http://david.davies.name/weblog/categories/outlinertools/ The home of my OPML outliner tool. Copyright 2005 David Davies Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:26:28 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Radio UserLand v8.2 d.a.davies@bham.ac.uk d.a.davies@bham.ac.uk rssUpdates 3 4 5 7 6 2 13 17 60 http://david.davies.name/weblog/publictools/outlinertools/outlinerTools.root <p>First download the tool by <a href="http://david.davies.name/weblog/publictools/outlinertools/outlinerTools.root">saving this link</a> to your OPML/Guest Databases/Apps/Tools folder. After a few seconds the tool automatically installs and a new menu appears in your OPML application's menu bar under 'Tools', called 'outlinerTools'. You'll see for this release two menu options, 'Install right-click menus...' and 'Update this tool...'. Once you've installed the right-click menus the following initial notes describe what happens next.</p> <p>When using the OPML outliner application you can now right-click (ctrl-click on a Mac) to get new features. By right-clikcing on any node in an OPML outline including your instant outline, you can select one of the following actions:</p> <p>1. Google -> Search for...</p> <p>Brings up a dialog box allowing you to enter search terms for Google. Results appear as a new outline in your OPML editor application.</p> <p>2. Google -> Search for this...</p> <p>Searches Google for whatever you right-clicked on e.g. outline headings in a buddy's instant outline. Results appear as a new outline in your OPML editor.</p> <p>3. Google -> Search for parts of this...</p> <p>As instant outlines are read only, you can't select specific text, groups of words, etc within an individual outline. This right-click menu captures the outline line you right-clicked on and allows you to edit it before searching Google. Very useful! Results appear as a new outline in your OPML application.</p> http://david.davies.name/weblog/categories/outlinertools/2005/08/01.html#a660 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:57:35 GMT http://medweb5.bham.ac.uk/radiodiscuss/comments?u=1161&amp;p=660 http://david.davies.name/weblog/publictools/outlinertools/outlinerTools.root <p>Released v.01 of my outlinerTool for Dave Winer's <a href="http://support.opml.org/download" target="_blank">OPML editing tool</a>. This first version of the tool includes support for right-click menus to search Google for text selected from outlines including instant outlines. Download the tool by saving the following link to disk in your OPML/Guest Databases/Apps/Tools folder:</p> <p><a href="http://david.davies.name/weblog/publictools/outlinertools/outlinerTools.root"><a href="http://david.davies.name/weblog/publictools/outlinertools/outlinerTools.root">http://david.davies.name/weblog/publictools/outlinertools/outlinerTools.root</a></a></p> <p>New versions of the tool and other news and docs will appear <a href="http://david.davies.name/weblog/categories/outlinertools/index.html">here</a>. The tool supports remote updating so once you have this first version you can quickly and simply update the tool from a menu within your OPML application. Have fun and let me know how you get on! Subscribe to my OPML instant outline by clicking on the OPML coffee mug below. </p> <p><table> <tr> <td> <center> <a href="http://127.0.0.1:5337/outlinerSubscribe?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhosting.opml.org%2Fdaviesda%2FinstantOutliner%2FdavidDavies.opml&amp;author=David%20Davies"><img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2005/06/09/fullcup.gif" width="99" height="107" border="0" alt="Click on the coffee mug to add David Davies's Instant Outline to your OPML Editor buddy list."></a> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center> <font size="-1"><a href="http://support.opml.org/whatIsOpmlCoffeeMug">What Is This?</a></font> </center> </td> </tr> </table></p> http://david.davies.name/weblog/categories/outlinertools/2005/08/01.html#a659 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:45:49 GMT http://medweb5.bham.ac.uk/radiodiscuss/comments?u=1161&amp;p=659&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fdavid.davies.name%2Fweblog%2F2005%2F08%2F01.html%23a659