Version 3.4.x - By Michael J. Hammel   <mjhammel@graphics-muse.org>


Links:
Download the software
Screenshots
XNotesPlus Man Page
XNotesPlus FAQ
XNotesPlus Documentation - coming soon!
Known Problems
Installing the Binary Version
Pilot Link / Syncal
Sox

Mailing List Information

Paying for XNotesPlus - Keeping development going!

Future Plans

Features:

  • Editable, searchable text
  • Spell checking of note text (available in 3.5 beta version only)
  • Visual/Audio alarms
  • Project classifications for notes, both by name and by color
  • Printing using standard Unix print facilities
  • Email
  • Hidden Notes
  • Print Envelopes
  • Calendar inserts
  • Date and Time (GMT and local) inserts
  • Text file import and export
  • Cascade and Anchor notes
  • Tooltips, which can be disabled at run time or on the command line
  • Themed or standard interfaces, configurable at compile time and modiffiable after installation.
  • Highly configurable - audio, email, printer - most features can be tweaked, both in configuration files and on the command line
  • Graphical installation and configuration (available in 3.5 beta version only)


Palm Pilot features:

  • Sync, backup, restore all files on the Pilot.
  • Download Memos as XNotes
  • Upload XNotes into Memos
  • Download Addresses database, Edit it, and upload the changes
  • View and search addresses with the Address Manager
  • Addresses are linked to Email and Envelope Printing features - selecting an address database entry updates the Email and Envelope dialog windows automatically.
  • Download Todo Lists, edit them, and upload the changes.
  • View and search Todos, filtered on categories and sorted on any field.
  • Manage calendars with ical
System Requirements

Just about any Unix system.

X11R5 or X11R6 (might work with X11R4, but I doubt it).

GTK+ 1.2

 In order to use various features, additional programs must be in your PATH:
 
Feature Requirement
Email mail, elm or some other command line email program
Envelope printing nenscript (available with XNotesPlus)
Audio Alarms sox, play or some other command line oriented audio player
Pilot Tool No external tools required - Palm Pilot support is now built into the XNotesPlus package!

If these additional programs cannot be found when XNotesPlus starts up, then those features will be disabled.

 



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!
 
 
The About Dialog
Envelope printing makes use of the Nenscript tool, which is included with XNotesPlus.  The Pilot Tool feature is a wrapping around the very useful Pilot Link library using special prgrams included with the XNotesPlus package.  Audio alarms use the Play tool by default, but can be configured to use other command line audio tools, such as sox. 

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:
Click on the images to see more screen shots of the program in action.  Warning:  This page has lots of moderately large images.
 

GTK Themed Version
800x600 screenshot

 

Paying for XNotesPlus

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 77382
Note 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.

Build and runtime notes from users:

GTK:

None reported for this version at this time.



Michael J. Hammel
December 14, 2001
mjhammel@graphics-muse.org
http://www.graphics-muse.org

I've removed all "PostIt" references because I don't want 3M getting upset with me.