[Planner Dev] re: Remembering Tree State

[paul sorensen abnamro com]

Robert Woolley <planner-dev robertwoolley com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>            Planner is such a great tool.  I'm hoping to contribute at
some point
> in the future, but in the meantime I have a suggestion:
>
>            I find it awkward when I open a new file and have to open and
close
> different branches of the task tree.  Would it be possible to store the
> state of the branches inside the planner file?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob

This sounds useful to me accept that I'm against storing state information
in the same file that contains the data.  Different people may have
different parts of the tree open.  Also, if a document "changes" just
becuase some external state changes (such as tree positions, or my pet
peeve: when a document was last printed) then version history/control
becomes confusing.

I'd suggest the approach of having a "status" file maintained by the
application that remembers these kinds of things.  Also, let the user
configure how long they would like the application to remember various
states.

Merry XMas
Paul
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