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14 pdftitle={VYM - a tool for visual thinking },
15 pdfauthor={Uwe Drechsel},
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34 \title{VYM \\ -- \\View Your Mind}
35 \author{\textcopyright Uwe Drechsel }
36 %\date{September 26, 2002}
44 \section{Introduction}
45 \subsection{What is a \vym map?}
46 A \vym map (in short words {\em map}) is a tree like structure:
48 \includegraphics[width=12cm]{example1.png}
50 Such maps can be drawn by hand on paper or a flip chart and help to
51 structure your thoughs. While a tree like structure like above can be
52 drawn by hand or any drawing software \vym offers
53 much more features to work with such maps. \vym is not another drawing
54 software, but a tool to store and modify information in an intuitive
55 way. For example you can reorder parts of the map by pressing a key or
56 add various information like a complete email by a simple mouse click.
58 \subsection{Why should I use maps? Time, Space and your Brain.}
59 \subsubsection*{Space}
60 A map can concentrate a very complex content on little space e.g. a
61 piece of paper. It helps to use both sides of your brain: the logical
62 side and also your creative side (e.g. by using pictures, colors and
63 keywords in a map, so called {\em anchors}). It is a technique to
64 organize the way you think: It can help you by developing, sorting and
65 memorizing your thoughts.
68 Because you just use keywords and drawings, it is much faster than good
69 old fashioned notes. Your brain memorizes things by associating them to
70 other things -- a map makes use of those connections and stimulates
73 \subsubsection*{Your Brain}
74 In 1960 the Prof. {\sc Roger Sperry} discovered that both hemispheres
75 of the human brain have different tasks (of course both of them
76 basically {\em can} do the same): The left side is specialised in
78 \item verbal speech and writing
80 \item logical thinking
81 \item analyzing and details
86 while the right side of the human brain is specialised in
89 \item visual thinking, day dreams
90 \item intuition and emotion
91 \item overview of things
93 \item art, music, dancing
94 \item non-linear thinking, connecting things
95 \item spatial awareness
97 In our science oriented society we have learned to mainly rely on our
98 left side of the brain, the "rational" one. In other cultures,
99 especially like the native americans and other "old" cultures, the right
100 side is much more important. maps are just one way to stimulate the
101 other side and make use of additional ressources we all have.
104 \subsection{Where could I use a map?}
105 Here are some examples, how you can use those maps
107 \item to prepare articles, papers, books, talks, \ldots
108 \item to sort complex data
109 \item to memorize facts, persons, vocabulary, \ldots
110 \item to sort emails, files and bookmarks on your computer
111 \item to moderate conferences
114 \subsection{What you shouldn't do with a map...}
115 A map drawn by somebody shows the way the author thinks. There is
116 no right or wrong in the way it is drawn, so there is no way to critize
117 it. "It is, what it is" ({\sc F.~Lehmann}).
124 %TODO may add a general introduction here...
126 \vym uses two windows: an editor for the map itself and another one for
127 notes, which are part of the map. Let's call them {\em mapeditor} and
130 \includegraphics[width=8cm]{windows.png}
132 Usually you will work in the {\em mapeditor} by just adding new
133 branches, moving around and reordering them. The various ways to do this
134 will be explained in \ref{mapeditor}. You can store additional
135 information e.g. the content of a email easily in a {\em branch}: Just
136 type or copy\&paste it into the {\em noteeditor}. Working with notes is
137 explained in \ref{noteeditor}
139 The map itself has always a {\em mapcenter}. The
140 mapcenter has {\em branches} just like the trunk of a tree. Each branch
141 in turn may have branches again.
143 \includegraphics[width=10cm]{branches.png}
145 We will call a branch directly connected to the mapcenter a {\em
146 mainbranch}, because it determines the position of all its child
149 The mapcenter and the branches all have a {\em heading}. This is the
150 text you see in the mapeditor. Usually it should just be one or a few
151 words, so that one can easily keep track of the whole map.
154 In the toolbar above the mapeditor you see various symbols.
156 \includegraphics[width=8cm]{default-flags.png}
158 These are called {\em flags} and can be used to mark branches in the
159 map, e.g. if something is important or questionable.
160 There are also more flags set by \vym automatically to show additional
161 information, e.g. when a exists for a particular branch.
163 By default some of these flags are set exclusively e.g. when the \lq
164 thumb-up\rq flag is set, then the \lq thumb down\rq is unset and vice
165 versa. You can change this default behaviour in the settings menu.
167 \section{Mapeditor} \label {mapeditor}
168 \subsection{Start a new map}
169 After \vym is started two windows will open: the mapeditor and the
170 noteditor. Usually you will work in both windows, but at the moment we
171 will just need the mapeditor.
