Scripting TaskPaper, mind maps, outliners and other fun

I did some hacking on the excellent “Extra Info” script from Pedro Lobo. I wouldn’t say I greatly improved it, but I did make a fine mess of the code. My goal was achieved, though: special tags create new files from templates with things like subject, source link, date, etc. all ready to go. Trigger it with FastScripts and you can add extended notes to any task using MindNode, Mindjet MindManager, OmniOutliner, iThoughtsX and nvALT. applescript, hacks, macos, productivity, scripting, tagging, taskpaper

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Converting Markdown to a mind map

I’m working on a “Brainstorming workflow” post right now, and in the process I realized I needed a better tool to turn quick Markdown/plain text scribblings into mind maps. I put together a script that will accept a variety of (logical) plain text outline formats and convert them into an indented list in your clipboard. The result is formatted so that pasting it into a mind mapping application will result in a perfect set of topics and nodes for expanding on the outline. markdown, mindmapping, popclip, service

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