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- Release 1.0, 07.02.1995 by Thomas Engel (tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org)
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- 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 remake…new
- 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:
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- - 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.
-
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- 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:
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- - Copy ASCII, RTF, RTFD text and paste it as a Note.
-
- - Use the Clip Note service to do the same…but 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.
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-
-
- 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 works…and 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 app…or
- 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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