Journal software

[jjstorm]

I would like to transfer my notes into a journal for more organization, and would like to know if there is something decent that you use?

Otherwise, how do you organize your notes?

[shep]

A helpful web site to search for software that is available in OpenBSD is OpenPorts.

The search feature, description:notes found x11/xfce4/xfce4-notes.

[jjstorm]

Originally Posted by shep

A helpful web site to search for software that is available in OpenBSD is OpenPorts.

The search feature, description:notes found x11/xfce4/xfce4-notes.

I am actually using notes right now. I would like to see if there is something a little bit more advanced, with tabs maybe, or at least with a search box.

update:

Found something called rednotebook diary and journal application. It has a search feature as well. I will install and report back,

thanks again.

[jjstorm]

Rednotebook looks o.k, but I am not sure it is exactly what I am looking for. One good thing is, that it is very light.

If you are looking to organize your thoughts and your notes, it is worth taking a look at it. Maybe it will fit your style.

Thank-you very much to the porter, whoever you are.

[jggimi]

Originally Posted by jjstorm

...whoever you are.

Even though there is no maintainer of record, this information is available. One of the nice things about this open source project is the entire history of the project is open. Every commit to a project repository is logged.

While the project uses cvs(1) to manage its software, you can use the web portal and review any changes made through the history of the project. All you need is the CVS Web Portal, and some knowledge of where to look, or start looking. There's a link to the Portal on the main Project front page (CVS on Web is the link text, and it links to http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/),

And if you know that the port is productivity/rednotebook -- which can be obtained from pkg_info(1), you can click through the ports tree to that port, and find its complete history.

I like looking at Makefile logs. For ports, Makefiles are the package build instructions, and any change to anything in the port requires a "revision bump" in the Makefile, so its a great place to look through logs. You are unlikely to miss anything logged for a different file in the port.

Here's the link to the Makefile commit log for this application.

http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cv...ebook/Makefile

If you start at the bottom of the page, you can see when it was first added to the ports tree in 2009, who did the commit, and who built the port.

[acampbell]

I'm currently experimenting with using Freemind for this purpose. I have a folder called Notes where I place text files containing addresses, phone numbers, etc. and then put nodes in Freemind which link to those files. You can also link to graphics and other stuff. Clicking on them makes them appeard in my browser.

[albator]

There is also productivity/zim which works on many platforms.

[jjstorm]

Originally Posted by albator

There is also productivity/zim which works on many platforms.

Excellent! I looked at the ports page and it looks very interesting.

Originally Posted by acampbell

I'm currently experimenting with using Freemind for this purpose. I have a folder called Notes where I place text files containing addresses, phone numbers, etc. and then put nodes in Freemind which link to those files. You can also link to graphics and other stuff. Clicking on them makes them appeard in my browser.

This looks very interesting as well!

Thank-You.