Re: what is 'outline mode'?

In a message dated: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:33:26 PST
Zack Brown said:

>Hi folks,
>
>In 'IDEAS', it says to use "outline-mode format" in the file, but this
>isn't described anywhere. My best guess is that it's an emacs thing.

It is.

>What should vi users do?

Use Emacs :)

Seriously, you should be able to view the file just fine. The only
thing the Emacs outline-mode does is allow you to do things like
collapse and expand the various sections.

For example, you'll see things like:

        * Header 1
        some text
        ** Header 2
        some other text
        *** Header 3
        a bunch of text
        more text

outline mode will allow you to collapse all the '***' levels if you
want so that you only see:
        * Header 1
        some text
        ** Header 2
        some other text
        *** Header 3 ...

It's just a more convenient way to write things in outline mode for
Emacs users. The resultant file is still 100% plain ascii text, and
doesn't look any different regardless of what editor you use. It's
the outline-mode macro which makes things look different based on the
'*' prefix of lines.

HTH,

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Seeya,
Paul
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