173 Select the mapcenter "New map" in the middle of the mapeditor by
174 left-clicking with the mouse. It will turn yellow to show that is
175 selected. There are several ways to add a new branch to the center:
177 \item Using the mouse: Open the context meny by clicking with the
178 right mouse button (CTRL-Click on Mac) onto the
179 mapcenter and choose Add \ra Add as child
180 \item Press \key{Ins} or \key{A}
182 A new branch will appear and you will be able to type the heading of the
183 branch. Finish adding the new branch by pressing \key{Enter}.
185 Sometimes it comes handy to add a new branch above or below the current
186 one. Use \key{Ins} together with \key{Shift} or \key{Ctrl}. It is also
187 possible to add a branch in such a way, that the current selection
188 becomes the child of the new branch, which is like inserting it {\em
189 before} the selection. This can be done using the context menu.
191 \subsection{Navigate through a map}
192 \subsubsection*{Select branches}
193 To select branches you can use the left button of your mouse or also the
194 arrow keys. Depending on the {\em orientation} of a branch type
195 \key{\la} or \key{\ra} to get nearer to the mapcenter or deeper
196 down into the branches. Within a set of branches, let's call them a
197 {\em subtree}, you can use \key{\ua} and \key{\da} to go up and down. You can
198 also use \key{Pos1} and \key{End} to select the first and last branch.
201 \subsubsection*{Zoom a map}
202 While adding more and more branches the size of the map may become
203 bigger than the mapeditor window. You can use the scrollbars on the
204 right and the bottom of your mapeditor window to scroll, but it is
205 easier to just scroll using the left mouse button: Click onto the {\em
206 canvas} itself, the empty space somewhere between the branches. The
207 mouse pointer will change from an arrow to a hand, now move the visible
208 part of the map to show the desired part.
210 If you select branches using the arrow keys, the map will scroll
211 to ensure that the selected branch is always visible.
213 Working with huge maps, the {\em zoom}-function comes in handy: You can
216 \item from the menu View \ra Zoom
217 \item the toolbar buttons
219 \includegraphics[width=3cm]{zoom-buttons.png}
222 The crossed magnifying lens resets the zoomed view to its original size.
225 \subsubsection*{Find Function} \label{findwindow}
226 With huge maps there is the need to have a
227 find function. Choose Edit \ra Find to open the Find Window:
229 \includegraphics[width=6cm]{find-window.png}
231 The text you enter here will be searched in all the headings and also in
232 notes. Everytime you press the "Find"-button it will look for the next
233 occurence, which then will be selected automatically. If the search
234 fails, there will appear a short message "Nothing found" or a few
235 seconds in the {\em statusbar} on the bottom of the mapeditor.
237 \subsubsection*{Scroll a part of the map}
238 A very big subtree of a map e.g. a branch with hundreds of childs makes
239 it very hard to keep an overview over the whole map. You can hide all
240 the childs of a branch by {\em scrolling} it -- this function is also
241 often called {\em folding}. Think of the whole subtree as painted onto a
242 big newspaper. You can scroll the paper to a small roll, leaving just
243 the headline readable.
245 To scroll or unscroll a branch and its childs, press the
247 \item \key{Scroll} key or \key{S}
248 \item press the middle-mouse button or
249 \item choose the little scroll from the toolbar.
251 If you select parts of a scrolled branch e.g. using the find function or
252 by using the arrow-keys, it will unscroll temporary. This is shown as a
253 scroll with a little hour glass. If the temporary unscrolled part is not
254 longer needed, it will be hidden again automatically. It is also
255 possible to unscroll all branches using "Edit\ra Unscroll all scrolled
260 \subsection{Modify and move branches}
261 \subsubsection*{Modify the heading of a branch}
262 You can edit the heading by selecting the branch and then
264 \item pressing \key{Enter}
265 \item double-clicking with left mouse.
267 Just type the new heading (or edit the old one) and press \key{Enter}.
269 \subsubsection*{Move a branch}
270 The easiest way to move a branch is to select it with left-mouse and
271 drag it to the destination while keeping the mouse button pressed.
272 Depending on the branch it will be
274 \item moved to the destination or
275 \item {\em linked} to a new {\em parent} (mapcenter or branch)
277 If you drag the branch over another one or over the mapcenter, you will
278 notice that the link connecting it to the old parent will be changed to
279 lead to the new parent which is now under your mousepointer.
280 If you release the button now, the branch will be relinked.
282 If you release the button in the middle of nowhere, the result will
283 depend on the type of branch you are releasing:
285 \item A mainbranch is directly connected to the mapcenter.
286 It will stay on its new position.
287 \item An ordinary branch will "jump" back to its original position.
289 Thus you can easily rearrange the layout of the mainbranches to avoid
290 overlapping of their subtrees.
