Outliner - Definition and Overview

An outliner is a special text editor that allows the grouping of text in sections that are organized in a tree (hierarchy) of concepts, an outline. Outline tools can be used for computer programming, collecting or organizing ideas, or project management.

Related Concepts: Mind mapping, Design, Visualization, indexing, mapping, Word processor.

Computer Software

• Windows-only software
  • Visual Studio
  • Keynote (tree-based information manager software)
  • Ecco Pro
  • TreePad
  • Zoot
• Macintosh-only software
  • OmniOutliner
• Webserver based software
  • wiki
• File formats
  • OPML
  • OML

External links

• General Information
  • Outliners.com (http://www.outliners.com/)
  • Writing in Outlines (http://frontier.userland.com/tutorial/writingInOutlines)
  • About this particular outliner (http://www.atpm.com/Back/atpo.shtml)
• Programming or Technical Information
  • Outline Processor Markup Language (http://opml.scripting.com/)
  • The PHP Layers Menu System (http://phplayersmenu.sourceforge.net/)
  • Outline Markup Language (http://oml.sourceforge.net/)
• Windows OS Software
  • Outliner for Windows (http://hardtware.de/index.cgi?site=products&action=outliner)
  • Overview of Windows Outlining Programs (http://john.redmood.com/organizers.html)
  • AWS-Webtools ASP Treeview Text2Tree (http://www.asp-components.de/text2tree/manual/)
  • Dynamic List (http://www.dynamiclist.com/) - free web outliner for IE/Windows
  • PocketThinker (http://www.pocketthinker.com/)
• Mac OS Software
  • TAO from Beach Systems (http://blue-beach-systems.com/Products/Software/TAO/)
• Cross-Platform software
  • Java outline editor (http://outliner.sourceforge.net/)
  • Tcl/Tk outline editor (http://tkoutline.sourceforge.net)
  • Leo (http://leo.sourceforge.net/) - free multiplatform outliner
  • EmacsWiki: OutlineMode (http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki?OutlineMode) - (X)Emacs outline mode
  • activeRenderer outline publishing (http://www.activerenderer.com/) for Radio UserLand Software
  • vimoutliner (http://www.vimoutliner.org)- Outliner for Vim text editor