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Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 5, 2013 at 01:23 PM
My top fave for precisely the kind of use you’re talking about is The Guide (freebie, now on SourceForge at theguide.sourceforge.net). Although I’m not entirely sure it defaults to a standard font, it does support ‘Paste as Text’ and has a comprehensive selection of keyboard shortcuts to make note management (and hierarchical rearrangement) really easy (Paste as Text is Ctrl+Shift+V, for example).
Output is limited (it only exports to RTF), but it’s one of my favourite super-lightweight apps, even though it’s no longer being developed. I’ve used it to put together all sorts of things, from simple note-taking through to draft presentations. Its elegant minimalism really appeals to me!
Good search function, too ;-)
Slightly more complex choices include NoteLiner and Smereka TreeProjects (the latter can ‘force’ a default font, I believe).
Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 5, 2013 at 02:09 PM
Thanks Bill, The Guide looks pretty good. Though it seems to miss shortcuts for indent/outdent?
Thanks for the TreeProjects suggestion, I should try it again.
As for RightNote, I’ve just realised I missed the trick of just hitting space to rename the note. But I’m a mouse guy and so initially I’ve been clicking and right-clicking like crazy, to no avail… Also, RightNote gave me an access violation right at the beginning, as I was trying to save my first file, so I’m a bit worried about its stability.
Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 5, 2013 at 02:24 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
Thanks Bill, The Guide looks pretty good. Though it seems to miss
>shortcuts for indent/outdent?
But mouse drag-and-drop can do it, so I can live with that. Thanks again!
Posted by MadaboutDana
Feb 5, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Yes, you’re right, I hadn’t noticed that - but as you say, you can mouse it. And you can play with the icons, too, which means you can create some really charming sets of notes in an app that doesn’t take up many system resources at all.
It’s a real shame it’s not under ongoing development - although there’s nothing stopping any one of us from getting involved in the SourceForge project, I suppose!
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Feb 5, 2013 at 05:09 PM
Doc,
Have you tried Treepad Lite? It’s one of the grand-daddy two-pane apps and is pretty nimble:
http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/
I wouldn’t try the paid versions, as they add fluff that it doesn’t sound like you want. With Treepad Lite you can indent and outdent using the SHIFT-arrow combinations. It’s just plain text, but you can change the font used in the editor and the tree.
Steve Z.