291 There is another convenient way to move branches, especially if you want
292 to {\em reorder} a subtree: You can move a branch up or down in a
295 \item pressing \key{\ua} and \key {\da}
296 \item selecting Edit \ra Move branch
297 \item clicking on the toolbar buttons:
299 \includegraphics[width=1.5cm]{move-buttons.png}
303 There is yet another way to move branches: If you press \key{Shift} or
304 \key{Ctrl} while moving with the mouse, the branch will be added above
305 or below the one the mouse pointer is over. This helps also to reorder a
308 \subsection{The right side of your brain - colors and images}
309 \subsubsection*{Change color of a heading}
310 You can also use colors to put more information into a map, e.g. use
311 red, green and more colors to prioritize tasks. Again you can
313 \item use the menu and choose e.g Format \rq Set Color
314 \item use the toolbar
316 \includegraphics[width=3cm]{color-buttons.png}
319 The first button (black in the graphic above) shows the actual color.
320 Clicking on it let's you choose another color. You can also "pick"
321 another color by selecting a branch with the desired color and using the
322 "pick color" button. Both of the buttons showing a bucket actually put
323 the current color to the selected branch. While the first one just
324 colors the heading of the selection, the last one also colors all the
325 childs of the selected branch.
328 A very useful function is the "copy color" using the mouse: Select the
329 branch which should get the new color, then press \key{Ctrl} and
330 simultanously click with left-mouse on another branch to copy its color
331 to the first one. Here the childs of the selection also will get the new
332 color, if you just want to color the selection itself, additionally
335 \subsubsection*{Use flags}
336 \vym provides various flags. You see them in the toolbar on top of the
337 mapeditor window. (Note: Like all toolbars you can also move them to the
338 left or the right side of the window or even detach them. Just grab the
339 very left "dotted" part of the toolbar with your left-mouse button.)
341 \includegraphics[width=8cm]{default-flags.png}
343 If you have a branch selected, you can set any number of flags by
344 clicking them in the toolbar. The toolbar buttons change their state and
345 always reflect the flags set in the selected branch.
347 Presently \vym uses two kinds of flags: {\em System Flags} and {\em
348 Standard Flags}. The standard flags are those shown in the toolbar.
349 System flags are set by \vym to indicate e.g. that there is additional
350 information in a note (more on this in \ref{noteeditor}). Later versions
351 of \vym may have another kind of flags, which may be edited by the user.
353 \subsubsection*{Images}
354 You can add a image to a branch or the mapcenter by clicking with the
355 right-mouse button. A context menu will open, choose "Add Image". A
356 dialog window lets you choose the image to load.
357 \footnote{Supported image types are: PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM and PNM. It may
358 also support JPEG, MNG and GIF, if specially configured during
359 compilation (as done when \vym is part of SUSE LINUX).}
360 While an image is selected in the dialog, you can see a preview of the
363 You can position the image anywhere you want, just drag it with left
364 mouse. To relink it to another branch, press \key{Shift} while moving
365 it. To delete it, press \key{Del}.
367 If you right-click onto an image, a context menu will open which let's
368 you first choose one of several image formats. Then a file dialog opens
369 to save the image. Hint: This is used to "export" the image, it will be
370 saved anyway in the map itself! You can also cut and
371 copy images, but it is not possible to add objects to an image\footnote{
372 Images are regarded as "extra feature". It would make working with
373 the map much more complex if e.g. images could be linked to images.}
375 The option \lq{\bf Use for export} \rq controls the output of exports
376 e.g. to HTML: If set to no, the image won't appear in the {\em text}
377 part of the output. This is useful for large images or if images are
378 used as a kind of frame e.g. the famous cloud symbol around a part of
379 the map. Those shouldn't appear in the middle of the text.
381 At the moment image support is preliminary: Images will be saved
382 together with all the other data of a map in the {\tt .vym}-file.
383 Later versions will include more functionality like resizing the images,
384 changing its z-value (put it into background) etc.
386 \subsubsection*{Frames}
387 A frame can be added to a branch by clicking with the
388 right-mouse button. A context menu will open, where you can choose the
389 frame. At the moment just a rectangle resp. "No Frame" will be offered,
390 nevertheless you can use images as frames. Have a look at the demo map
391 {\tt todo.vym} as an example, where the mapcenter is a cloud. You can
392 use an external drawing program like {\tt gimp} to create an image,
393 preferable with an transparency channel, so that you can design frames
394 which don't use a rectangular borderline, just like the cloud.
397 \subsection{Background design}
398 The design of the background of a map and also of the links connecting
399 various parts of the map can be changed by
401 \item Selecting Format from the menu
402 \item Right clicking onto the canvas, which will open a context menu
405 \subsubsection*{Background color}
406 The color is set (and also displayed) as "Set background color".
408 \subsubsection*{Link color}
409 Links connecting branches can be colored in one of the following ways:
411 \item use the color of the heading of the branch the links is
412 \item use {\em one} color for all links. The default color is blue.
