Convert OmniOutliner Outlines to Linux and a good Linux Outlining Tool

Question: How to convert OmniOutliner Outlines to Linux, Kubuntu, Ubuntu, KDE?

These are rough instructions but they work:

1. Convert the OmniOutliner file to .opml (File Export in Omnioutliner). Note you will lose all font/column formatting in this basic conversion.

2. On linux download two files:

Treepad Lite

http://www.treepad.com/linux/treepadlite/

OPML to Treepad Converter

http://www.treepad.com/download/opml2tp.zip

3. Expand all, create a new folder, i.e. TreePadLite and copy all to the new folder.

4. Place your test .opml file in the folder

5. Run

perl opml2tp.pl myfilename.opml > myfilename.hjt

6. You can now run the Treepad program and open the .hjt file

7. To wrap up the install, you should move the data (.hjt) file to where you keep your documents in your /home directory. Also you can place the app folder in a safe place ... if you are in the TreePadLite folder, type

sudo mv ../TreePadLite /opt/TreePadLite

The conversion feature will be integrated in the new Auto Mini desktops in 2011.

Warren Jones | Managing Research Director | wJones
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