use Perl

• howto in emacs (Score:2)

  by lachoy (1663)

  FWIW:

  ESC-x outline-mode
  
  Usage:
  
  * item one
  
  item one body
  
  ** item two
  
  item two body
  ...
  • Re:howto in emacs (Score:1)

    by mdxi (4658)

    Actually, the above example shows one top-level item with a second-level item nested inside it. A simple two item list would look like:
    
    *one
*two
    
    And if you don't want to have to do a M-x ouTABoTAB every time you load your TODO list, just add this at the tail of the file:
    
    
### Local Variables: ###
### mode: Outline ###
### End: ###


    ...or define a mode hook for files named TODO (etc., etc., etc., TMTOWTDI) :D
• Word: not at all bad (Score:1)

  by jplindstrom (594)

  Actually, the outline view in Word is really good. I find it indispensible when taking notes or planning the structure of a larger piece of text.
  
  The trick is to figure out the keyboard shortcuts for promoting/demoting text and moving things around.
  
  Alt-Shift left/right and up/down is the trick. But I had to create a macro to get back to the Normal style. These shortcuts work in the other view modes as well.