Version 3.4.x - By Michael J. Hammel <mjhammel@graphics-muse.org> |
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XNotesPlus, the successor to XPostitPlus and xpostit, provides a mechanism for manipulating on-screen sticky notes - you know, those little yellow pieces of paper that lie everywhere in your office and hold some of the most vital pieces of information you've ever collected? Well, now you can go digital with them. And do things you never thought little yellow slips of paper could ever do. XNotesPlus supports GTK+. With HP and Sun Microsystems adopting GTK+ for their own desktops, everyone with access to a Unix machine should have ample opportunity to clutter their screens to the level they've done to their real desks. You can hide and unhide notes, email them to friends (or enemies), print them, stack them, erase them, destroy and recreate them with little more than a point and a click. You can even tear off notes from the main window (known as the Plaid window for historical reasons, it now looks like a little swirly galaxy thingy). The only thing they don't do is - you guessed it, my Unix lovin' friends - Windows. XNotesPlus is strictly a Unix tool. You might be able to run them under the GTK+ port for Windows, but I don't support that, so you're on your own if you take that trail in life. The "plus" side of XNotesPlus
is it's full featured interface with the 3Com
PalmPilot® handheld
PDA (personal digital assistant). You can upload
XNotes to the Pilot, download
Pilot Memos into XNotes, do
backups and syncing of backups of your Pilot, retrieve
data from the Pilot's Address database, edit it and upload the changes
back to the Pilot, manage calendars with Ical and sync them with the Pilot's
calendarand
download, edit, and upload Todo Lists. The Address
database can be viewed and searched quickly using the Address Manager,
an XNotesPlus feature that mimics closely the interface of the Palm Pilot
Address Book. The Address Manager is also closely linked to the Email
and Envelope Printing features of XNotesPlus, so finding that email address
or normal mailing address is now no further away than your ability to keep
your Pilot up to date! The Todo List also mimics the Pilot's interface,
allowing filtering by category plus sorting on any field!
XNotesPlus is available from
the Graphics Muse Web site at http://www.graphics-muse.org/
source/XNotesPlus/. The source comes in a package about 1.3Mb
in size. The package includes complete information on how to
build and install the program and it's files. A static binary distribution
is available for Linux systems only at this time. If you need one
for some other OS, I'll see what I can do, but you may have to provide
me access to a system with that OS. Screenshots:
XNotesPlus is now shareware and is not freely redistributable. See the file doc-d/Copying for details. XNotesPlus is now sufficiently stable and useful that I don't feel it unfair to ask for some support in continuing its development. If you find XNotesPlus useful, please take a moment to visit PayPal and send a $10 or more donation. Payments can be made via credit card or you can set up a direct transfer from your bank - all in all PayPal makes payment for shareware more simple. You can make your payment
by simply clicking on the following button:
If you want to see why paying might get you something better in the future, take a look at the future plans for XNotesPlus. If you are uncomfortable with using your credit card, a check or money order is also welcome. You can mail those to the following address: 2 Ivy Garden St. The Woodlands, TX 77382Note that I ask that each user pay for a copy of XNotesPlus, but that each user can use that copy on as many machines as they have access to. If you have a company that wants to use XNotesPlus, each user should pay for a copy. |
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GTK:
None reported for this version at this time.
I've removed all "PostIt" references because I don't want 3M getting upset with me.