415 The latter can be set with "Set link color". Check or uncheck the "Use
416 color of heading for link" option to choose one of the two designs for
419 \subsubsection*{Link style}
420 \vym offers four different styles for the appearences of links:
427 The "thick" styles only draw links starting at mapcenter thick, the rest
428 of the map is always painted "thin".
431 \subsection{Link to other documents}
432 Presently \vym supports two kind of links:
434 \item Document, which will be opened in an external webbrowser
435 \item \vym map, which will be opened in \vym itself
438 \subsubsection*{Webbrowser}
439 Modern Webbrowsers like {\tt konqueror} are able to display various
440 types of files, both local or in the internet. To enter the URL of
441 any document, right-click onto a branch or use the Edit Menu
442 and choose "Edit URL". Enter the path to your document (or copy and
443 paste it from your browser). Examples for valid paths are:
445 http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/index.html
446 file:/usr/share/doc/packages/vym/doc/vym.pdf
448 If an URL was entered, a little globe will appear in the branch. By
449 clicking on the globe in the toolbar or the context menu an external
451 The browser can be changed in the Settings Menu.}
454 \includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{flag-url.png}
456 If you want to keep bookmarks in a map, you may want to copy the heading
457 as URL: Right click onto the branch and select "Use heading for URL".
459 \subsubsection*{\vym map}
460 To link to to another map right click on a branch or choose "Edit \ra
461 Enter \vym link". A file dialog opens where you can choose the map. A
462 branch with a link is marked with
464 \includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{flag-vymlink.png}
466 Clicking this flag in the toolbar or in the context menu of a branch
467 will open the map in another tab (see \ref{tabs} for working with
468 multiple maps). To delete an existing link, just press the "Cancel"
471 Technical note: Internally \vym uses absolute paths, to avoid opening
472 several tabs containing the same map. When a map is saved, this path is
473 converted to a relative one (e.g. {\tt /home/user/vym.map} might become
474 {\tt ./vym.map}. This makes it fairly easy to use multiple maps on
475 different computers or export them to HTML in future.
477 \subsection{Multiple maps} \label{tabs}
478 You can work on multiple maps at the same time. Each new map is opened
479 in another {\em tab}. The available tabs are shown just above the
480 mapeditor. You can use the normal cut/copy/paste functions to
481 copy data from one map to another.
486 %\subsubsection{Menus}
487 %\subsubsection{Keyboard shortcuts}
492 % Working with tabs (multiple maps)
496 \section{Noteeditor} \label {noteeditor}
497 If you want to save more text in a branch e.g. a complete email, a
498 cooking recipe, or the whole source code of a software project, you can
499 use the noteeditor. Since version 1.4.7 \vym supports formatted text in
502 \subsubsection*{States}
503 Before you can type or paste text into it, you have
504 to select a branch in the mapeditor. Note that the background color
505 of the noteeditor indicates its state:
507 \item black: no branch selected
508 \item grey: no text entered yet
509 \item white: text is already available
511 To show you in the mapeditor itself that there is a note with more
512 information for a particular branch, a little note flag will appear next
513 to the heading of the branch. See the lower branch on the right side:
515 \includegraphics[width=8cm]{branches-flags.png}
518 \subsubsection*{Import and export notes}
519 The note is always saved automatically within the \vym file itself.
520 Nevertheless sometimes it is nice to import a note from an external file
521 or write it. Use "File\ra~Import" and "File\ra~Export" to do so.
523 \subsubsection*{Edit and print note}
524 Editing works like in any simple texteditor, including undo and redo
525 functions. You can delete the complete note by clicking the
526 trashcan. Only the note itself is printed by clicking the printer icon.
528 When pasting into the editor using the X11 copy\&paste mechanism, the
529 editor will create a paragraph for each new line. Usually this is not
530 wanted, so there you can convert all paragraphs into linebreaks by using
531 Edit~\ra~Remove~Paragraphs or \key{ALT-X}.
533 \subsubsection*{Fonts}
534 The noteeditor is ment to be used for simple notes, not really as full
535 featured text editor. Because of many requests \vym supports now
536 formatted text in the noteeditor\footnote{
537 \vym uses the QRichtText format, which is basically a subset of the
538 formatting provided in HTML.}
539 Two default fonts are supported which can be set in the Settings menu.
540 One is a fixed width font, the other has variable width. The fixed font
541 is usually used for emails, source code etc.\ while the variable font is
542 used for simple notes, where one doesn't need fixed character widths.
543 Both fonts can easily switched using the following symbol from the
546 \includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{formatfixedfont.png}
548 In the Settings menu both fonts can be set and also which font should be
551 Additionally to the default fonts any font installed on your system can
552 be used. Please note, that the chosen font also will be used for HTML
553 exports, so you should only use fonts which are available generally.
