One good reason to run OS X is that there are several decent outliners (OmniOutliner, etc.). There are no good outliners for Windows, and I know of none for Linux either. There's the cross-platform JOE (Java Outline Editor), but it's not as good as OmniOutliner or the old Mac OS outliners (MORE, ThinkTank, Acta, INControl, etc.).
I really like Omni Outliner for the Mac (wish there was an iPhone version).
I like having my outliner local since I often use it for meeting notes and tend to jump around quite a bit at a fast pace. Maybe a web version can be fast enough with lots of client side scripting.
I've been using OmniOutliner for a long time, mostly to take notes in an organized fashion and I'm pretty happy with its functionality, however one thing it doesn't provide is split editing windows on the same outline. This is something I've used with Vim and found it to be very handy when editing code because I frequently needed to look at code at one spot in a file while modifying/creating code in another place in that same file. Anyone know if there is a macOS outliner that can do this?
I wish there were apps like PSPad and Notepad++ on MacOS. I really did not like any editor I used on this OS. Same with MS paint and the windows calculator.
I really, really wish I could run this program natively on macOS.
Previously I had a windows computer for work (though I am a mac user generally) and this is the only thing I miss since I managed to get a mac for work.
I know there are plenty of text editors available but Notepad++ just ticks all the right boxes for a simple text editor.
Edit: CrossOver for mac (fancy version of wine) is way cheap than I thought (30 quid), so I've bought that. Hello Notepad++ :)
I like that you described some of the underlying APIs you used and picked something to try and do well, and it seems like you did. I also like macOS native software.
I do struggle to understand the value proposition though. I've been using Bear for outlining, admittedly smallish lists. It's macOS native, supports things like pasting in images, video, markdown, checkboxes, etc.. and is supported by a tiny subscription fee or free. I've never run into performance problems.
Some people just want to work on massive outlines with either text or links and nothing else, move those list items around frequently, and to those people $30 might be cheap. As a product it seems tricky to me, but I'd love to hear from anyone who's the perfect customer, and how this hits the mark for you. As in, what the hell do you plan day-to-day?
Also I quite like the icon, and the nature of it being incredibly simple. In a sense, it reminds me of the first version of IA Writer.
I think you can get XMonad working on OS x; I know a couple of people who were using it. I also think the "productivity enhancing features" broadly overrated and better in Linux, but that's neither here nor there.
Thanks for the tip! I'm using Blender to create artwork for a 3d game, so rendering isn't too much of an issue for me, but will definitely check this out. A quick Google search did turn out a bunch of alternative builds for OS X.
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