The MM/LX command "Reopen map" (Ctrl-F9) always shows a menu of map sections. In the HELP.MM file, each section is dedicated to a help topic.
This command opens a mind map file. If you give a new file name (non-existent file), MM/LX will create a new file andask you if the new map should be empty or loaded from a template. The file name extension .MM will automatically appended if no extension is given.
A file can contain several maps. F8 lets you create another map within the same file. The command offers to use a template for the new map. It also offers to create a link from the selected item to the new map (if you choose that, the central item will bear the name of the selected item). If such a multi-map file is opened, MM/LX displays "MULTI" in the topline. A map in a multimap file can be chosen via a manu, which is displayed, if the map is opened and no meta file exists. If a meta file exists, the previous displayed map is opened and you can choose another map by pressing CTRL-F9 (reopen).
Useful if current file has more than one map in it. You can then choose which map to open. The meta file (where the current view setup is stored) will be deleted.
Actions: If "**" is displayed in top line (=map modified), F10 saves the map under the current file name and the display setup under the current file name with extension MM~. If "*" is displayed in the top line (=only display setup modified), only the meta file is saved. If neiher "*" nor "**" is displayed in the top line, F10 doesn't have any effect. If a partial map is selected using ALT-T, MM/LX asks if only that partial map or if the complete map should be saved. If saving only the displayed submap, it is recommended to save under a new file name using Shift-F10.
Asks for a new file name for the current map and saves the map and the meta file. If a partial map is selected using ALT-T, MM/LX asks if only that partial map should be exported or if the complete map should be saved.
Programs are defined in the [External] section of MM.CFG
An item can be linked to another mind map. Such a link is displayed as an underline. ENTER opens the map. If a file contains multiple maps, the file name may be followed by '#' followed by the title of the map, e.g.: test.mm#test2
An item can be linked to a file. Such a link is displayed as an underline. ENTER opens the file in a text editor unless PNS= is specified. (see MM.CFG). Special feature for HTML export: If the link contains an images URL or file with extension .jpg, .jpeg or .gif, these images are embedded into the HTML with an IMG SRC tag. See also MM.CFG section [HTML] parameter EmbedImages.
If necessary, MM/LX will ask some questions: - File Name of HTM file (default is map file name with ext. HTM) - HTML style design to use (from [Designs] sectoin in MM.CFG, using the settings from [HTMLx] sections) - Multimap: Export entire multimap or only displayed map If you give "UseDesign=x" in MM.CFG / [HTML], the design menu is overridden. Useful if you don't use several different designs. A Mindmap can be converted directly to HTML on the command line with MM /h [/sX] MAPNAME.mm X is the number of the style design to be used. 1 is the default, if that option is omitted. If /h is used for HTML export, no questions are asked, but defaults are used (for fast batch processing without interaction). The supplied HTMs HELP.HTM and HISTORY.HTM have been generated by simply entering on the command line: mm -h -s2 help mm -h -s2 history For paramters to change the design of the HTML file, see section MM.CFG.
This feature is only available in the "x" version of MM/LX (MMX.EXE, e.g. version 3.5x). The output is compatible with the XML format of the "StageOne!" Outliner for the Linux-based Sharp Zaurus PDAs.
Meta files have the file name extension .MM~ MM/LX saves the display setup in such files, so that if you open a map, the display setup can be restored from the meta file. The meta file does not contain any data of the map itself, so it can be deleted safely. It is automatically deleted by MM/LX to avoid problems, if it does not fit to the map file, e.g. if the map file has been modified outside MM/LX or if the meta file has been edited. If a map is opened and an invalid meta file exists for that map, MM/LX closes the map again, deletes the meta file and asks the user to re-open the map. A default view of the map will then be created. Meta file can be deleted from within MM/LX with hotkey Alt-V. Following actions cause the internal meta info to be modified, so that the "*" indicator in the top line appears and you can save the meta file by pressing F10: - moving the cursor to another item - Panning the map with Shift-Cursor key - Zooming the map (Fn-Space) - Hiding / unhiding a subtree (Alt-H / F6) - Modifying the "Branches to the right" setting (Alt-R) - L/R/Center map (Alt-Z) - Collapse at level X (Alt-C) - Submap view (Alt-T) - Return from Submap View (HOME)
If a child is added to an item with a collapsed subtree, the subtree is expanded first automatically.
The current item is deleted and all its children are promoted.
The position of the marked item is replaced with the new item. The marked item and all its children are demoted.
Moves the selected item plus all its children to the clipboard and deletes that subtree.
Copies the selected item plus all its children to the clipboard.
