Simplification of outline-minor-mode

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2021 at 5:09 AM
> From: "TRS-80" <lists.trs-80@isnotmyreal.name>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Simplification of outline-minor-mode
>
> On 2021-05-21 17:03, pietru@caramail.com wrote:
>
> > Could there be some consistency in outline-mode as it does get very
>    confusing.
>
> Perhaps tangential, but I recently discovered outshine[0], which I
> have not tried yet but appears to be what I have been looking for a
> long time now.  Apparently some improvements/changes to outline-mode
> to make it more org-mode like.
>
> As a heavy Org user, I could never really get into regular
> outline-mode.  For example when Beancount switched to it's own major
> mode a couple years ago (with outline as minor mode; previously
> org-mode was the major mode), I have felt awkward in there ever since.

People tried to imitate org-mode, but the result has been of major disappointment.
One of the rules for Gnu Programs is for them to work well together.

> Just passing this tidbit along in the hopes it's helpful to someone
> else.
>
> Cheers,
> TRS-80
>
> [0] https://github.com/alphapapa/outshine
>
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