Trying to find a thread re. quick access to 'inbox' node

[jkn]

Hi all
    I remember reading a conversation, I presume on this list, where someone described a Leo workflow with a special node at the top of their outline (named specially IIRC) and some scripts/key-bindings to make navigating to that node, entering some text, and then presumably returning to their previous position, very quick and easy.

I am looking for this but can't find the thread. Does it ring bells with anyone?

    search-challenged-ly yours
    Jon N

[john lunzer]

Not sure what specific functionality you're referring to but I think @chapter nodes would be a good option.

I have this shortcut defined:

chapter-select ! tree        = z

The nice thing about chapters is that they save your view state within the chapter. 

So you could have a minimum of two toplevel @chapter nodes maybe:

• @chapter Inbox
• My Note 1
• My Note 2
• @chapter Work
• My fancy work
• Part 1 of fancy work
• Part 2 of fancy work

And when you flip back and forth between chapters you will be transported back to where you previously left off when you left the chapter. Unfortunately I don't think your position is saved when you close an outline. And actually you don't even need @chapter work if you don't want, since there is an inherent main chapter which is non-chapter view of the tree. In both cases you could use the chapter-next to quickly flip between your chapters.

I'm sure there are 10 other ways to do it, but that is how I would do it. 

[Edward K. Ream]

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 12:09 PM, jkn <jkn...@nicorp.f9.co.uk> wrote:

Hi all
    I remember reading a conversation, I presume on this list, where someone described a Leo workflow with a special node at the top of their outline (named specially IIRC) and some scripts/key-bindings to make navigating to that node, entering some text, and then presumably returning to their previous position, very quick and easy.

​It may have been about bookmarks commands.

Edward

[Terry Brown]

Possibly, but that doesn't really have the back and forth action that's
being described. It's not ringing any clear bells for me, although
not too hard to implement.

Cheers -Terry

[jkn]

Found it - and it has a post from Terry with his 'x'  command ;-). Looks like the code is now in scripts.leo as well. The 'back and forth' bit probably isn't there, that can be my homework.

I'd post a link but I am using google groups and that probably won't help anyone. It's a thread "GTD checkin messages and workflow" from 09/11/2014.

Thanks
Jon N