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[Adam Porter <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I put the plugin in the right place but it's not showing up in Zim.  I
have 0.54 from the PPA.  I also don't see the new automount plugin
from 0.54.  Weird...?

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 06:46, Jaap Karssenberg
<jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, I've made a very quick and dirty prototype as a plugin. It shows
> all child and grand child pages inline with the parent page below the
> text. To try it, drop the attached file in the zim/plugins/ folder
> (/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/zim/plugins or similar folder when
> installed).
>
> Consider it a mock-up and let me know what to change - bonus points
> for modifying it in gimp/photoshop/paint to come up with a better look
> ;)
>
> Please note:
> 0/ this plugin is experimental -- don't even think about using it for
> real at this moment
> 1/ after you disable the plugin again restart zim to get rid of the new view
> 2/ inline notes are only read-only for now
> 3/ inline notes are clipped to 300 px (not sure if this is needed or not)
> 4/ indenting for sub-sub-pages not really visible - need to enhance that
> 5/ no rounded corners - needs some cruft to make it look nice ;)
> 6/ no guarantees about scalability and load time at this state
>
> One question I already have is whether it is a good idea or not to
> have a single scroll bar for both the parent page text and the child
> page listing. Alternatively these could be in separate panes, so the
> text remains in the same place while scrolling through the child
> pages.
>
> Another question is how to handle folding of sub-pages. I now show all
> sub-sub-pages in the tree. But I also could hide them until you click
> "show".
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Jaap