Inserts the clipboard contents as child to the current item.
Try to keep notes short and simple. Do not use indentation inside notes (for structured lists or so), because indentation is lost on saving and indentation can make MM/LX misinterpret the indented note lines as map items (which will break the entire map!). For note viewing, it is recommended to install the program LIST or LIST PLUS by Vernon Buerg (www.buerg.com). It is a very fast and convenient file viewer. Use Notes=c:\bin\list.com in MM.CFG to let MM/LX involke LIST for note viewing. If no external program is used at all (given by Notes= entry in MM.CFG), MM/LX's internal viewer is used, but it is very simple and only allows forward scrolling page by page.
If there is a note, ENTER shows the note. If there is no note, ENTER follows a link. If there is a note AND a link, Ctrl-ENTER follows the link and Enter shows the note. If there is neither, ENTER opens the edit dialog for the item. Exception: If ENTEREdits=0 is given in MM.CFG / [System]. In that case, ENTER does nothing on a simple item. On an item which is a collapsed subtree, Enter expands that subtree. A link to a mind map or a text file is shown as underline. A note is announced as a small square to the right of an item. A collapsed subtree is shown with an inverted "+" besides the item.
Example: "Item &Green" makes 'G' a hot key to quickly move to that item. If the item is linked to another map or a file, the link is immediately followed.
If any key is pressed that is not assigned to a function ,a macro or a hot key, MM/LX searches for an item that begins with the character corresponding with that key and marks it. Pressing that key repeatedly, jumps to other matching items.
i.e. display a so-caled SUBMAP. Indicator "SUB" is displayed in the top line. Return to the entire map with HOME (Fn-CurLeft).
By default, the main branches are placed around the center so that the display area is used optimally. However, this has the effect that the map gets rearranged when items are added or deleted, making it more difficult to keep orientation. By using ALT-R and setting a number of items that are placed to the right of the center, this rearrangement does no longer take place (however, the map may become unbalanced. The default value can be set in MM.CFG.
A "done" item is displayed with a pattern overlaying the item.
Ctrl-T creates a new mindmap within the same file (Multi-Map) and copies the central item as well as its first level children of the last mindmap in the file into the new mindmap. It also adds the current date to the central item. This is convenient for protocols of recurrent meetings: just press Ctrl-T and a new "form" for today's meeting is ready.
Options: /h: Automatically convert mindmap to HTML and quit MM/LX /h behaves a little differently than pressing Ctrl-P in MM/LX: No questions are asked. File name is autmatically set to [mapname].HTM. If a multimap file is exported, the entire file is exported automatically. The HTML title is set to the text of the first item of the map. Option /sX is the HTML style design to be used (section [HTMLX] from MM.CFG). X being a number from 1 to 9. Default is 1. The supplied HTMs HELP.HTM and HISTORY.HTM have been generated by simply entering on the command line: mm -h -s2 help mm -h -s2 history The mindmap file name can be given with or without file name extension. If no extension is given, .MM is appended automatically. /x: Eports the given mindmap file to XML format. Only available in the "x" version of MM/LX (MMX.EXE)
Ctrl-S searches for a string in the map which is currently displayed. It searches the text of all items, links and notes. It also searches in hidden items. If the given string is found, the item which belongs to the occurrence is marked. If the item is hidden, the hidden subtree is expanded. If the string is found in the link or in the note (i.e. not instantly visible), a message is displayed which gives a hint where to find the string. To continue the search with the same search string to find the next occurrence, press Alt-S. The search is performed first in the currently displayed map, then, if it is a multimap, in the other maps within the same file.
When taking meeting notes, usually one branch of the map is called "Todos". Now it is possible to export these items as Todos into a PIM/PE file. Mark such an item and press Alt-D. A calendar is shown where a "due date" (date until which the todo has to be done) can be chosen. As the start date, the current date is used. Press ESC to export the Todo withouth a due date. In the calendar, cursor keys move through days/weeks, PgDn/PgUp move through months. Enter selects date. If you use priorities in PIM/PE, append them to the map item as you would append them in PIM to the +t line. They are exported with the Todo item. After successful export, the map item is marked as done, so the user knows it has already been exported. Related Menu items: Menu "Extra" "Export Todo" (=ALT-D). Related new MM.CFG entries: See Section [Extra]
Or: Menu / Extra / Extract Submap: If your map gets larger and larger, you may want to swap parts of it out into another file. Mark the item which leads the submap you want to extract and hit Alt-X. You are asked for a filename (a name fitting the item text is suggested, you may modify it). Press enter. A new map is generated with the marked item and its children. In the original map, the marked item in the original map is converted into a link to the new map. Note: If the item contained a note, this is also migrated to the new map and deleted from the old one. If the item was a link before, the link is lost and replaced by the link to the new map. To open the new map, you may simply hit enter on the marked (and now underlined) item.
