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Posted by yosemite
Jan 14, 2014 at 12:53 AM
Thank you for the suggestions. I have used InfoSelect years ago; I’ve either forgotten its search abilities or never knew them.
I keep trying to understand InfoQube but can’t get rolling with it.
I will look into Tomboy. I see it has wiki/linking structural abilities but does it do outlining? At first glance it seems like Cintanotes with wikilinking.
Posted by Paulo Diniz
Jan 14, 2014 at 01:56 AM
Speaking of this, I, secretly yearn for a tool which would be a crossbreed of Notational Velocity and a spreadsheet app, allowing for searching, filtering and inputing information on the fly, to a database with multiple datasets/dataviews. And manipulating the data on-the-fly too, if it is the case. That would be my dream productivity app for the moment.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 14, 2014 at 05:31 PM
As a matter of fact, Tomboy does have an outliner view, although it’s not immediately apparent. It’s the ‘Search All Notes’ view, and lists Notebooks on the left, with a list of notes on the right. It doesn’t have a third pane (showing individual notes), unfortunately, but notes are very quick to launch.
It’s not, strictly speaking, a full outliner, because there’s no hierarchical structure (apart from Notebooks and two ‘virtual’ categories: All Notes and Unfiled Notes). But as a general note-taking applet, it’s very pleasant to use.
While CintaNotes is indeed a close equivalent, there are other very good sticky note apps out there. Probably the best Windows-optimised equivalent is Zhorn Software’s Stickies, which has a management window similar to the Tomboy ‘Search All Notes’ view, and is also still free.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 14, 2014 at 05:56 PM
MadaboutDana wrote:
>While CintaNotes is indeed a close equivalent, there are other very good
>sticky note apps out there. Probably the best Windows-optimised
>equivalent is Zhorn Software’s Stickies, which has a management window
>similar to the Tomboy ‘Search All Notes’ view, and is also still free.
I recently did a quick evaluation of some sticky note software (Notezilla, GumNotes, Stickies and Stick A Note) that had the ability to stick a note to a specific document (not just to the software window or the desktop), and GumNotes looked pretty good too (although in the end I went with Stick A Note, which is very basic, but the best one for my specific purpose: http://alternativeto.net/software/stick-a-note/reviews/).
Posted by tangobear
Mar 24, 2014 at 02:05 AM
yosemite wrote:
> Thank you for the suggestions. I have used InfoSelect years ago; I’ve
>either forgotten its search abilities or never knew them.
InfoSelect8 has a normal search, but I always use the better one. It goes like this:
Hit F5 and start typing letters. The F5 pops up a box with a visual (grid of red dots) and numeric counter of how many total notes you have (2174 for me). As you type each letter the count shrinks to only notes matching what you’ve typed so far. This is powerful. If you get to zero, backspace some or all and type different letters. Try as many variations as you like. When satisfied hit return and the search box is gone, but now the whole app only sees the notes that matched. Select titles show their note or F3 thru all matches. Either way all texts that match are highlighted until you edit something.
When you’re done you can instantly return to seeing all 2174 notes, with a choice of what note you’re now looking at: the one you found, the one before the search, or both in 2 windows.