Dry Bones is a bit silly. It favors the rhythm of the lyrics to anatomical accuracy. At first glance, this map might seem silly too. The "Head Bone" certainly can't connect to the "Knee Bone" in the same way that a foot connects to a leg.
The Map View can provide some information about the kind of link between two notes. The little arrowhead shows the direction of the link. But at the moment, it can't do any more than that. More details about the links are included in the Note View.
Look at the table at the top of this window. You will see a listing of inbound links, and outbound links. At the beginning of each link is a parenthetical note explaining the type of link listed. Some of these links are labeled "connected to the", but others are listed "not connected to the".
This might also seem silly, but it is often useful to use links to describe things which do not connect, where such an absence is significant. For example, a map containing a review of sources might point out that a book or article fails to refer to an important source. A link can be used to note this omission.
Sometimes, the map view can become strewn with too many links. It can be hard to see what links to what. Tools like Tinderbox let you view only links of a certain type (a feature I should add to this at some point). Instead, this system lets you view all the links associated with a single note.
To view only the links connected to "Head Bone", click View Links at the top right of this window (you may have to scroll back up). Then look at the Map View. You should see only the links connected to this note. To show all the links again, click Show Links on the menu to the left.
When you are done experimenting with link viewing, open this note again and Step In, or step into this note by clicking the white button on this note in the Map View.
The Map View can provide some information about the kind of link between two notes. The little arrowhead shows the direction of the link. But at the moment, it can't do any more than that. More details about the links are included in the Note View.
Look at the table at the top of this window. You will see a listing of inbound links, and outbound links. At the beginning of each link is a parenthetical note explaining the type of link listed. Some of these links are labeled "connected to the", but others are listed "not connected to the".
This might also seem silly, but it is often useful to use links to describe things which do not connect, where such an absence is significant. For example, a map containing a review of sources might point out that a book or article fails to refer to an important source. A link can be used to note this omission.
Sometimes, the map view can become strewn with too many links. It can be hard to see what links to what. Tools like Tinderbox let you view only links of a certain type (a feature I should add to this at some point). Instead, this system lets you view all the links associated with a single note.
To view only the links connected to "Head Bone", click View Links at the top right of this window (you may have to scroll back up). Then look at the Map View. You should see only the links connected to this note. To show all the links again, click Show Links on the menu to the left.
When you are done experimenting with link viewing, open this note again and Step In, or step into this note by clicking the white button on this note in the Map View.