Freeware Snapfiles

Special Tree Structure Writing

Concept Draw Mindmap
eMindmaps
Freemind (Mindmap)

Treeprint (Use with NoteTab and even Treepad)
TreePad Lite (Simple and clean)
Keynote (as good as TreePad Plus
Golden Section Notes (Big files easily)
NoteTab Outline files (Part of NoteTab: use with TreePad)
DatePad (Tree by dates)
Literary Machine (Complex text connecting) Relmap KnowledgeBASE (study/ research documents connecting in one indexed file)

In essence, Mind Maps are a tree structure. This is because they are hierarchical and, despite the use of artwork, are more ways of organising text than image diagrams. The idea is based on Spider diagrams and was developed by Tony Buzan to emphasise the importance of supporting colour and pictures in memory retention. Thought goes from a simpler central core concept through to lower levels of progressively more detailed explanation. It is done by summary or conceptual labels in each case, with the many branches and their labels given short pithy explanations. There are implications for revision. In my view these work better for memory as a creative process rather than reading what someone else has drawn.
Online mindmaps include hyperlinks too. Unlike drawn maps on paper, electronic mind maps allow whole and part branches to be moved around as different logic is realised. Branches can be curved. Images can be changed, colours set up down whole sets of branches at once.


Words and Texts Associations

Literary Machine creates a drag and drop desktop of word associations and definitions, and therefore research snippets can be associated together in a very flexible manner. The sort of database runs through different stages, where ladders of words that may relate to one another lead on to groupings and then text squares of single definitions or explanations, but where also those text cards may lead to themselves to other groupings of word associations and thus to related text cards. With the desktop use there is a spacial element, and so it can be seen as a textual mind map. An alternative for academic connections is KnowledgeBASE.
Literary Machine is a thought creativity - thought connection spacial specialist store. It assists abstract thought connections and useful for research arguments and perhaps characters in plays along with plot lines.

There are a number of elaborate and simple tree text organisers.
Golden Section Notes puts related short documents into an hierarchical and collapsible tree structure with the tree on the left and the documents on the right. It can display pictures as well as formatted and unformatted text. However, files can become very large. Golden Section Notes is isolated in terms of integration.
Treeprint runs from the Windows context menu with right click access above any folder, and will give a list of folders and files. Left unchanged it will print to paper. Go to the options and give the printing output to a text program. Take away the /p command at the end.
TreePad Lite may do the least, but its simplicity makes it attractive. It also means it can interact with TreePrint via NoteTab and its clips.
KeyNote integrates well with other software and has features making it the equivalent of TreePad Plus and more. It imports text including TreePad files and exports. Like NoteTab it has a pasteboard (or clipboard capture).
Thus a file that started life in TreePrint can be converted by NoteTab into a TreePad file that is then imported into KeyNote. Note also now the connection between NoteTab Outline files and TreePad means by my clips.
There is even object handling that can turn KeyNote into a temporary MS Paint application to add a picture. Other objects include Office type applications.
Like NoteTab, KeyNote benefits from UltimaShell Autocompletion, that allows fast entry of complete words from incomplete typing. KeyNote however also integrates with WordWeb for definitions.
The tree structure can be altered and manipulated (including dragging and dropping): so anything that does import or capture wrongly can be sorted out.
The following is a Notetab clip that converts a Treeprint file into a Treepad file.

^!Info Treeprint folders and files^Pto TreePad file^P^PFirst part - press OK
^!SetScreenupdate Off

^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "TreePrint listing of: " >> ""
^!Delay 5
^!Keyboard END
^!Delay 5
^!Keyboard CTRL+DELETE
^!Delay 5
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
<TreePad version 2.7>
dt=Text
<node>

^!Replace "|" >> "" [WAS]
^!SetScreenupdate On

^!Info OK the boxes^Pand be patient^P^POK this to start

:LOOP5
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "            +---" >> ""
^!IfError MID5
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
5
^!GoTo LOOP5
:MID5
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "            \---" >> ""
^!IfError END5
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
5
^!GoTo MID5
:END5

:LOOP4
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "         +---" >> ""
^!IfError MID4
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
4
^!GoTo LOOP4
:MID4
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "         \---" >> ""
^!IfError END4
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
4
^!GoTo MID4
:END4

:LOOP3
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "      +---" >> ""
^!IfError MID3
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
3
^!GoTo LOOP3
:MID3
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "      \---" >> ""
^!IfError END3
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
3
^!GoTo MID3
:END3

:LOOP2
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "   +---" >> ""
^!IfError MID2
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
2
^!GoTo LOOP2
:MID2
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "   \---" >> ""
^!IfError END2
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
2
^!GoTo MID2
:END2

:LOOP1
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "+---" >> ""
^!IfError MID1
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
1
^!GoTo LOOP1
:MID1
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "\---" >> ""
^!IfError END1
<end node> 5P9i0s8y19Z
dt=Text
<node>
^!InsertHTML ^P
^!Keyboard END
^!InsertHTML ^P
1
^!GoTo MID1
:END1

^!Info Final part^PTakes a while^P^PDo press OK now
^!SetScreenupdate Off
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "   " >> "" [WAS]
^!Keyboard CTRL+HOME
^!Replace "^P " >> "^P" [WAS]
^!SetScreenupdate On

^!Set %FileName%=^?[New TreePad document name=_Files and Folders|From Treeprint|Structure].hjt
^!Set %Directory%=^?{(T=D)Directory choice to SAVE DOCUMENT}
^!Save AS ^%Directory%^%FileName%

^!Set %GoName%=^$GetShort(^%Directory%^%FileName%)$
^!Shell ^%GoName%
^!SetHintInfo Going to TreePad:
^!FocusApp *! TreePad Lite
^!SetScreenUpdate On

 

Adrian Worsfold