edited & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
871 |
& - & Keep focus constant when zooming in/out & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
872 |
& - & Export as png graphic & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
873 |
& - & Keep Center of map where it is while zooming & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
874 |
& - & Added Standard Flags (Smiley, Hook, Stopsign, ...) & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
875 |
& - & MDI: Multi Document Interface enables working on several
|
insilmaril@28
|
876 |
maps simultanously & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
877 |
& - & Enabled creating a new map via argument on commandline & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
878 |
& - & Changed file extension from .mmap to .vym & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
879 |
& - & noteeditor changes color, if empty or nothing is selected & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
880 |
& - & Changes in NoteEditor window are recognized by main window,
|
insilmaril@28
|
881 |
too, thus preventing loosing data when quitting the program. & \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
882 |
0.6.0 & - & New rendering engine: Faster, no flickering & \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
883 |
0.5.0 & - & Changed printing to use maximum space on paper& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
884 |
& - & Note editor is hidden, too, when mapeditor is minimized& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
885 |
& - & New (compressed) file format& \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
886 |
0.4.0 & - & Size of map is saved& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
887 |
& - & Multi Line Headings & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
888 |
& - & Reworked Rendering Engine: Much faster now.& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
889 |
& - & Reworked Undo: Much faster now.& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
890 |
& - & Enabled moving of map center& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
891 |
& - & Multi-line headings & \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
892 |
0.3.0 & - & Introduced Undo& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
893 |
& - & Fixed some bugs & \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
894 |
0.2.0 & - & Moving view of map improved:& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
895 |
& - & New handling (acrobat reader style)& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
896 |
& - & New mousepointer& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
897 |
& - & Several tools to color a map& \\ \hline
|
insilmaril@28
|
898 |
0.1.0 & - & Inital version, basic map layout & \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
899 |
& - & Data is stored in XML& \\
|
insilmaril@28
|
900 |
\end{longtable}
|
insilmaril@28
|
901 |
\end{center}
|
insilmaril@28
|
902 |
|
insilmaril@28
|
903 |
|
insilmaril@28
|
904 |
% INDEX
|
insilmaril@28
|
905 |
% mapeditor
|
insilmaril@28
|
906 |
% noteditor
|
insilmaril@28
|
907 |
% branch
|
insilmaril@28
|
908 |
% mapcenter
|
insilmaril@28
|
909 |
% heading
|
insilmaril@28
|
910 |
% flag
|
insilmaril@28
|
911 |
% orientation
|
insilmaril@28
|
912 |
% zoom
|
insilmaril@28
|
913 |
% orientation
|
insilmaril@28
|
914 |
% Toolbar
|
insilmaril@28
|
915 |
% Zoom
|
insilmaril@28
|
916 |
% Find
|
insilmaril@28
|
917 |
% statusbar
|
insilmaril@28
|
918 |
% link
|
insilmaril@28
|
919 |
% mainbranch
|
insilmaril@28
|
920 |
% subtree
|
insilmaril@28
|
921 |
% reorder
|
insilmaril@28
|
922 |
% scroll
|
insilmaril@28
|
923 |
% fold
|
insilmaril@28
|
924 |
|
insilmaril@28
|
925 |
|
insilmaril@28
|
926 |
|
insilmaril@28
|
927 |
\end{document} |