555 \subsubsection*{Colors and formatted text}
556 Colors and text attributes (e.g. italic, bold) can
557 be set with the buttons above the text.
558 The text itself is divided in paragraphs. For each paragraph the format
559 can be set (e.g. centered, right). A paragraph is ended when a
560 \key{Return} is entered. If you just want to begin a new line, press
563 \subsubsection*{Finding text}
564 The noteeditor itself has no Find function, use Find in the mapeditor,
565 which will also search all notes (see \ref{findwindow}).
567 \subsubsection*{Pasting text into note editor}
568 Often you will paste text into the editor from another application e.g.
569 an email. Normally \vym will generate a new paragraph for each new line.
570 This usually is not what you want, so you can choose from the menu
572 \paragraph{Edit \ra Convert Paragraphs:}
573 This turns paragraphs in selected text (or all text, if nothing is
574 selected) into linebreaks. This is especially useful for snippets of
577 \paragraph{Edit \ra Join Lines:}
578 Tries to format text, so that empty lines are used to delimit
579 paragraphs. This is done for selected text (or all text, if nothing is
580 selected). Especially useful for text like emails, meeting minutes etc.
582 \section{Hello world}
583 \vym can export its maps in various formats and can import data from
584 outside (though import is still limited at the moment).
587 The format in which the map will be exported can be chosen with
589 \item File \ra Export \ra {\em format}
591 \vym offers both HTML and ASCII export.
593 \subsubsection*{Image}
594 \vym supports all image formats which are natively supported by the
596 BMP, JPEG, PBM, PGM, PNG, PPN, XPM, and XBM.
597 For use in websites and for sending images by email PNG is a good
598 recommodation regarding quality and size of the image. \vym uses QTs
599 default options for compressing the images.
601 \subsubsection*{ASCII}
602 Exporting an image as text is somewhat experimental at the moment. Later
603 this will probably done using stylesheets. So the output may change in
604 future versions of \vym.
606 \subsubsection*{HTML}
607 Before a map is exported as HTML, it will be first written as XML into a
608 directory (see \ref{xmlexport}). Then the external program {\tt
609 xsltproc}\footnote{On SUSE Linux {\tt xsltproc} is installed by
611 will be called to process the XML file and generate HTML code.
612 %A script then will transform the XML
614 A dialog allows to set various options:
616 \item {\bf Include image:} If set, \vym will creat an image map at
617 the top of the HTML output. Clicking on a branch in the map will
618 jump to the corresponding section in the output.
620 \item {\bf Colored headings:}
621 If set to yes, \vym will color the headings in the text part with the
622 same colors like in the map.
623 \item {\bf Show Warnings:}
624 If set to yes, \vym will ask before overwriting data.
625 \item {\bf Show output:}
626 This is useful mainly for debugging. It will show how the processing of
627 the XML file works by calling the external {\tt xsltproc}.
629 Additionally the paths to the CSS and XSL stylesheets can be set. By
630 default on SUSE~Linux they will be in {\tt /usr/share/vym/styles}.
632 %\paragraph{WIKI style:} This is very useful for easy design of webpages.
633 %Here is a short overview:
636 % + Big headlines start with the '+' character.
637 % - Small headlines start with the '-' character.
638 % Normal text doesn't have any starting notation.
639 % ! Notes start with an exclamation.
640 % . Indented text starts with a dot.
641 % ? Questions start with a question-mark, and
642 % = Answers starts with the equal-sign.
643 % * Points for a item-list
647 % use '{...}' or '{(vym homepage) http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/}'
648 % for external links.
651 % |This is bold| text, while
652 % |/this text is italic|,
653 % |*this is pre-formatted|, and
657 %\paragraph{Show output:} This is used for debugging. \vym uses an
658 %the external script {\tt vym2html.sh} to preprocess the XML-data. Then
659 %\vym calls {\tt xsltproc} to generate the HTML page by using various
660 %{\tt .xsl} stylesheets and {\tt wireframe.css}. If you run into problems
661 %here, changing paths in {\tt $\sim$/.qt/vymrc} might help.
663 \subsubsection*{XML} \label{xmlexport}
664 The map is written into a directory both as an image and as XML. The
665 directory is set in a file dialog. If the directory is not empty, you
666 will be questioned if you risk to overwrite its contents.
668 It is possible to export different maps into the same directory. Each
669 file generated will have the map's name as prefix, e.g. {\tt todo.vym}
670 becomes {\tt todo.xml}, {\tt todo.png}, {\tt todo-image-1.png} and so
671 on. This is useful if e.g. for a website several combined maps have to
672 be stored in the same directory.
675 At the moment \vym can read a directory structure. This is mainly for
676 testing \vym e.g. to easily create huge maps used for benchmarks (yes,
677 there is still room to optimize \vym ;-)
679 Many other applications meanwhile can export their data using XML, so
680 volunteers to write import filters are welcome.
