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Release 1.0, 07.02.1995 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org)
The ClipNotes
ATTENTION..you need gnutar and gzip to unpack this package.
After all, this is no new application. Stephen Fitzpatrick wrote
a little app called Notes.app back in 1992. This is just a remake¼new
source, but old idea. I took over what Stephen had started.
The job is quite simple. ClipNotes offers a Service to remember
everything that fits into a RTFD document. You can paste directly
into the notes window or use the service menu. When the application
gets quit, it will simply save all the pastes into a file. Simple,
but quite handy.
What it does
Everybody knows that the Librarian does allow us to store all
kinds of clips into his Notebook. But you will end up with a bunch of
seperate files that are harder to maintain and recognize when all
you want to do is to update some kind of quick ToDo list or that
kind of thing.
ClipNotes stores everything into the ClipNotes.rtfd file which
makes it simpler for you to see that is in there. After all it is
a good idea to make a link into Librarians Notebook folder so you
can benefit from its search and indexing capabilities.
The Package
Version 1.0 comes in a package that includes:
- ClipNotes.app is a compiled to run on NeXT, Intel, HP and Sparc hardware.
- An Examples directory containing a maybe useful ClipNote
file. Take it as a suggestion of how to organize the notes.
- Online help...minimal
- Full sourcecode
- The documentation and an ASCII version (README) of this
introduction
On where to find the latest releases please see the 'About this
Project' section.
Features
This app does not intend to become something like the NoteBook
(from Millenium) or similar apps. It is intended to be small and
simple, to launch fast and be at your fingertips whenever you need
it. Those are the things you can do right now:
- Copy ASCII, RTF, RTFD text and paste it as a Note.
- Use the Clip Note service to do the same¼but faster. This
really is "@" your fingertips.
- Create or modify notes inside the notes window.
- Create your private template for these notes so that you
can recognize them more easily (use timestamps or icons etc. pp.).
- ClipNotes will autosave all the changes and display the
number of unsaved notes.
- Escape without saving anything.
To get a description of all the features or to get a feeling where
this app might go, I would suggest that you take a look at the
Release Notes.
About this Project
This really was just a quick hack again. I needed a project to
test my ClassEditor app, without worrying about it. Looks like the
ClassEditor works¼and so does ClipNotes. You will be using another
4 day project. Once again this has shown to me how fast useful apps
can be developed under NeXTSTEP. Most of the time was wasted finding
out that there is no way to determine the currently active app¼or
the app which created the contents of a pasteboard. Looks like
OPENSTEP will not fix that :-(.
Anyway, now I have something to store all those nice WWW and FTP
URLs I run accross while reading the news.
The latest version of this clipboard will be available at the
ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de, ftp.cs.orst.edu and
ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de anonymous ftp servers. There also is a
WWW page were you can find out more about the status of this...and
all the other projects I'm working on.
For details see the projects section of:
http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/user/tsengel/
Compiling
This version includes all the source code necessary to recompile
the program from scratch. It does not come with all the libraries!
You will need to get the MiscKit project (Version 1.3.0 or higher)
from the archives.
For more details on the MiscKit collection see the common NeXT ftp
servers or get the Objective-C or NeXT FAQs. If you would like to
submit something to this collection you should contact: Don Yacktman
<don@darth.byu.edu>
In Case of Trouble
If you have any questions you can contact me.
Thomas Engel
Netpunstr. 9
D-90522 Oberasbach
Germany
E-mail: tsengel@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org
(NeXTMail welcome)
Warranty and copyright
Copyleft
Source code that is not part of the MiscKit project - and therefore
underlies the MiscKit distribution and copyright rules - is
distributed under the GNUpublic license.
You are free to extend and modify this application. But don't
redistribute a modified version under the same name unless I gave
you the permission. I don't want to have different, confusingly
incompatible versions running around the world.
Anyway...comments are highly appreciated.
No Warranty
This software is provided 'as is' and the programmer is not
responsible for any harm this program may cause. You - the user -
are responsible for everything that may happen to your business,
hardware, software, car, CD collection or what ever may be worth
your attention or money. Using this product is at your own risk
and your private fun.
There should be no serious bugs inside but remember that a carbon-based
unit did the coding.
TravelWare
Like all my projects this app is free and should be considered as
travel-ware.
1. Let it travel to as many people as you know.
2. Send me a postcard or E-mail if you use it. I will try to
keep you informed about new releases.
3. If you have a free bed or some free space on your floor... give
me a hint. I might come and visit you on my trip to the US
(locations on Hawaii, near Seattle or WhistlerMnt. (Canada)
preferred)
Enjoy it.
Tomi
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