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Re: What are the most fundamental basic apps that are (apparently) lacking on Android?

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In message <vg3in0t4k9i.fsf@coffee.modeemi.fi>, Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> 
writes:
>"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> writes:
>
>> In message <eghjudt81vntrdrq4fo55sp6rk7i78ti1k@4ax.com>,
>> "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> writes:
>>>Per Anssi Saari:
>>>>Is there no decent outliner app for Android? I don't use any but with a
>>>>very quick look there seems to be no shortage of those for Android.
>>>
>>>I haven't put the time in lately - but in the past I've been though maybe a
>>>half-dozen apps and all fell short in a big way.
>>>
>>>Note *Hierarchical* Outliner.... not just "Outliner".... beeeeg diff.
>>
>> What does outliner (hierarchical or otherwise) mean?
>
>I'm actually not sure if it means here what I think it means. I was
>thinking of document outlining where you enter your headings and
>subheadings to create the structure or outline of a document and then
>fill in the actual text. Similar organization can of course be used for
>many things. Todo lists is one good example.

Thanks for the explanation. (I can't see me preparing any but simple 
documents on a 'phone, but each to his own!)
>
>Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner) says this:
>
>An outliner (or outline processor) is a specialized type of text editor
>(word processor) used to create and edit outlines, which are text files
>which have a tree structure, for organization. Textual information is
>contained in discrete sections called "nodes", which are arranged
>according to their topic–subtopic (parent–child) relationships, sort of
>like the members of a family tree. When loaded into an outliner, an
>outline may be collapsed or expanded to display as few or as many levels
>as desired.

The family tree analogy is interesting; I do a lot of genealogy.
>
>There's an example of org-mode in Emacs and I like to use for notes and
>todo lists and often a mix of both that but it's not practical on a
>phone.

Emacs on a 'phone (or any word processor on a 'phone0 sounds like hard 
work!

Thanks again.
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are
right. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

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  Re: What are the most fundamental basic apps that are (apparently) lacking on Android? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2018-10-25 13:40 +0000
    Re: What are the most fundamental basic apps that are (apparently) lacking on Android?  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-26 00:16 +0000
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      Re: What are the most fundamental basic apps that are (apparently) lacking on Android? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2018-11-12 13:28 -0500
        Re: What are the most fundamental basic apps that are (apparently) lacking on Android? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-12 22:31 +0000
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