Using Aliases within EagleFiler

[TomD]

Aliases possible?
my collected material is in no hierachical folder structure and i’m interested to do the “netsting” into folders/tags or something only virtual via a software. I like the way Devonthink handles aliases (but somewhat dislike Devonthink’s overcrowded interface).

My question is, is EF capeable to preserve my material in “one” place, that means in a flat hierarchy?
To be capeable of that it has to require one of the following conditions.
a) nested tagging or
b) real aliases within EF

Is this managable in EF?

Yours, Tom

[Michael_Tsai]

@TomD

My question is, is EF capeable to preserve my material in “one” place, that means in a flat hierarchy?
To be capeable of that it has to require one of the following conditions.
a) nested tagging or
b) real aliases within EF

Is this managable in EF?

Yes, EagleFiler supports nested tagging.

[TomD]

But i cannot duplicate a tag say

Work
– Active Project

Home
– Active Project

or am I missing something?

[Michael_Tsai]

@TomD

But i cannot duplicate a tag say

Work
– Active Project

Home
– Active Project

or am I missing something?

That’s right. Tag names must be unique.

[humanengr]

@Michael_Tsai

Yes, this is what I was saying above. If you really do want a hierarchy, reusing names, with each record appearing in more than one place, then I think folders and aliases (not yet supported, but something I’d like to add if I can figure out how to do it) are the way to go. Then you would have the benefit of seeing and browsing this hierarchy in the Finder and other applications, too.

Are record aliases still in the plan?

[Michael_Tsai]

@humanengr

Are record aliases still in the plan?

Yes, they are.

[humanengr]

Glad to hear.