682 \subsection{File format}
683 \vym maps usually have the postfix "{\tt .vym}" and represent a
684 compressed archive of data. If you want to have a
685 closer look into the data structure, just uncompress the map manually
690 A directory named {\tt vymfile} will be created containing further
691 directories both for {\tt images} and {\tt flags}. In the {\tt vymfile}
692 directory you will find the map itself, usually named {\tt vymfile.xml}.
694 This file can be loaded directly into \vym, it does not have to be
695 compressed. If you want to compress all the data yourself, use
703 %\subsubsection{Menus}
704 %\subsubsection{Keyboard shortcuts}
705 %Where does vym save its settings? -> ~/.qt/vymrc
707 \section{History of \vym}
709 There are lots of features which might find their way into \vym.
710 Together with \vym you should have received a directory with example
711 maps e.g. on SUSE~LINUX this is
713 {\tt /usr/share/doc/packages/vym/demos}
715 where you find the map {\tt todo.vym}. It lists quite a lot of things to
716 be done in future. If you have more ideas, contact the author at
717 {\tt vym@insilmaril.de}.
721 \begin{longtable}{|lcp{8cm}l|} \hline
722 Version & & Comment & Date \\ \hline \hline \endhead
724 1.6.7 & - & Changed default pdf-reader for Mac OSX & 2005-05-27 \\
725 & - & Bugfix: xLinks stopped working in 1.6.6 &\\
726 & - & Bugfix: drawing error when using modModeCopy &\\
727 & - & Bugfix: replaced lrint by qRound for BSD ports &\\
728 1.6.6 & - & Exclusive standard flags & 2005-05-23 \\
729 1.6.5 & - & removing a branch and keeping its childs & 2005-05-19 \\
730 & - & removing childs of a branch & \\
731 & - & insert branch and make selection its child& \\
732 & - & restructured branch context menu & \\
733 in a basic version (straight line) & 2005-04-15\\
734 & - & New shortcuts for use on Mac OS X & \\
735 & - & Importing directories generates vymlinks now & \\
736 & - & Bugfix: Changing linkstyle now automatically redraws all
738 & - & Bugfix: Paste icon is disabled if clipboard is empty &\\
739 1.6.4 & - & xLinks (arbitrary connection between 2 branches) works
740 in a basic version (straight line) & 2005-04-15\\
741 1.6.3 & - & Bugfix: Saving of selection to a vym part (.vyp) &2005-03-30\\
742 & - & Bugfix: Closing the noteeditor by closing its window now
743 also toggles the responding toolbar button. &\\
744 1.6.2 & - & Introduced Modifier modes: color, link, copy &2005-03-24\\
745 & - & Linking branches is basically possible, though it can't
746 be edited/saved yet &\\
747 1.6.1 & - & Optimized moving of branches: much faster especially
748 with huge subtrees &2005-01-30\\
749 & - & Bugfix: Segfault when loading vym part &\\
750 & - & Bugfix: ugly unitialized lines, when
751 temporary drawn link was moved from a
752 temporary parent back to canvas & \\
753 1.6.0 & - & Added saving of xhtml settings in map& 2004-12-14 \\
754 1.5.2 & - & Added Import of maps with two modes:
755 add/replace & 2004-12-13 \\
756 & - & Added export of part of maps & \\
757 & - & Added joining of paragraphs in text editor & \\
758 & - & Optimized undo: Only relevant parts are saved, which
759 dramatically improves e.g. moving branches up/down
761 & - & Bugfix: QTextEdit generates invalid XML code, which
762 could lead to a parse error, if font name contains a \& & \\
763 & - & Bugfix: Wrong order of mainbranches in Export & \\
764 & - & Bugfix: zip archive was not deleted before save, which
765 could lead to much bigger files, e.g.
