From lyx-devel  Fri Mar 06 14:13:46 2009
From: Guenter Milde <milde () users ! berlios ! de>
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:13:46 +0000
To: lyx-devel
Subject: Re: LyX Outliner and Corkboard - Feature Proposal
Message-Id: <gorb2q$9gj$1 () ger ! gmane ! org>
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On 2009-03-06, Charles de Miramon wrote:

> If I understand the corkboard approach, you start by writing random notes,
> an outline of your ideas, etc... Then you can shuffle it and link it and
> then you start to write your document.

But this can already be done with Branches:

* Put your ideas in branch insets, so they are boxed.

* Copy and past them around.

* Use LyX' cross-referencing mechanism for linking.  

* Toggle inclusion of the content in the output.

* Move text parts to the main document with copy/kill/paste
  or just dissolve the box.
  

I agree that the interface could be made more user-friendly. 

* The need to set up branches under Document>Settings>Branches before
  using them under Insert>Branches might be part of the reason they are
  still widely unknown to the public.

* To get the "corkboard" feeling, it would be nice to be able to
  drag-and-drop the inset boxes around.

Günter