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Dear Murat, I have tried to write some comments in the lines of yours, hope
it is aright and thanks for Jaap's considerations.

On 18 February 2015 at 11:23, Güven, Ugur Murat <murat.gueven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Hi Jaap,
>
>
>
> >1/ Do you only want custom ordering, or switch between custom and
> alphabetical sorting ?
>
>
>
> What I’d love to see is the possibility to enable / disable a personal
> index
>
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> My current structure is:
>
>
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> 004Projects
>
> 004-0010-ProjectA
>
>                 001-Information-ProjectA
>
>                 002-Tasks-ProjectA
>
>                 003-Meetings-ProjectA
>
>                 M001-DATE-ProjectA
>
>                 M002-DATE-ProjectA
>
>                 M003-DATE-ProjectA
>
> 003-OngoingTopics-ProjectA
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> 004-0020-ProjectB
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> 004-0030-ProjectC
>
>
>
> … using the pre-fix numbers for sorting.
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>
>
> So putting this together means that I would need the possibility to sort
>
> ·         according to creation date
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> ·         setting the position manually
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>
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> >2/ If so, where do you click to switch between custom ordering and
> alphabetic ordering ? And how this switch affect sub-sections ?
>
>
>
> Basically I need to have the option per parent note to make child notes
> sorted against. So, right-clicking on the parent note should show a popup
> menu
>
>
>
> In above example I would sort manually:
>
> 004-0010-ProjectA
>
>                 001-Information-ProjectA
>
>                 002-Tasks-ProjectA
>
>                 003-Meetings-ProjectA
>
> 003-OngoingTopics-ProjectA
>
>
>
> These should be sorted against creation date:
>
>                 003-Meetings-ProjectA
>
>                 M001-DATE-ProjectA
>
>                 M002-DATE-ProjectA
>
>                 M003-DATE-ProjectA
>
>
>
yes, that would be a need settings (selective), maybe it would be possible
to keep this information in header of the parent page?

> >3/ When index has custom ordering, where do new pages show up - at the
> end, in the front, other position ?
>
>
>
> According to the selected option in parent note. There could be an
> exception though -->
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> >5/ ... what did I not think of yet ... ?
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>
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> If camel case creation is switched on, the notes which are created
> automatically need to be placed as child notes and should be sorted
> alphabetically as standard.
>
>
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> >4/ Should custom sorting depend on list of links in parent page ? (Either
> by default or as a plugin)
>
>
>
> That is a nice idea. On the one hand it could make it easier for the user
> to find the notes in the index if the index order follows the order in the
> note, but on the other hand, if the
>
> links are not in a list within a note, I don’t see a direct visual
> connection to the index order and to the order within the note.
>
this kind of sorting is relevant for export of chapters defined on a single
page (the same level). It is also useful for a further graphical
interpretations and pages in UI and appreciated by people with strong
spatial memory like me :-)

>
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> -->
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> >5/ ... what did I not think of yet ... ?
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>
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> I often use parent notes as ‘folders’ with little or no content. Such
> ‘special’ notes could have the option to have the sub-notes listed as links
> (basically your idea at 4/ with an addition)
>
it could be maybe possible to define some additional attributes to the
sub-links (a color and an importance), which would be stored in the
sub-link (this is just an idea)

>
>
> Thank you and Regards,
>
> Murat
>
>
>
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