Author here, AMA.
Thanks for the ~yearly submit :)
Software has existed since 2008 or so but still going strong.
My question is what data format is it using? I found some examples here [1], but looks like it's a custom binary format?
Is there a functionality to auto-export (e.g. on save) to plaintext (xml/json/whatever), so I could hook TreeSheets files to other apps? I appreciate it would be lossy, but even a tree/graph structure with text nodes would be good.
E.g. I'm a big fan of using plaintext search over all of my personal data/information, even in siloed apps [2]
[1] https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/tree/master/TS/examp...
[2] https://beepb00p.xyz/pkm-search.html#personal_information
TreeSheets tries to be highly efficient in space/time, which is challenging with text formats.
There's an option in the menus for auto html export on every save. It's what I use to browse my data from non-supported devices, e.g. mobile (thru e.g. DropBox).
I suppose someone could write a description of https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/blob/master/TS/docs/... in that specification language to give parsers in many languages. May not be as easy as it sounds with the embedded PNGs and compression etc.
I don't know why but it seems to work very well with my dyslexic brain in a way other forms of note taking on a computer don't.
If I was a better programmer I'd definitely be contributing!
Does TreeSheets do that natively?
It does have a way to follow "links" (cells with the same text).