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Using Tines

Larry Kollar edited this page Oct 16, 2017 · 8 revisions

Using Tines

This is a brief introduction. For details, see the Tines manual.

Moving Around

  • To move up and down, press the up and down arrow keys.
    Note: If you want to restore the hnb functionality where moving up and down only works within the current level, edit the .tinesrc file. Locate the following lines and change the 1 to 0 on each line:
    forced_up 1
    forced_down 1
  • To move to the parent entry, press the left arrow key.
  • To move to the child entries, press the right arrow key. If no child entry exists, Tines creates one.
  • To move to the top of the file, press Home.
  • To move to the bottom of the file, press End.
  • To move quickly through an expanded file, press the PageUp and PageDown keys.

Creating New Entries

  • To create an entry below the current entry (in the same level), press the Insert or ^O (Ctrl+O) key.
  • To create an entry above the current entry (in the same level), press the ^B (Ctrl+B) key. (works only with the new .tinesrc file)
  • To create an entry at the bottom of the current level, just start typing. If your initial characters match an existing entry in the current level, that entry is selected until your new entry becomes unique.
  • To create an child entry if none exist, press the right arrow key.

To delete an entry, press Del. If the entry has child entries, Tines prompts for confirmation before deleting.

Editing Entries

To mark the current entry as a text entry, press F3. Press F3 again to revert the entry to a normal item.

To make the current entry a to-do item, press ^T (Ctrl+T). Press ^T again to revert the entry to a normal item.

To check a to-do item, press ^D (Ctrl+D). Press ^D again to remove the check.

Press Return to edit the contents of the current entry.

  • Use the arrow keys to move around within the entry (unless the entry was just created by a right-arrow press, which deletes the entry).
  • ^A (Ctrl+A) or Home moves to the beginning of the entry; ^E (Ctrl+E) or End moves to the end. ^W (Ctrl+W) moves forward one word, and ^B (Ctrl+B) moves back one word.
  • To finish editing, press Return.
  • To cancel your edits, press ESC.

Moving (Relocating) Entries

  • To move an entry up or down, use Shift+up or Shift+down. (This may not work with all keyboards.)
  • To demote the current entry (and all following entries in the same level), press >.
  • To promote the current entry, press <.
  • To cut the current entry, press ^X (Ctrl+X) to cut the entry. To paste below the current entry, press ^V (Ctrl+V). You can also use ^C (Ctrl+C) to copy an entry.
  • To move an entry to an arbitrary place in the tree, press ^G (Ctrl+G) to enter Grab mode. Use the arrow keys to move the current entry where you want it, then press Return (or ESC to cancel the move).

Using the Menus

In navigation mode (that is, while not editing an entry), press ESC to display the menus.

  • To change menus, press the left and right arrows.
  • To navigate within a menu, press the up and down arrows.
  • To execute the selected menu item, press Return.
  • To cancel menu selection, press ESC.

Saving and Quitting

Press F2 to save your file.

Press ^Q (Ctrl+Q) to quit. Tines asks if you want to save your changes before quitting. You can press ESC to not quit.

Importing and Exporting

To import a file at the current location, press ^L (Ctrl+L).

  • Tines first prompts for the file type. Choices are hnb, OPML, and ASCII (tab-indented text). Press ESC to cancel the import.
  • Tines then prompts for the file location. Enter the path and file name.

To export the entire tree, press ^E (Ctrl+E).

  • Tines first prompts for the file type. Choices are OPML, HTML, HTML+CSS, PostScript, and ASCII (tab-indented text). Press ESC to cancel the export.
  • Tines then prompts for the file location. Enter the path and file name.

To export the current entry and its subentries to a markup format, select Export->XSLT from the File menu (Tines 1.10 and later). This requires Tines to be properly installed and the xsltproc utility to be available on your system.

  • Tines prompts for the file type. Current choices are groff -ms and Markdown. Press ESC to cancel the export.
  • Tines then prompts for the file location. Enter the path and file name.
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