766 when working on older \vym maps or deleted images& \\
767 & - & Bugfix: Printing in Texteditor & \\
768 & - & Bugfix: Wrong URLs in xhtml output & \\
769 & - & Bugfix: Segfault fixed at Cursor left/right in empty map& \\
770 1.5.1 & - & More options in xhtml export: external scripts & 2004-10-01 \\
771 1.5.0 & - & Public release of all changes since 1.4.1 & 2004-09-26 \\
772 & - & New function to replace paragraphs in note editor
773 by linebreaks, this makes pasted text much nicer& \\
774 & - & New option to toggle exporting of of floatimages& \\
775 & - & z-plane of floatimages can be set (manually only)& \\
776 & - & Bugfix: Wrong ordering of branches, if mainbranch is
777 exactly left of center& \\
778 1.4.7 & - & New Export to HTML by Thomas Schraitle. & 2004-09.24 \\
779 & - & Bugfix: vymLink& \\
780 & - & Bugfix: spaces and dots in filenames & \\
781 & - & Bugfix: Error message if xsltproc is not installed& \\
782 1.4.6 & - & New file format: notes are saved as part of the .xml file
784 & - & Note Editor supports Rich Text now.&\\
785 & - & Parser now also nows {\tt standardflag} (all letters
787 1.4.5 & - & Correct handling of font size in Heading & 2004-08-23 \\
788 1.4.4 & - & Selecting with cursor now works between subtrees & 2004-07-29 \\
789 & - & Bugfix: vymLink was set to temporary dir in 1.4.3 & \\
791 1.4.3 & - & Optimisation: Reduced canvas objects by only
792 creating objects for used flags & 2004-07-19 \\
793 & - & Better visualization of moving branch above/below target&\\
794 & - & Find Window informs with dialog, if the search failed&\\
795 & - & System Flags are clickable now &\\
796 & - & Reworked CSS and XST stylsheets (comments, indent, browser
798 & - & vymLinks are shown in statusbar &\\
799 & - & current directory is save &\\
800 & - & Rewritten load/save to improve multimap handling and
802 & - & Bugfix: vymLinks don't get deleted
803 when Cancel is pressed &\\
804 & - & Bugfix: Fixed a bunch of bugs in XSL for HTML export& \\
805 & - & Bugfix: More toolbar buttons disabled, if action not
807 & - & Bugfix: Renaming .vymfile now works&\\
808 & - & Bugfix: mapChanged set when toggling flags&\\
809 & - & Bugfix: CTRL-N was used twice &\\
810 & - & Bugfix: Del didn't work on floatimage &\\
811 1.4.2 & - & Bugfix: Float image could not be deleted& \\
812 1.4.1 & - & Bugfix: Color of branch not saved & 2004-05-25 \\
813 & - & Bugfix: wrong path at HTML export & \\
814 & - & Bugfix: map is not save with special characters in path& \\
815 1.4.0 & - & Ask for confirmation before opening
816 a map in multiple editors & 2004-05-17 \\
817 & - & Save state of note editor (visible/minimized)& \\
818 & - & Export to HTML & \\
819 & - & Author and Comment is saved in map & \\
820 & - & Stats are shown in Edit MapInfo & \\
821 & - & Changes for OS X port (QCursor, QContextMenuEvent) & \\
822 & - & Bugfix: Fonts from note editor are save now &\\
823 & - & Bugfix: invisible image when parent is scrolled &\\
824 & - & Bugfix: Segfault pressing "enter" for floatimage &\\
825 & - & Bugfix: Images can't be outside of exported area
827 & - & Bugfix: Filenames with blanks & \\
828 & - & Bugfix: Old maplink is shown when editing maplink& \\
829 & - & Bugfix: always show cursor while editing heading & \\
830 1.3.5 & - & Export map to dir & 2004-04-16 \\
831 & - & Export to any of QTs image formats & \\
832 & - & Also right side of selection is always visible now.& \\
833 1.3.4 & - & Load last maps in file menu & 2004-04-07 \\
834 & - & save last image path for loading & \\
835 & - & Also export standard flags to dir. & \\
836 1.3.3 & - & Enabled <br> in headings as manual linebreak & 2004-03-26 \\
837 & - & Heading can be copied to URL &\\
838 & - & Bugfix: GIFs are automatically converted to PNG now&\\
839 1.3.2 & - & Add and move branches above/below selection, Texteditor copy all,& 2004-03-26 \\
840 1.3.1 & - & Export to directory, changed naming in .vym& 2004-03-25 \\
841 1.3.0 & - & Bugfix: Check if map can be saved at all& 2004-03-23 \\
842 1.2.12 & - & Select image format before saving image & 2004-03-22 \\
843 1.2.11 & - & Selecting mainbranches by up/down & 2004-03-18 \\
844 & - & Export ASCII (experimental) & \\
845 & - & Each map can be saved individually at quit & \\
846 & - & Bugfix: Opening VymLink crashes QT & \\
847 & - & Bugfix: 50\% less objects on canvas & \\
848 & - & Bugfix: Ignoring LANG, now always written as UTF8&\\
849 1.2.10 & - & Sort Mainbranches by angle to y-axis& 2004-03-16 \\
850 & - & Import directory structure & \\
851 & - & Fix: Set FrameType of MapCenter while loading map &\\
852 1.2.9 & - & Jump to another vym map & 2004-03-12 \\
