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Re: H-m-m: Hackers mind map

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Post by phailhaus »

nadrad wrote: post #114
phailhaus wrote: post #95

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In the screenshot in the repo, there's a node with the text "a mind mapping tool". It has 5 children, but the first child "text-based (terminal application)" is above it. So the more children a node has, the further above it the first child is. What if it was aligned so that the first child is at the same height as its parent? Then it might look more natural like a list, and read easier since the children start at th…

I see. There can be a vertical alignment option in case someone prefers this layout.

Please seriously consider making it the default. Every graph-visualization tool makes this alignment mistake, and it's part of why they just aren't very popular. They're too hard to browse because you can't easily scan the graph. I think if you prototype it, you'll see how much better it feels when everything lines up.

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Post by sally_glance »

runevault wrote: post #82
mempko wrote: post #81

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Looks great is this Free Software? I want to hack on this thing, where is the code?

If you want opensource and local storage look up Dendron. It is a VSCode extension in a similar vein, uses markdown so easily track changes in git/etc as well.

Or Joplin (has extensions for Graphs as well).

Re: H-m-m: Hackers mind map

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Post by oehpr »

rcarmo wrote: post #117
oehpr wrote: post #93

I love this. Honestly if this had the same tasking capabilities as minder https://github.com/phase1geo/Minder I might just make the jump to it. Using mind maps as a tasking app has worked out well for me. This project looks very very hackable. Might do a pull request

Using Git-Flavored Markdown, you can have [x] as checkboxes...

We're talking about h-m-m right now?

Is your suggestion to simply name a node '[ ] thing to do'?

I could talk at length about the ergonomic deficiencies there but I wanted to verify first that I understood you correctly.

Re: H-m-m: Hackers mind map

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Post by melagonster »

ghaff wrote: post #92
iammjm wrote: post #89

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Scapple is what you are looking for. Its from the same crew that made Scrivener. You can use it free for a month I think or pay like 20 bucks for a lifetime license. It lets you start anywhere and is very simple and intuitive. The only thing bad about it is exporting data out of it. https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview

This is sort of the problem I have with most things that aren't just a text editor. They may be better in some ways (and I do like Scrivener) but at the end of the day, when I'm done, I want everything to be in a universal format on my own filesystem.

let me recommend plugin of Joplin, everything is open source and at least two different implementation for this feature.

Re: H-m-m: Hackers mind map

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Post by yencabulator »

wpietri wrote: post #28

I keep trying mind maps and getting frustrated because my mind works differently. Anybody know of ones that let you start out non-hierarchical? For me, key nodes are often obvious long before relationships are. E.g., if I'm working with post-it notes, I might write a bunch of notes, cluster them, winnow, and only then want to start locking in relationships between items. Has anybody seen something that's pretty strai…

The left-to-right trees of these mindmap applications has always felt a very bad fit for me. To me, a mindmap is a big piece of paper with the core concept in a bubble in the middle, and things drawn outward from it, with lines connecting things when they are related. The end result is much more organic, and spatial layout matters.

Re: H-m-m: Hackers mind map

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Post by MacsHeadroom »

mempko wrote: post #81
MacsHeadroom wrote: post #65

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I'm the same as you. Obsidian[0] is non-linear and has worked for me. 0. https://obsidian.md/

Looks great is this Free Software? I want to hack on this thing, where is the code?

Unfortunately Obsidian is not FOSS. It does have an open hackable plugins API though. There are lots of open source community plugins.

Link: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases

Re: H-m-m: Hackers mind map

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Post by ColinWright »

wpietri wrote: post #28

I keep trying mind maps and getting frustrated because my mind works differently. Anybody know of ones that let you start out non-hierarchical? For me, key nodes are often obvious long before relationships are. E.g., if I'm working with post-it notes, I might write a bunch of notes, cluster them, winnow, and only then want to start locking in relationships between items. Has anybody seen something that's pretty strai…

I use zim-wiki with the graph plug-in, along with external scripts that edit the underlying pages to both add and remove links.

I've emailed and tweeted.

Re: H-m-m: Hackers mind map

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Post by evadk8 »

wpietri wrote: post #28

I keep trying mind maps and getting frustrated because my mind works differently. Anybody know of ones that let you start out non-hierarchical? For me, key nodes are often obvious long before relationships are. E.g., if I'm working with post-it notes, I might write a bunch of notes, cluster them, winnow, and only then want to start locking in relationships between items. Has anybody seen something that's pretty strai…

maybe treesheets?

Re: H-m-m: Hackers mind map

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Post by anchit_rana »

wpietri wrote: post #28

I keep trying mind maps and getting frustrated because my mind works differently. Anybody know of ones that let you start out non-hierarchical? For me, key nodes are often obvious long before relationships are. E.g., if I'm working with post-it notes, I might write a bunch of notes, cluster them, winnow, and only then want to start locking in relationships between items. Has anybody seen something that's pretty strai…

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