A kind of MindMap?

Patrick Saint
Patrick Saint Member Posts: 103
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Hi,


Is there a way to use some kind of mindmap in Logos Bible, even if we "hijack" an application present in this software?

Idea The advantage of doing this in Logos is that you have access to the biblical text by passing the mouse over the biblical reference, etc.

Thanks a lot! 

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  • NB.Mick
    NB.Mick MVP Posts: 16,053

    Is there a way to use some kind of mindmap in Logos Bible, even if we "hijack" an application present in this software?

    Not really. Or I should say it depends on how you use it. You could paint a mindmap-looking picture in Canvas, that's possibly close to using a mindmap on paper. Maybe that's what you intend - a blank sheet and the ability to draw, in different colors. Then: yes.

    My answer comes from that Canvas would not bring the things that one usually associates with using a mindmapping software, like moving branches around, decreasing details to see "the whole" and zooming in into detail level at an interesting spot.

    Have joy in the Lord! Smile

  • Simon’s Brother
    Simon’s Brother Member Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭

    Hi,


    Is there a way to use some kind of mindmap in Logos Bible, even if we "hijack" an application present in this software?

    Idea The advantage of doing this in Logos is that you have access to the biblical text by passing the mouse over the biblical reference, etc.

    Thanks a lot! 

    Imperfect hacks are to use either Canvas or Sentence Diagrammer but these are not really adequate hacks.  A Mind Mapping type tool has long been requested, much longer than Dark Mode, it goes as far back as pre-forums days to the old Logos Newsgroups with MJ being a strong supporter in that distant past. 

  • Patrick Saint
    Patrick Saint Member Posts: 103

    NB.Mick said:

    Not really. Or I should say it depends on how you use it. You could paint a mindmap-looking picture in Canvas, that's possibly close to using a mindmap on paper. Maybe that's what you intend - a blank sheet and the ability to draw, in different colors. Then: yes. (...)

    Making a MindMap with Canvas is DIY, and it wastes a lot of time. I never use it. It's a useless tool for me.
    But thanks [Y] for pointing it out. This allows us to close a door ...

  • Patrick Saint
    Patrick Saint Member Posts: 103

    Imperfect hacks are to use either Canvas or Sentence Diagrammer but these are not really adequate hacks.  A Mind Mapping type tool has long been requested, much longer than Dark Mode, it goes as far back as pre-forums days to the old Logos Newsgroups with MJ being a strong supporter in that distant past. 

    Thank you for your answer! [Y]

    Canvas or Sentence Diagrammer, it requires a lot of manipulation, and the bible text does not appear in windowed to the passage of the mouse, if one adds a simple biblical reference (thus not by using the function "Insert Passage" which inserts all the text of the passage - which takes up a lot of space).

    Ok, so... No, we can't.

  • Patrick Saint
    Patrick Saint Member Posts: 103

    (...) A Mind Mapping type tool has long been requested, much longer than Dark Mode (...)

    ... And, no, I don't go to the dark side either... [:D]

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,875

    it goes as far back as pre-forums days to the old Logos Newsgroups with MJ being a strong supporter in that distant past. 

    Thanks for remembering and, no, I haven't given up -- just at the moment I find a decent sentence diagrammer a more critical need. 

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Patrick Saint
    Patrick Saint Member Posts: 103

    Ok, so currently my solution is to use the Sermon Builder tool. I create a resource document which contains the theme, the sub-points, the biblical references, already some notes in these sub-points, etc. Each sub-point will then become a sermon later.

  • James Hudson
    James Hudson Member Posts: 337 ✭✭✭

    Making a MindMap with Canvas is DIY, and it wastes a lot of time. I never use it. It's a useless tool for me.

    Canvas needs a lot of love - it has the POTENTIAL to be a great tool. It's a shame that there has been no development to it. Even the drawio that it is based on is now much better!

  • Patrick Saint
    Patrick Saint Member Posts: 103

    (...) it has the POTENTIAL to be a great tool. (...)

    There is POTENTIAL, we quite agree.