If the length of the path and file name exceeds the available space, it is shortened and dots (...) are inserted in the middle.
If a file contains multiple mind maps (e.g. notes for a recurring meeting), the central item may be followed by a date, e.g. Fred 2001-05-12 That date is not displayed in the center item, but in the top line. That way, less space is used. Note that dates may contains digits, points, dashes and slashes.
Used if MM/LX is launched w/o arguments. Default is HELP.MM#HELP
Specify here the editor to be used for editing notes and text files.
Specify here the viewer to be used for displaying notes. If none is specified, a simple, internal viewer is used.
If you use PICK.EXE, specify Pick=PICK.EXE.
When ENTER is pressed on an item with a link to an external file, the program given here (typically PNS=PNS200) is used to open that file.
Default: c:\_dat\mm.env
Instead of left aligning notes, they are indented with spaces, while the first character on the line is the given one (in order to distinguish the note from a item at a deeper level). Recommendation: don't change the indentation character! If would cause incompatibility with maps which use the default "|" as their note indentation character. Maps which use NO indentation character (NoteIndent=) ARE compatible to maps with NoteIndent=|. Never use this reserved NoteIndent character as the forst character in a line of a note. This will disturb MM/LX and may lead to data corruption.
With clog=0 MM/Lx will display less warnings and questions.
The flags MULTI and SUB in the top line usually blink. To avoid that, use FlagBlink=0.
Normally, if MM/LX is exited, MM/LX saves the view setup (meta file) automatically. Using this MM.CFG entry, F10 must be pressed to save the meta file.
Collapse=2 initially hides all items at level 3, 4, 5 etc.
Number of pixels added between items vertically; defaults to 1.
Default: n
Default: dot (ASCII 8)
MaxWidth=20, for example, displays only the first 20 characters of each item. Default: no truncation
Default is 0, which means automatic
AnnPos=0 annunciators right of item (default) AnnPos=1 annunciators left of item AnnPos=2 annunciators towards center AnnPos=3 annunciators towards outside
0=Large tells MM/LX to use the large font for level 0 (central) items. 1=Middle tells MM/LX to use the middle font for level 0 (main branch). etc.
Each line consists of a menu text, a '=' and a command to execute. The command may contain special tokens which are replaced before execution: $f replaced by name of current file $i replaced by description of selected item $n replaced by file name that holds note for selected item $l replaced by link of selected item $k wait for key press before return $r reload mind map upon return $$ replaced by '$' For examples see the default MM.CFG
Allows to assign macros to keys. Each entry is a key scan code (prefixed with '#') followed by an equal sign and the key scan codes (prefixed with '#') of the keys to press when the key before the equal sign is detected. That format is identical with the macro definitions in PE and POST/LX.
If this paramter is given in [HTML] section, the HTML design menu is not shown and the design given with UseDesign is always used. Makes sense if user only needs one design at all. Does not affect HTML export on the command line. Parameter /s still chooses the style design on the command line. So on the command line, still use mm.exe /h /s1 MAPFILE.MM
These settings can be set in [HTML] and in [HTMLx] as well. MM/LX first looks in [HTMLx] if a HTML with design x is created. If not found there, it look in [HTML] and if it isn't there as well it takes the default value. So if you want to follow links on exporting only for HTML style design 3, use FollowLinks=0 in [HTML] and FollowLinks=1 in [HTML3].
If as a file link (Ctrl-F) a file or URL with extension .jpg, .jpeg or .gif is given, HTML export treates that as an inline image, which is embedded using an IMG SRC=... tag. If this should be avoided, use EmbedImages=0, which treats images just as any other file link (a HREF link is created).
If a map is exported as HTML and the map has more than 4 levels (including the root item), a warning is shown that HV (HTML viewer by Andreas Garzotto) will not display the HTML correctly. HV only supports up to 4 levels of nested lists. This warning is be deactivated by HVLevelWarn=0
By default, if you export a map as HTML, the entire item text is exported. If you use PIM ToDo export, you may use priorities in the todo texts. It may be desirable to strip them when exporting as HTML. Set [HTML] / StripPIMPrio=1 to strip priority info when exporting. Attention: Do not use '#' in item texts except for priority info then!
