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Re:Ask HN: Do you keep a personal knowledge repository? by danboarder on Saturday May 25, 2019 @01:34AM (#20007307)
I just remember expanding and collapsing things a lot to keep what I wanted in view. Clicking and scrolling -- perhaps I never got proficient in the keybindings so that could explain it.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you keep a personal knowledge repository? by Alex3917 on Saturday May 25, 2019 @01:37AM (#20007315)
Spacebar expands and collapses nodes. I think part of the problem is just that the default settings are bad. Changing these couple things makes FreeMind 10x better:

Preferences -> appearance

  1. Check "edges start from 1 point at root node"
  2. Uncheck "enter confirms by default"
Preferences -> behavior

  1. Set "use formatting for all nodes" to no
Control-rightclick -> hide note window
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