The Tree of Widsdom

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Prototype Display Schemes

How prototypes determine screen display

A prototype’s Display Scheme is how it looks in Outline View and Map View—i.e., its color, display expression, and (in some cases) the setting of subtitles (for Map View).

For example, by default

  • Person-notes prepend biographical year span
  • Article-notes prepend the last name of the first author, then year of publication, then article title
  • Book-notes prepend year of publication, then author
  • Quote-notes and quote-ana-notes prepend author then title

But these are just the defaults. You can change them with the SmartExpression Control Panel. BoxPress display expressions are called SmartExpressions because they are modular and can be modified with checkboxes. To see the control panel, go to your Utility Window > Prototypes Tab and then do View > Show Columns:

Do View > Use Columns to reveal the defaults for the content prototypes. Remember that all content prototypes inherit from normal_note.
Do View > Use Columns to reveal the defaults for the content prototypes. Remember that all content prototypes inherit from normal_note.

These default settings yield the following appearance:

Your default SmartExpressions.
Your default SmartExpressions.

The icons on the left (controlled by $DEIcon) are the Proticons. They denote the prototype—and thereby the content—of the note. The icons on the right (controlled by $DEBips) indicate export options and external resources. See below for more.

Display schemes: Outline View

Display schemes: Map View

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BoxPress SmartExpressions

Smart, modular, stamp-governed display expressions

Should I ever turn $DEExport ON?

Export status ($Badge and $OutlineBackgroundcolor)