When uploading HTM files containing links to a webserver with a case-sensitive file system, such as UNIX or Linux servers, links in the HTML may not work depending on the way the user transfers the files from the palmtop to the server. LinksUpperCase controls the letter case for file links. Default is 0 (lower-case), 1 is upper-case. So if the HTM files generated by MM/LX are turned upper-case when uploading to the webserver, use LinksUpperCase=1 and regenerate the HTM files.
Relevant for HTML export of multimaps: Normally, MM/LX creates an index of the maps in the multimap file at the top of the HTML document. Value 0: Do not create that index.
This graphic given here is placaed in the upper right corner of the HTML. It can be given either as a file name or as an URL. Examples: Logo=mylogo.gif Logo=c:\logos\mylogo.jpg Logo=http://www.company.com/logos/mylogo.jpg
In each HTMLx design section the Dir= parameter sets the default directory into which to export the HTML file. No backslash at the end!
If you give a file name here, no design data is taken from the CFG file but a link to the given CSS file is inserted into the HTML file instead. Like the "external design" feature (design 0), but with configurable file name.
Switch this feature on with [HTMLx] / FollowLinks=1. Can also be set as [HTML] / FollowLinks=1. The setting in the used [HTMLx] overrides the [HTML] setting. What it does: Each map link (Ctrl-M) which is met during HTML export of a map is remembered. After the export of the original map is finished, all remembered maps are also exported (without asking for file names. PATH\NAME.MM is converted to PATH\NAME.HTM). Each map link in such a remembered map is also remembered etc. This way it is possible to convert an entire MM/LX "web" to HTML. useful for webites created by MM/LX, for example. Just convert index.mm and MM will convert all linked files. This also works for files in subdirectories. If no Dir=... is given in the corresponding [HTMLx] section of MM.CFG, the HTMs are placed where the MMs are stored. If Dir=c:\example\path is given, the directory structure of the MM file site must be existent under c:\example\path too. The HTMs are then placed in the corresponding subdirectories of c:\example\path.
By default, backslashes in map file links are converted to slashes (if a map link was "..\mydir\mymap.mm" and the map containing that link is exported, the link in the HTML file is written as link title To preserve the backslashes, use LinkSlash=0 in [HTMLx] or, for global setting, in [HTML]. The [HTMLx] setting overrides the [HTML] setting if design x is used.
supresses creation of a footer in HTML export. Normally, a footer is generated saying "Created by MM/LX".
If given, the given string is appended to the bottom of the HTML page.
For example, HTMExt=SHT creates HTML files with the file name extension .SHT instead of the default extension .HTM.
Default is 14
Default is 12
FontSizeH1= sets font size for headings of level 1, FontSizeH2= sets font size for headings of level 2, FontSizeH3= sets font size for headings of level 3 Defaults are relative font sizes: 110% for H3, 120% for H2, 140% for H1. Can be given in any CSS-compliant font size unit, e.g. 150%, 16px, 3mm....
Valid values are "times" for a serif font, "courier" for a fixed-width 'computer' font or "sans-serif" for a well readable font
Set the space between right edge and logo. Valid units are all units allowed in HTML, e.g. LogoPosRight=1cm LogoPosRight=25px etc.
Set the space between top edge and logo. Valid units are all units allowed in HTML, e.g. LogoPosTop=1cm LogoPosTop=25px etc.
"disk", "square" or "circle" can be used here.
By default, items marked as done in the mindmap are marked in the HTML file with grey color (default) or the color specified with DoneItemColor=.
Sets the width of the border around the entire HTML page. Unit: em (width of the character "m"). The default is 1.
Sets padding of HTML page (space between content and border) in units of "em". Default is 2 em.
Sets padding of the HTML page only at the top in units of "em". Play with this value of the logo does not fit. Default is 3.
Set colors for fonts, backgrounds, lines etc. Format: hexadecimal RGB values: RRGGBB (FFFFFF is white, 000000 is black, FF0000 is red...) Here are exmplaes and tutorials about HTML colors: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp http://seurat.art.udel.edu/Site/InfoDocs/WebColor/WebColors.html
This section is new in version 3.2 of MM/LX. If you use more than one HTML design, it is mandatory to have this section in the CFG file. If you only use one HTML design, use the UseDesign parameter.
This section defines names for the various HTML designs to use for HTML export. Each line assigns a name to a number. So if you have [HTML1] for the report design of company XY and [HTML2] for design of your personal website, the section [Designs] would look that way: [Designs] XY=1 Private homepage=2 An entry "No/external Design=0" is always appended automatically to the design menu. If you only need one single HTML design, define it in [HTML1] and use "UseDesign=1" in [HTML]. No design menu will be shown then.
