New integrative features I wish to see in Scapple + Scrivener

Scrivener Wish List
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Here’s how I wish to see it integrates.

  1. When I finished my diagramming/mindmapping in scrapple, I could “send it to project” of my choosing in scrivener the same way I do with Scrivener’s Scratch Pad note function.
  2. When the scapple project got updated ie. revised with new objects and/ or connections, the imported scapple file in Scrivener gets updated there as well without needing to re-import into the project again.
  3. In the scapple note object, I wish there’s an ability to create note within the note. (see the same idea from MindNode (User Guide - MindNode) - and when you export this or drag this over to Scrivener, your scapple note becomes a title and the new “nested note” becomes a body of a note in scrivener’s object

My use case arises from the need to use scrivener and scapple to assist in effective note-taking in healthcare/academic settings. Currently, we use different diagramming tools to work out conceptual-level kinds of stuff, then screenshot into Scrivener. If the two native apps could communicate better, it would have been fantastic.

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Import the Scapple board “as Alias” into the Research folder of the desired Scrivener project.

Note that this will preserve the Scapple board as a board. That is, it won’t be converted to a Scrivener hierarchical outline.

Scapple’s structure is “flat” by design. It is not intended to replicate tools like MindNode.

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