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From: pietru@caramail.com
To: 48580@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48580: Outline Mode using Phylogenetic Tree Nomenclature
Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 09:56:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-eca8bb31-b181-44fc-90db-e4b4a05eb362-1621670175473@3c-app-mailcom-bs04> (raw)

Currently Outline Mode is confusing because (1) commands begin with describing a tree,
then shifts to describe human beings (body, children); and (2) nomenclature such as branches
and leaves challenge the formal nomenclature of evolutionary trees.

There are also problems with the use of leaves and branches.  Formally, "leaves" are
end-nodes with no children; whereas "branches" are the lines connecting the nodes, their
lengths commonly interpreted as time estimates.  Thusly, "branches" effectively describe
the "body", not nodes themselves.

I advise and lay out a system based on a formal Phylogenetic Tree that implement
Show-Hide Options.

Show All (currently: Show All [unchanged])
Show Offsprings (currently: Show Children)
Show Descendants  (currently: Show Branches)
Show Sub-Tree (currently: Show Subtree [unchanged])
Show Common Level (currently: Hide Sublevels)

Hide Sub-Branches (currently: Hide Leaves - meaning Hide Body after heading)
Hide Branches (currently: Hide Body, leaves all headings visible)
Hide Current Branch (currently: Hide Entry - hide body of this heading)
Hide Sub-Tree (currently: Hide Subtree [unchanged])
Hide Other (currently: Hide Other [unchanged])

Regards
Peter






             reply	other threads:[~2021-05-22  7:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-22  7:56 pietru [this message]
2021-05-22  8:10 ` bug#48580: Outline Mode using Phylogenetic Tree Nomenclature Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-22  8:41   ` pietru
2021-05-22 10:53   ` pietru
2021-05-22 11:47     ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-25 20:09   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-25 20:15     ` pietru
2021-05-26 11:57       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-26 12:23         ` pietru
2021-05-27  7:37           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-27  7:42             ` pietru

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