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Re: [Zim-wiki] Discover Getting Thing Gnome and Zim, potential for collaboration

 

I agree with you, Brendan. Since we, as GTG developers, don't know a
lot about Zim it's a bit difficult and early to consider collaboration
between both projects. I also think that both applications should
focus on its primary goal and utility since there's already a lot of
work to do with that. However a constructive and collaborative use is
possible through the use of plugins and such. Maybe we'll see some
kind of convergence coming in the future, and I would be very happy
with that, since I'm also convinced that there exists a strong link
between task organization and notes as previously said in this
discussion. But until then let's keep us focused on our specific
objectives.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Brendan Kidwell <snarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I just discovered a nifty new python-gtk app that enables GTD usage:
>> Getting Thing Gnome.
>> http://gtg.fritalk.com/
>>...
>> GTG would benefit from Zim's wiki like text input in task description (and
>> support for multiple cancel input for example).
>>
>> Or Zim could inherit a better task manager than what's currently in Zim.
>
> My own two cents:
>
> I think it's worth it for the members of both projects to check out
> the other, but my personal preference as a user is to keep both
> projects focused on what they do best. If Zim accumulates
> sophisticated task management features, this will eventually dilute
> its utility as a text database, diary, and outliner. Likewise (I say
> this without any experience) GTG might get diluted if it tries to get
> too rich-texty and linky.
>
> If you need complicated wiki-like features and you need well designed
> GTD workflow, perhaps the best solution is to use plugins to provide a
> clean transport path from one database to the other. For example, you
> could have a special INBOX page in Zim that is automatically pushed
> into the GTD INBOX view and removed from Zim, and any embedded
> hyperlinks are rewritten in transit so that clicking the link in GTD
> opens the appropriate page in Zim.
>
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