Name of PIM/PE file where Todos should be exported to (with Alt-D)
If exporting an item, MM/LX can mark it as "done" in the mindmap to make it visible that the item has been exported. 1=yes, 0=no.
For export of items as Todos: If 0 (default), dates are generated as DD-MMM-YYYY (16-JUN-2004) If 1, dates are generated as YYYY-MM-DD (2004-06-16) Make sure this setting matches the IsoDate setting in your PIM.CFG!
If anything has been exported to PIM/PE from a mindmap, on saving or closing the map the user is asked if PIM indexes should be rebuilt (recommended)! PimRebuild sets the command line to do so ("pim -r" is he default).
For a list of files for PIM Todo export. On Alt-D, MM/LX shows a list of PIM files to choose from. If only one PIM file shall be used, use the [Extra] / TodoExportTo= parameter which gives the name of the PIM file to export to. If you want to choose from several PIM files, delete the entry TodoExportTo= and instead use this [PIMFiles] section. Each line in This section gives one file name. Format of a line: FileDescription=c:\path\filename.pim ("FileDescription" is the string which is displayed in the menu). An ampersand character in front of a letter makes that letter the hotkey.
Create a map named MAIN.MM, in which you add an item for each map you use, add a link to the maps using Ctrl-M. Add Start=MAIN.MM to the .CFG. Now, if you start MM/LX using "MM", it starts with an overview of all maps. Using a hot key for each map speeds up selecting them.
MM/LX uses the exact same format to save a mind map that PE uses for outlines. Thus, you can freely exchange documents between PE and MM/LX.
You can easily take meeting notes using MM/LX using one and the same file. It is even possible to create meeting notes for the other meeting members in HTML format using a design fitting the company's document design. Here is what to do: Create a map for the meeting. The central item should have the meeting's description as the name and append the date of the first meeting, e.g. "Strategy meeting 02-Aug-2004". Then create the first-level children, which are used for every following meeting, too, e.g. "Members", "Information", "Decisions", "Todos" or similar. Fill the map during the first meeting. On the next meeting, open that map, press Ctrl-T and you will see the template map. Today's date will be appended autimatically to the map name and shown in the top line. Then fill the new map with meeting notes. And so on. That way you create a file containing one map per meeting (it's a "Multimap file" then). To generate meeting notes readable by the other members, simply press Ctrl-P (HTML export). Give a file name, choose a design (two designs are predefined, you can adjust them or create your own designs in MM.CFG), then, if you already have a multimap, decide if only the currently displayed map or the entire file (all aps / meetings) should be exported. That's it. If you are a PIM / PE user, you can even export single items in a map as ToDos into a PIM file. See help of PIM ToDo Export (Alt-D).
By adding PNS=pns200 to the [System] section of MM.CFG (and provided PNS200 is installed on your palmtop), a link to a file (Ctrl-F) is opened using PNS200, i.e. you can add links to pictures, spreadsheets etc. and open them by pressing ENTER on the selected item.
A textual item can be replaced by an icon (*.ICN file) by using its file name as item text, e.g. "C:\ICONS\MM.ICN".
MM/LX can be used as a program launcher, which is especially nice together with the possibility to use icons for items. In order to launch programs from MM/LX, enter the program name as a file like (Ctrl-F, then enter program name, e.g. C:\BIN\CHESS.EXE) and make sure you have PNS200 installed (available from www.dasoft.com) and a line such as PNS=pns200 in the [System] section of MM.CFG. Also make sure that PNS200.INI contains .EXE in the [Match] section and b=d:\dos\command.com /c %s in the [Action] section (where "b" should be replaced by the key you want to use for launching EXEs.
MM/LX starts up using the current directory as its "main" directory. Thus, if you start MM/LX with a relative path (e.g. MM.EXE MAIN.MM), the map is searched in the current directory. If you want MM/LX to always use the same directory as the start directory, launch it from a batch file, e.g.: CD C:/MM_DATA MM.EXE %1
Read howto.txt for details. You can link maps together with CTRL-M. On HTML export the HTM files are linked together as well, and if FollowLinks=1 is used in MM.CFG / [HTML], all linked maps are converted if the "parent" map is converted. Also links to internet ressources or embedded images are supported. Use the CTRL-F (link to file) feature.
Nesting level is shown in top line.
MM/LX has about 40k available that it can use to manage all the maps in memory. Larger maps of course use more memory than smaller ones. Also using non-built-in fonts needs memory. Shift-F1 displays the amount of free memory.
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