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Features include:
- Editable, searchable notes
- Spell checking
- Visual/Audio alarms
- Email notes
- Import/Export notes with Pilot features
- Calendaring
- Sync, backup, restore
- Install, delete, fetch Pilot db's & files
- Notes exchange between XNotes, Address Manager, and Todo Manager.

XNotesPlus: Future Plans


As incentive to users to pay for their use of XNotesPlus, here is a list of proposed features and udpates to XNotesPlus.  While these aren't cast in concrete, it is a basic plan for where I want XNotesPlus to go.  If I can get enough users to pay for the software (or a company to sponsor development), I may be able to work on it full time.
 
This is the current plan for future releases.
 Michael J. Hammel
 February 2004
 
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 Version 3.7
    3.7 Built in configuration manager
    3.7 Add hidden title bar that becomes visible with Ctrl-t in note
       see global_accel_group in menus.c and make it a menu option (that's easiest)
    3.7 Change category names in Todo list.
    3.7 Need a way to add categories to XNotes, but not lose the category when stuffed in
       Unfiled on the the Pilot.
    3.7 Roll up window - in case window manager doesn't let you (hide main widget, leaving just menu bar)
    3.7 New Pilot features:
          Get system info (battery, memory, etc.):  dlp_ReadSysInfo(), dlp_ReadStorageInfo()
          Pilot user info:  dlp_ReadUserInfo(), dlp_WriteUserInfo()
    3.7 Fix bugs noted at bottom of this list
    3.7 Make xnotes+ a GNOME applet?  
           Doesn't look too hard except for making sure mouse button bindings are kept by xnotes+ and
           not given to over to the panel
           http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/panel/index.html
           http://cactus.rulez.org/doc/articles/panelapplet/
           http://cactus.rulez.org/projects/radioactive//
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 Version 3.?
    3.? write real documentation in PDF and HTML format
    3.? Check security by running "its4" on all source code
       This will require evaluating strcpy, sprintf calls to find out if they're vulnerable.
       That will be vary labor intensive, cuz there are lots of these calls.
 
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 Version 4.0
    4.0  GTK 2.0 port
    4.0: Change main windows menu to be more fun:  pinup board for xnotes, something similar for other
          tools.
    4.0:  Add "Scribbles" - simple drawing areas and image viewer
       draw primitives: rectangles, circles, arcs, lines, freehand
       libart vector library:  http://www.gnome.org/~mathieu/libart/libart.html
          http://www.artofcode.com/libart.html
          ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/pre-gnome2/sources/libart_lgpl/
       double buffer
       read PNG, TIFF, GIF, and JPEG formats
       See http://www.gtk.org/faq/#AEN654 (FAQ on adding images to GTK+ widgets)
       Emailing notes should send Scribbles as uuencoded compressed TIFF files
       Scribbles numbered the same as corresponding note and saved in "scribbles" directory
       Don't know how I can upload images to Pilot
             PilotSketch?
             AALib - convert image to ascii and upload as a note?
             PalmPix - not sure if this is the right name or not.
       Also look at GdkRGB and Imlib packages
          See testrgb.c in GTK+ source - it has examples of gdk_draw_grey_image() which might help
          to get images painted onto the screen, though I still need read/write routines.
       Look into GdkPixbuf or GtkCanvas - probably the best method as it will be rolled into Gtk+ 2.0
    4.0: Add Work Manager - manage time sheets
          Needs to be connected to both Todo Lists and Calendars
    4.0: Make the individual notes menu bars hideable.
    4.0: Make scrollbars hideable.
    4.0: preferences dialog and rc file:  save state information
       use XML file formats for this, I think.
       look at libxml - 
       current insert date format
       data directories
       cascade options
          uniform sized notes
          cascade by projects
       ToolTips state
       save on exit state
       Notice dialog state
       Print options
       Pilot options
          include/exclude xnote header lines
       Allow user to make notes stay on top or beneath all other windows (is this possible?)
       Allow user to specify removing window borders - how do you deal with moving/resizing notes?
       Levels of Undo to save
    4.0: Better import features
       File import should read some other file format, say Word or RTF files.
          See http://www.wotsit.org/ for file format specs (also in src/X/xnotes)
       Email should import external mail programs address databases by calling
          external programs that write the database in Pilot CSV format to 
          standard out.  This is configurable via a colon seperated list of
          programs to call at init time.
    4.0: cascade by projects, if set
    4.0: new Find Text search options
       search all/selected notes
          prompt user to bring forward any notes with matching text.
       Replace text option for Find Text feature
    4.0: Add better print support, including Postscript output
       Print dialog must be callable from various places, like the Envelopes dialog
       and from individual notes.  Probably need to use both lpc and lpstat, like 
       Gimp plug-in, to find which printers are available.
       look at src/X/motif for printer widget/support
    4.0: Add Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo options for Erase.
    4.0: Gnome and KDE aware
    4.0: move all text strings to englishUS-text.h to make translation easier.
          Change error messages to XP_E instead of XP_S, put in separate file.
    4.0: Projects
       allow changing project name
       allow deleting projects
    4.0: Replace text/ Replace All option for Find Text feature
    4.0: Add GtkHtml widget for HTML help files.
          config.h option has to be added to make this optional
    4.0: look into disabling close/delete options for window managers.
    4.0: Sort xnotes by title for exporting to Pilot Memos
    4.0: Add support for scanning business cards?  Needs driver for one of those business card scanners.
    4.0: Simple calendaring functions?  calender.c has support, but which features need calendars?
    4.0: note sized to fit in the pilot correctly.
    4.0: merge Insert Date with Show Calendar
          add "Set Date" button to InsertDates dialog
          Add SetTime option to ShowCalendar dialog
          Save date/time info in pn_caldata structure.
 
    4.x: Save current insertion points for notes
       this requires change to note file headers
       use insertion point to position text windows when reopened
       This will work once GTK 2.0 comes out, which will require major updates to XNotesPlus anyway
    4.x: Font support for individual notes - also requires GTK 2.0
    4.x: Loadable modules:  This looks easier than I thought:
          http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue84/bradley.html
 
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 Version 5.0
    5.0: Groupware Release
    5.0: linked Address databases - personal and workgroup addresses
       xnotes+ can show either, or merge personal with workgroup addresses
    5.0: Client server architecture
          default server runs on muse.com
          notes are stored on server so they can be accessed from anywhere
          Things to investigate:  SSL and encrypting messages
    5.0 Support for Linux based PDAs
 
 


Michael J. Hammel
2004/02/27
webmaster@graphics-muse.com
http://www.graphics-muse.com