JFallows
(James Fallows)
January 5, 2019, 8:15pm
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Agree 100% with @PaulWalters .
Easy way to test the “no one cares about the attribute browser” hypothesis: read one of the many extensive threads on how to use it and why it matters. Eg the one starting here:
This is written by @JFallows under another topic under my request. I am putting it here because I want others to read it; and I myself want to ask him questions.
This is a screen shot of an Attribute Browser view, in which:
I am grouping entries by $Theme
I am showing some other info in the various columns in the view
I have the text pane at right, to show the contents
I find this incredibly useful and powerful – the ability to group notes by whatever attribute or field you choose.
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Dear all,
I have some references (_pReference) with quotes (_pQuote) which are linked. Now I would like to create aliases to the events (_pEvent) where I use the quote to be able to drag and drop it there to visualise the structure of the talks.
The often mentioned attribute browser seems to be the perfect tool to discover the quotes I want to use. But how do I create an alias for the selected note?
Thanks for help
Michael
And
I am sure that I’ve missed something obvious, but I can’t figure out how to find attributes when using the Attribute Browser. I mean, the attributes are grouped in families (“General,” “Iris”, “Outline,”) that don’t mean much to me. I don’t want to lose time trying to figure out where, for example, the attribute “Tags” lives (is it in References? is it in General? etc). I want to just search for “Tags” and find it. But I can’t figure out how to get a list of ALL attributes that I could search.
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