Zim - a desktop wiki

Brainstorm

This page contains a number of suggestions that are not on the TODO list. Maybe they will be on the list for version 2.0, maybe they will be implemented as a plugin - who knows.

See also: http://live.gnome.org/Tomboy/PlaceForNewIdeas they have some good ideas as well.

Archive plugin

Add "Archive" action next to Delete
Add property to page to hide it from the side pane

needs headers - see wiki format

also mark read only ?

Have a look at a plugin to sync with dokuwiki

get page
check timestamp
upload page

Have a look at a rsync plugin

plugin to show a ToC in the top of the side pane

add "get_headers" or "get_index" to Page.pm
hook to "load page"
put anchors at each header
allow linking to anchors

tickets

simple forms - doable
backend doesn't matter
reports

table view - doable
hash certain meta propertises - doable
link in entry boxes - further studie needed

or use list view for things that are linkable

attachement - no prob.

menuitem tools->selection

pops open dialog with treeview
add pages with drag / drop
"add current page" button
"save selection" button

saves to page

how to re-open the dialog for a certain page ?
short cut to open a certain selection would do away with request for bookmark feature
should history / recent pages be special selection ?

for list view inspiration see: http://taskcoach.sourceforge.net

in page list view with color coding for page properties
each item links to a page

it should be possible to use globs in the linking structure. For example if I want to link a birth date to each occance of that day for each year.

add linking type or relation "birthday" to the link
make date pages implicit backlink searches
by default namespace dates by year in new installations

Context menu items for index

"split" split page to namespace (each heading its own page)
"merge" include namespace content in a single page

Inserting an anchor with <ctrl>M

show a small icon, not unlike a break point in IDEs
offer the possibility to attach a footnote to the anchor

change the icon if a note was attached

give the anchor an ID that can be linked from the outside

Plugin for VI escape mode

opens up many keys for special editing actions
should not conflict with modeless editing
option to choose module: simple mode or vi-like mode

see opengroup posix spec
see http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/quickref.html

export a list of textviews somewhere to which the plugin can bind

Gnome VFS support

use a plugin for this

A plugin that adds a "publish" action to the menu

state "published" should be shown per page
specify html template and directory for publishing
remove links to unpublished pages ??

Make folding lists, "in page" outlining

make it possible to customize the toolbar

Internal references (images, tables, footnotes, ...)

anonymous links ?
dynamic numbering
each referenced item should have a unique id

map id to table record
map id to new page
let formatter number these ids on export

footnotes could be displayed in seperate pane below normal text

or in seperate window

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