[hesitz]

Nice, great way to organize information.

I would add that Orgmode in Emacs is used by many in nearly the same way. Freemind and mindmappers in general are basically just visual outliners. For me, you get enough of the visual aspect with Orgmode (and OP's example doesn't even really use special visual aspects of a mindmapper) and the kicker is that Orgmode has features that make it more useful than Freemind. Two that come to mind are (1) orgmode search/agenda functionality allow searches that isolate a specific set of nodes in the agenda -- with each agenda node potentially from different part of document, or even spread among multiple files, and (2) in Emacs you're doing all of the editing in a first class editor.

Orgmode does have import and export capability for Freemind, check out the commands beginning 'org-freemind-'. To convert OP's python.mm file to org you can open it in Emacs and then run command <alt-x>org-freemind-to-orgmode .

[shoover]

I have installed FreeMind many times over the years, but I also fall back on org-mode and Dropbox. The quick mouse and arrow navigation and visual layout of FreeMind is appealing, but once you're invested in org-mode, it's hard to let go. I also use a lot of inline web links with descriptions, and that doesn't seem to be supported by the mind map tools.

That said, this post is a reminder that I should be tracking more documentation and code snippets in this way.

[thanthese]

For those not willing to take the orgmode plunge, http://workflowy.com is a great alternative.

[andrewflnr]

In case anyone else was frustrated by the content-free front page, here's a pretty good, if biased, treatment of Workflowy: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/08/...