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 Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:42 am Post subject: Tomboy's Got Some Major Note-Taking Muscle |
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Small packages can be deceptive, especially when it comes to evaluating desktop note-taking systems. Tomboy Notes can easily fool you into thinking you need a bigger, more powerful note-taking app. But the latest stable version 1.8.3 released on Nov. 14 offers enough heavy-duty features that you will not need to look elsewhere to organize your notes and track your daily activities.
I first looked at Tomboy Notes last year as part of a note-taking package Integrated solutions for turnkey web stores and e-commerce platforms. Learn more. review. I was torn between Tomboy and Notecase Manager for my personal note-taking needs. I settled for the later application primarily for its ability to access the notes database from a USB drive. This made it readily available on all of my computers.
But Notecase is now a closed project whose dependencies are no longer available in the latest upgrades to many Linux distros. So I renewed my search Integrated solutions for turnkey web stores and e-commerce platforms. Learn more. for a note-taking app that was easily accessible on my multiple computers. Tomboy Notes does most of what I need plus more.
It does not drain system resources, is easy to use and integrates nicely into my desktop routines. I particularly like how Tomboy Notes uses the Wiki text concept to link notes and ideas together. I can separate notes into separate notebooks-- such as personal, work, products, etc. -- and search for related content across Tomboy notebooks. I can view all notes or just those in a particular notebook.
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Tomboy Notes is often already available in the resident list of applications. For instance, it's the default note-taking app in Puppy Linux, Ubuntu Linux and Linux Mint. If you have to get it on your own, chances are pretty good that you will find it in your distro's application repository.
Configuring Tomboy is a no-brainer. When you open the app, it places an icon in the Gnome panel. Surprisingly, this is still true on the Unity desktop in the latest Ubuntu release. The panel icon is critical to Tomboy's desktop integration. Right click its icon to access the app's preferences and several other functions.
Probably because Ubuntu's Unity architecture is unique, Tomboy Notes integrates a bit differently with the Unity desktop than it does in other more traditional desktops. For instance, in Ubuntu version 11.10 there is no main notes index or main window when you open the tomboy app.
You can only access this window and the related search functions from the lower panel icon. This makes using Tomboy in Ubuntu now much less flexible. In other distros under both GNOME 2 and 3, the Tomboy Notes main window gives you instant access to opening and creating notebooks. It also has a search window as part of this main window.
Prepping Preferences
However your desktop system integrates the Preferences panel, make it your first stop in setting up this note-taking app. That is where you can tweak its functions to your way of working.
The Editing tab lets you enable spell checking while typing. This functions much like spell checking in a word processing program. It underlines misspelled words and shows suggested corrections in the context menu.
You can also enable the WikiwordsThatLookLikeThis feature. Clicking words typed in this fashion will automatically create a note with that name. You can also select to auto bullet lists, use custom fonts and select a new note template.
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