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* Leo is a programmer's editor and a flexible browser for projects,
  programs, classes or data. Leo clarifies design, coding, debugging, testing
  and maintenance.
* Leo is an outlining editor. Outlines clarify the big picture while
  providing unlimited space for details.
* Leo is a literate programming tool, compatible with noweb and CWEB. Leo
  enhances any text-based programming language, from assembly language and C
  to Java, Python and XML.
* Leo is also a data organizer. A single Leo outline can generate complex
  data spanning many different files.  Leo has been used to manage web sites.
* Leo is a project manager. Leo provides multiple views of a project within
  a single outline. Leo naturally represents tasks that remain up-to-date.
* Leo is fully scriptable using Python and saves its files in XML format.
* Leo is portable.  Leo.py is 100% pure Python and will run on any platform
  supporting Python and Tk/tcl, including Windows, Linux and MacOS X.
* Leo is Open Software, distributed under the Python License. 

Author: Edward K. Ream <edreamleo@charter.net>
WWW:    http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html