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Hyperbole User Manual

7.2 Creating Outlines

In addition to the Otl/Create menu item, you can create and experiment with outline files simply by finding a file, {C-x C-f} with a `.kotl' suffix. `.kot' will also work for DOS or Windows-impaired users.

When a new koutline is created, an invisible root cell is created. Its permanent and relative ids are both 0, and it is considered to be at level 0 in the outline. All visible cells in the outline are at level 1 or deeper, and thus are descendants of this root cell. Some koutliner commands prompt for cell numbers as arguments. An argument of 0 makes commands operate upon the entire outline.

An initial level 1 cell is also created to make it easy to start entering text in the outline. A koutline always has at least one visible cell in it.

See section 7.3 Autonumbering, which explains how cells are labeled according to their respective levels in the outline and how these labels are updated as the structure of the outline changes.