Getting Started
Bike: Tool for thought
Bike is an outliner.
Indent to create a structured outline. Fold this outline to hide details. Focus your outline to see specifics. Use your outline to track ideas, projects, writing, to-do lists. More generally outliners are great tools for thought.
- Press the
Return
key to create a row
- Press the
Tab
key to indent a row - Press
Shift-Tab
key to unindent a row
- Click a row's triangle handle to collapse the row, hiding its contained rows
- Click that same handle to expand the row, showing its contained rows
- Command-Click a rows's handle or (
Option-Command-Right
) - Command-Click on a focused rows's handle to unfocus it or (
Option-Command-Left
)
To format text in your outline
- Show the formatting popover with
Command-K
- Select formatting options from the popover with your mouse or with the single letter keyboard shortcuts displayed on the panel.
That's it, just a few commands. Internalize these commands. Learn the keyboard shortcuts. Once you've done that Bike will be a great place for you to think.
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