gjots

gjots(1) - a simple jotter for X11/gtk-gnome
 

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  • Version 0.9, Dec 28th 2002
    • New Features:
    • Bugs fixed:
      • Closing the window did not shut down the app.
    • Known bugs (fixes or ideas appreciated):
      • I would be particularly interested in knowing just how I can get hold of the button-3 popup menu widgets (so that I can disable the Paste function until there is something to paste).
      • When gjots(1) starts up, the tree display is sometimes garbled. It can be cleared by closing and re-opened the root, but why does it happen?

  • Version 0.8
    • New Features:
      • Read-only flag (-r) and checkbox (Files->Readonly) added
      • Simple write-locking added - enforces single writer and permits multiple readers. Locking for file "filename" is via a file called ".#filename" in the same directory; it contains the pid of the current write-locking process. The first gjots process to open the file (without the -r flag) gets to be the unique writer. Subsequent gjots processes opening the same file are offered the option of "Try Again" (in case the original writer is finished) or "Read only". If a writer is abnormally terminated leaving a file locked, this is detected and defeated by the next gjots process to open the file (without the -r flag).
      • Left and top toolbars are now optional
      • "Read manual" item added to Help menu (invokes gjots -r on readme.gjots)
    • Bugs fixed:
      • docbook2gjots & gjots2docbook were missing from the distro (blush!)
    • Known bugs (fixes or ideas appreciated):
      • I would be particularly interested in knowing just how I can get hold of the button-3 popup menu widgets (so that I can disable the Paste function until there is something to paste).
      • When gjots(1) starts up, the tree display is sometimes garbled. It can be cleared by closing and re-opened the root, but why does it happen?

  • Version 0.7
    • New Features:
      • docbook2gjots - converts DOCBOOK XML into gjots
    • Bugs fixed:
    • Known bugs (fixes or ideas appreciated):
      • no file locking is done
      • I would be particularly interested in knowing just how I can get hold of the button-3 popup menu widgets (so that I can disable the Paste function until there is something to paste).
      • When gjots(1) starts up, the tree display is sometimes garbled. It can be cleared by closing and re-opened the root, but why does it happen?
    • Downloads:

  • Version 0.6
    • New Features:
      • gjots2docbook utility to convert to DOCBOOK XML - standard utilities can then be used to create HTML, postscript, pdf, man or other formats.
      • More tree commands:
        • Shift-Up/Shift-Down = expand Selection Up/Down,
        • ^Left/^Right = move Selection Left/Right (ie between parent & child) - same as the new "Promote/Demote Items"
        • Left/Right = go to parent/child folder
      • Changed tree commands:
        • "New Page" is now "New Item"
        • "Move Up/Down" are now "Move Items Up/Down"
        • "Promote" is now "Promote Items" and moves the item(s) to same level as the parent and after it. (previous behaviour was to make the current item into a folder)
        • "Demote" is now "Demote Items" and moves the item(s) to underneath the immediately prior item
      • .cpt extension (ccrypt) is trimmed from the window name and the root name
      • the width of the tree panel is remembered in ~/.gjotsrc
    • Bugs fixed:
      • ^Up/^Down - move items up/down with multiple items - fixed
      • Cut now leaves the selection on the "next" item
      • Reading a non-existent file is no longer an error - and root gets the new filename
      • An unsuccessful local find would loop forever.
      • On startup, the root item has focus and is selected and the default
    • Downloads:

  • Version 0.5
    • New Features:
      • desktop files created for Gnome & KDE menus
      • Search and replace with plain or regular expressions
    • Known bugs (fixes or ideas appreciated):
      • no file locking is done
      • I would be particularly interested in knowing just how I can get hold of the button-3 popup menu widgets (so that I can disable the Paste function until there is something to paste).
      • When gjots(1) starts up, the tree display is sometimes garbled. It can be cleared by closing and re-opened the root, but why does it happen?
    • Downloads:

  • Version 0.4
    • New Features:
      • Datestamp button added and dateFormat string in preferences (see strftime(3) for formats)
      • Font choice is now provided (for the main text only - the controls and the tree still take the font from the GTK defautls)
      • gjots2html now has options to add a title, links to contents and horizontal rules
    • Downloads:

  • Version 0.3
    • New Features:
      • Change items selected with up and down keys
      • Better keyboard mappings in the tree eg. up = go up (!) del = cut, insert = paste, F12 jumps from tree to text and vice versa, etc etc etc
      • "Move selected items" are now on Ctrl-up/down
      • Added a button to invoke an external editor on current text
      • Items no longer have names - their labels are inherited from the first line of the text. The "rename" method also goes away. gjotsfiles with item labels are still read but the label is moved to the first line of the text.
    • Bugs fixed:
      • Too many error messages on decryption failure.
      • Main window can now shrink - re-set "Can shrink" flag on main window (of glade) to "yes"
      • Temporary file (for error messages in file ops) was not being deleted
      • Preferences file was not being read
      • Options button now invokes the preferences dialog
      • gjots2html quotes all " & < and > characters
    • Downloads:

  • Version 0.2
    • New Features:
      • Support for ccrypt encrypt and decrypt - automatic when .cpt filename extension is used. ccrypt must be installed for this to work.
      • Rename dialog is now entered automatically on NewItem and NewFolder
      • Word wrap (paragraph formatting) implemented with a global line length parameter available under Settings->Properties
    • Bugs fixed:
      • Used _key_press_ events instead of _key_release_ to eliminate bounce
      • Save is suppressed if no changes have been made
    • Downloads:

  • Version 0.1, Sep 22nd 2002

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