853 & - & Mainbranches are alwas ordered clockwise & \\
854 1.2.8 & - & Change frame types in context menu & 2004-03-03 \\
855 1.2.7 & - & Copy / Paste and save Floatimages & 2004-02-25 \\
856 1.2.6 & - & Closing vym in KDE now asks for save, too & 2004-02-24 \\
857 & - & Context menu for branches & \\
858 & - & Selection is saved in .vym file & \\
859 1.2.5 & - & URLs to external links can be added & 2004-02-18 \\
860 & - & All actions are deactived if not possible & \\
861 1.2.4 & - & Images: Can be loaded, saved, relinked to other parents
863 1.2.3 & - & Zoom: Reset and finer steps shrinking/enlarging & 2004-01-27 \\
864 1.2.2 & - & Editing of links (style and color) & 2004-01-27 \\
865 1.2.1 & - & Bugfix: LineEdit when adding branch has correct position
866 again. & 2004-01-27 \\
867 1.2.0 & - & Scrolled parts are automatically unscrolled when
868 selected and scrolled again later. & 2004-01-23 \\
869 & - & Bugfix: Save flag is updated when multiple maps are opened& \\
870 & - & Bugfix: Moving of branches is faster and more accurat
871 when adding to mapcenter& \\
872 1.1.7 & - & Bugfix: Remember filename of note in noteeditor & 2003-12-04 \\
873 1.1.6 & - & Find Text also in Notes. & 2003-12-02 \\
874 1.1.5 & - & Bugfix: Correct setting and positioning when relinking branches & 2003-11-07 \\
875 1.1.4 & - & Scroll mode added (folding of subtrees). & 2003-11-03 \\
876 & - & Bugfix: Wrong position of linedit in zoomed view& \\
877 1.1.3 & - & Added clear button in find window, bugfixes & 2003-10-09 \\
878 1.1.2 & - & Links can be colored with color of heading & 2003-10-07 \\
879 1.1.1 & - & Improved visualization of linking to new branch& 2003-09-26 \\
880 1.1.0 & - & Find Function & 2003-09-25 \\
881 & - & Selection always stays in view & \\ \hline
882 1.0.1 & - & Find function scrolls to result now & 2003-09-18\\
883 & - & Bugfix: Adding branch with midmouse & \\
884 & - & Bugfix: multiple repositioning of map,
885 when noteeditor was changed (speedup) & \\
886 & - & New Linestyles (still hardcoded) & \\ \hline
887 1.0.0 & - & First public stable release & 2003-09-16 \\ \hline
888 0.9.0 & - & added quick color picker (CTRL + Left Mouse) & ? \\ \hline
889 0.8.0 & - & added automatic canvas resizer, removed manual resizing of
892 & - & added settings option to paste text into new branch & \\
893 & - & simplified code & \\
894 & - & Added heart flag & \\
895 & - & Choose and switch between fixed and variable width fonts& \\
896 & - & note editor & \\
897 & - & Fixed segfault caused by undo and a call of updateNoteFlag of
899 & - & Added settings menu to configure autoselect \& autoedit mode & \\
900 & - & autoedit \& autoselect mode & \\
901 & - & Fixed ugly display problem with QT Palette (Klaas Freitag)& \\
902 & - & Reduced temporary directories from 4 to 1 & \\
903 & - & Added wordwrap in printing of notes & \\
904 & - & New toolbar buttons in texteditor & \\
905 & - & Set background color & \\
906 & - & Fixed bug: Flags in toolbar not updated when selecting map center & \\ \hline
907 0.7.0 & - & No more segfault, when an object is deleted while being edited & \\
908 & - & Keep focus constant when zooming in/out & \\
909 & - & Export as png graphic & \\
910 & - & Keep Center of map where it is while zooming & \\
911 & - & Added Standard Flags (Smiley, Hook, Stopsign, ...) & \\
912 & - & MDI: Multi Document Interface enables working on several
913 maps simultanously & \\
914 & - & Enabled creating a new map via argument on commandline & \\
915 & - & Changed file extension from .mmap to .vym & \\
916 & - & noteeditor changes color, if empty or nothing is selected & \\
917 & - & Changes in NoteEditor window are recognized by main window,
918 too, thus preventing loosing data when quitting the program. & \\ \hline
919 0.6.0 & - & New rendering engine: Faster, no flickering & \\ \hline
920 0.5.0 & - & Changed printing to use maximum space on paper& \\
921 & - & Note editor is hidden, too, when mapeditor is minimized& \\
922 & - & New (compressed) file format& \\ \hline
923 0.4.0 & - & Size of map is saved& \\
924 & - & Multi Line Headings & \\
925 & - & Reworked Rendering Engine: Much faster now.& \\
926 & - & Reworked Undo: Much faster now.& \\
927 & - & Enabled moving of map center& \\
928 & - & Multi-line headings & \\ \hline
929 0.3.0 & - & Introduced Undo& \\
930 & - & Fixed some bugs & \\ \hline
931 0.2.0 & - & Moving view of map improved:& \\
932 & - & New handling (acrobat reader style)& \\
933 & - & New mousepointer& \\
934 & - & Several tools to color a map& \\ \hline
935 0.1.0 & - & Inital version, basic map layout & \\
936 & - & Data is stored in XML& \\