Re(2): Feature request

[Jan M.J. Storms]

>I've just added the first half of this feature (splitting), and it 
>occurs to me that it might be more natural to simply make return do this 
>(instead of command-return).
Return now makes a new header, regardless of the position of the cursor,
which seems fine, and is the same as in More.

>
>(1) If you were editing plain text and hit return in the middle of a 
>line, it'd split the rest of the line onto a new line - this is what 
>people generally expect to happen with the return key. (2) Microsoft 
>Word outlines work this way. (3) We already have command-return used to 
>insert a newline in the current item.
ad 3: I use option-return for that. It isn't necessary to have two
keycombinations for the same result.
>
>Is anyone attached to the current behavior of return -- simply adding a 
>new item despite where your selection is? Anyone have any arguments 
>against a change?
>
>On another note, what would you expect to happen if you did a 
>command-delete to concatenate when you were working with a document with 
>multiple columns? My first impulse is to concatenate the contents of the 
>column that you are in with the same column in the previous row, but 
>only delete the row if all other columns are empty, if not leaving the 
>rest of the row as is. I.e.:
>
>* xyz			1
>* abc		2
>
>turns into:
>
>* xyzabc		1
>*			2
>
>Instead of eliminating the second bullet point. Any thoughts?
Command-backspace could yield:
* xyzabc		1
*			2
Command-option-backspace could yield:
* xyzabc  12
It might be handy when you want to consolidate table rows that have been
imported from a text file that wraps rows per line with hard returns.

I want to vote for following closely the shortcuts and keys as used in
MORE. MORE flows very well (I never liked the outliner in MS Word). I
guess many users of OmniOutliner are MORE-veterans.

Sincerely,

Jan M.J. Storms, M.A.

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