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OM Tutorial

• Keep in mind that this text- and keyboard-based protype works well, but we will need other ways to use the system, including mobile device support.
• PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK after you have gone through this tutorial & links. See the email address in the footer of this page, or the mailing lists.
• (I would love to even just hear how you are using OM.)
• Start OneModel. If you don't have an instance of OM installed, you can try the sandbox in the demo instance, or install your own.
• If you are launching a local OM (not the demo) for the first time, it will prompt you to create an initial entity. Put in your name or something.
• OM seems much easier to use if you first configure your terminal or command window to enable scrolling backward to see previous work, when needed.
• Three main sections in the screen:
• 1) The header, which starts with "===============", and has the current name & some other information (can be cryptic but sometimes very helpful),
• 2) The base menu, or numbers, from "1" to "0/ESC", and
• 3) The data menu (a, b, ...), which is dynamically generated based on the data you create.
• If you are in the online demo installation of OneModel, look for the entry for the "sandbox" and press its menu letter to view that "sandbox" entity.
• If you are not in the online demo of OM, press "1" and enter a name like "testing" or "sandbox", then press Enter, note its new menu letter, and press that key.
• You should now be in your sandbox entity.
• OM Basics: creating data, navigating, rearranging, editing
• OM Searching and Linking
• Other OM features
• Remember this is your data, you can rearrange things, easily build a structure, & organize in any way you want. Read the other menu options and try features.
• Read about "ideas for organizing information" *etc*, under "usage tips" below, or join the mailing list to discuss questions or ideas you may have.
• Usage tips / possible problems & solutions
• Vision and plans: much more
• Documentation / Support
• Let me know if it would be easier to read this site, or parts of it, if some pages were collapsed into single documents--to avoid click,click,back,back.