Questions and answers to help you fly with Hyperbole
Bob Weiner - Pronunciation: Wine-er, https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/hyperbole/ , https://rswgnu.github.io/hyperbole/man/hyperbole.html , rsw@gnu.org
Format: 30-min talk ; Q&A: BigBlueButton conference room
Status: Waiting for video from speaker
Description
RSW, the autthor of Hyperbole, will answer your questions on Hyperbole live and demonstrate how it can make you more productive.
Hyperbole is an extensive, easy-to-use package that brings hypertextual information management across all of Emacs to files with minimal or no markup, including source code files. It works with all modern versions of Emacs and does not require the use of any third-party packages or compiled modules. Its keyboard-driven minibuffer menus let you learn the key bindings for one set of features at a time. Its global minor mode lets you turn on and off its features with a single command.
Many people express interest in Hyperbole but find its breadth makes it difficult for them to get started with it. Or they struggle to find specific workflows because of its infinite flexibility. This Q and A session is intended to help people over this initial hump by covering introductory topics such as the Action Key and how Implicit Buttons in your existing documents act as hyperlinks automatically. If more advanced topics are of interest, we could even answer questions such as:
How can I quickly turn my Lisp expressions into hypertext buttons?
Can I point Hyperbole at thousands of Org files and have it quickly jump to arbitrary sections in the files without any prior indexing or need for a database system?
Can Hyperbole build a wiki with Org files, automatically highlighting WikiWord references with no special markup and then publish it to the web?
When programming, can Hyperbole help me rapidly select, move and display programmatic information?
What if I need an entire outline with builtin hyperlink anchors and automatic paragraph numbering?
So Hyperbole just augments everything I do in Org mode already?
The session will be driven by the topics that participants want to know about, so come with your questions and lets dive in together to see whether its all just Hyperbole.
About the speaker:
Bob Weiner (rsw) has been developing hypertextual systems since the dawn of the web in 1991 and using Emacs since 1982, though the other day someone said I look 28-years-old, so neither I nor Hyperbole feel that old. We have gained some perspective through the years, so maybe I can help you learn something new or see something in a new way.
Questions or comments? Please e-mail rsw@gnu.org
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