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Simple tree notepad like editor [closed]

Simple tree notepad like editor [closed]

I am looking for very simple notepad that would allow "hierarchical" files editing. Something like TreePad but with much less bloat, more polish and possibly open sourced.

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Guest [Entry]

"Try workflowy.com

The free plan is large enough for most needs.

It very nicely combines simplicity with depth of functionality."
Guest [Entry]

"Maybe you could try Evernote. It has notebooks and tags which can be tree organized (at least they could be in version 2), so maybe that's OK for you? It's not open source though and you actually have to pay for the more advanced features (like OCR-ing and indexing your pictures).

Another possibility is TreeSheets. It's not tree oriented in the same way as the program you posted, it's table based - each table cell can have a subtable, with which you then make a tree structure. It's one of those things you have to try to see if it suits you, but I find the concept very interesting. Also not open source, but it is freeware."
Guest [Entry]

I use both Evernote and The Guide (http://theguide.sourceforge.net/index.html). The Guide is nice because although the file format is custom it is human readable and appears to be XML based. Evernote is nice if you intend to use the notes from multiple locations.
Guest [Entry]

This is useful comparison: http://www.marktaw.com/reviews/Outliners.html
Guest [Entry]

"Use the ""Lite"" version. I don't know of any other tree outliner with similar feature set that can qualify as ""much less bloat"" than Treepad Lite, considering Treepad Lite is a portable app that is made up of one 587 KB executable and consumes less than 4 MB of RAM when initially opened. I've been using Treepad Lite for many many years, as far back as on my Intel Celeron PC, and it loads lightning fast even on that Celeron PC.

http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/

If being open source is also a requirement, then check out 2do:

http://www.antp.be/software/misc/

I don't use it myself, but it appears to be quite bloat-free (I love Delphi programs because they are usually small and portable). However, it also appears to be very primitive, missing basic features like search."