Keynote, an extraordinary tool for content management, one I was searching for very long. Everybody who uses dozens of text files should try using it, I assure you , you wont turn back.
Previously I used editplus for storing all kind of information in text files. The problem was managing these files. Every time I create a file I have to think of a name and place before I can be assured its saved on disk. Also each of these files had multiple sections, for e.g. copypaste.txt had sections like urls, scripts, logins. Finding information, as no of lines in file grow, becomes tedious.
Then Kenote came to the rescue. Keynote is a flexible, multi-featured tabbed notebook. The basic idea in KeyNote is that you can have many separate notes within a single file. It's always acessible with a single keypress (ctrl+shift+F12), even if you work in another application. This means that you do not need to open several files - for most purposes it is enough to create only one file and several notes inside it. With the addition of the tree-type notes, you now have a three-dimensional notebook: many notes within one file and a multi-level, nested pages within a single note. How cool is that ? Huh.
External files can be attached to a node, so you can view/edit your old text files in keynotes itself. Has keyboard shortcut for ever operation and cool keyboard navigation features.
There are only two things missing in keynotes 1. RegEx search and editplus style wordwrap (it has notepad style wordwrap.) Also project is no longer under development.
Nevertheless, I am a happy keynotes user. Now all I need is a notebook pc, so I can carry keynote with me where ever I go. Did I mention its opensource and free? Oh, it is :)
download it directly from here.
Go Go Go.
Previously I used editplus for storing all kind of information in text files. The problem was managing these files. Every time I create a file I have to think of a name and place before I can be assured its saved on disk. Also each of these files had multiple sections, for e.g. copypaste.txt had sections like urls, scripts, logins. Finding information, as no of lines in file grow, becomes tedious.
Then Kenote came to the rescue. Keynote is a flexible, multi-featured tabbed notebook. The basic idea in KeyNote is that you can have many separate notes within a single file. It's always acessible with a single keypress (ctrl+shift+F12), even if you work in another application. This means that you do not need to open several files - for most purposes it is enough to create only one file and several notes inside it. With the addition of the tree-type notes, you now have a three-dimensional notebook: many notes within one file and a multi-level, nested pages within a single note. How cool is that ? Huh.
External files can be attached to a node, so you can view/edit your old text files in keynotes itself. Has keyboard shortcut for ever operation and cool keyboard navigation features.
There are only two things missing in keynotes 1. RegEx search and editplus style wordwrap (it has notepad style wordwrap.) Also project is no longer under development.
Nevertheless, I am a happy keynotes user. Now all I need is a notebook pc, so I can carry keynote with me where ever I go. Did I mention its opensource and free? Oh, it is :)
download it directly from here.
Go Go Go.
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I am very happy to hear that. Now I really need to blog about strokeit ;)
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