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FYI, the freeware Treepad version will also import RTF files (no images
though). This has been previously reported here and I re-discovered this
fact a few weeks ago. Simply imput *.rtf files in the import dialogue -- or
the specific name of your file -- and voila! The note appears in all its RTF
glory.

M
 
FYI, the freeware Treepad version will also import RTF files (no images
though). This has been previously reported here and I re-discovered this
fact a few weeks ago. Simply imput *.rtf files in the import dialogue -- or
the specific name of your file -- and voila! The note appears in all its RTF
glory.
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The glory disappears after you safe the file and close Treepad, and
never returns. What remains is plain text.

BTW, it begins to look like the free version is abandonware. I'd like
to see a tabbed notes and RTF formatting (but I presume that will
remain reserved for the paid versions). Tables would be nice too, but
not even Keynote has that feature (afaik), which, incidentally, hasn't
been updated for quite a while either. Abandonware too?

Querulantus
 
Querulantus said:
"<<M>>" <[email protected]> remarked today:

BTW, it begins to look like the free version is abandonware.
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A new Freeware version is planned. This "rumor" came to me from someone
whose initials are HH. ;) (I responded that IMO it was hard to
improve on perfection - if a new version *isn't* released you can blame
it on me.)
not even Keynote has that feature (afaik), which, incidentally, hasn't
been updated for quite a while either. Abandonware too?
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AFAIK the author is working on an entirely new version of Keynote.
Search the acf archives for his posts about that.

Susan
 
FYI, the freeware Treepad version will also import RTF files (no images
though). This has been previously reported here and I re-discovered this
fact a few weeks ago. Simply imput *.rtf files in the import dialogue -- or
the specific name of your file -- and voila! The note appears in all its RTF
glory.
Click to expand...

What I've always wished was for was the import dialog to permit all text
files, and not be restricted to a couple of pre-defined extensions. I mean
that I found it lacking that TPD did not have an option to offer a view of
all files up for selection, where I then import those I know to be text.

I tried your trick just now, only used what I need, *.* in the file name
part of the import dialog. Voila, it works! I can finally have access to
the range of files that I want to import. Never knew the sekrit trick
until now. Very useful!
 
Its last update was about 12mos ago. That's recent in my world. But, it does
seem that it was the last update for the 1x series.
AFAIK the author is working on an entirely new version of Keynote.
Search the acf archives for his posts about that.
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The Keynote 2x home, I see that it's be moved over to Sourceforge. I don't
know how strongly it's progressing, how much activity(?)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/keynote/
 
Its last update was about 12mos ago. That's recent in my world. But, it does
seem that it was the last update for the 1x series.
AFAIK the author is working on an entirely new version of Keynote.
Search the acf archives for his posts about that.
Click to expand...

The Keynote 2x home, I see that it's be moved over to Sourceforge. I don't
know how strongly it's progressing, how much activity(?)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/keynote/
 
Querulantus said:
The glory disappears after you safe the file and close Treepad, and
never returns. What remains is plain text.

BTW, it begins to look like the free version is abandonware. I'd like
to see a tabbed notes and RTF formatting (but I presume that will
remain reserved for the paid versions). Tables would be nice too, but
not even Keynote has that feature (afaik), which, incidentally, hasn't
been updated for quite a while either. Abandonware too?
Click to expand...

Tables are very rare birds For nice tables (not basic stick-figure stuff),
in conjunction with a tree-paned style editor, I've only see that occur
twice in freeware. And even then, it was basically ephemeral.

The first was a beta, which quickly became freeware. TreeDBNotes 1.0, from
www.softviewer.com. TreeDBNotes is pretty handsome. But unfortunately, that
release was really too beta. It loses all your newly-inputted data regularly
at certain points (occasions during switching node focus), as well as lacks
native save commands.

The other, InfoAngel. This has some nice features, including with regard
to some MSWord-like table formatting choices. The liteware version of
InfoAngel, it was crippled to allow only one document, with preset name.
I don't consider that to be an insurmountable limitation. One workaround
involves doing file renames prior to launching it. The other involves having
multiple copies of the app, each in separate folders, which is something I
find natural enough anyway. The LFW on this, I believe it was v1.8. I'm not
sure where it is to be found these days? The author removed the liteware
version from their site....
 
omega said:
Tables are very rare birds For nice tables (not basic stick-figure stuff),
in conjunction with a tree-paned style editor, I've only see that occur
twice in freeware. And even then, it was basically ephemeral.
Click to expand...

Actually, I would also like to have a spread sheet like data table as
a feature, like in XDesk95 (which sadly has bitten the dust, but can
still be found). BTW, Skrywul (abandonware, unfortunately) has some
very useful features, but also its own file format, which I'd like to
see in Treepad or Keynote.

Xdesk95:
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/xdesk95s.html

Skwrul:
http://www.pebble-software.com/skwyrul.htm

Querulantus
 
Querulantus said:
The glory disappears after you safe the file and close Treepad, and
never returns. What remains is plain text.
Click to expand...

?!! Not happening here. I close, re-open and there's the RTF-formatting. I
know others on this ng have reported the same thing.

I use Win98SE. Something to do with the richedit dll version?

M
 
Querulantus said:
"<<M>>" <[email protected]> remarked today:
Click to expand...
BTW, it begins to look like the free version is abandonware. I'd like
to see a tabbed notes and RTF formatting (but I presume that will
remain reserved for the paid versions). Tables would be nice too, but
not even Keynote has that feature (afaik), which, incidentally, hasn't
been updated for quite a while either. Abandonware too?
Click to expand...

Tables of a sort possible in Keynote. Word tables and Excel tables can be
embedded in a Keynote. Of course, when you go to edit them, up pops Word or
Excel controls. Also, you lose the critical ability to include these tables
in a search which is one of Keynote's big strengths.

M
 
Querulantus said:
The glory disappears after you safe the file and close Treepad, and
never returns. What remains is plain text.
Click to expand...

I correct my earlier reply somewhat. I experimented a little more. It seems
that the RTF style will disappear, if there is any subsequent attempt to
edit the note WHILE IT IS IN TREEPAD. So it would be okay to archive RTF
notes, but not to edit them.

M
 
I correct my earlier reply somewhat. I experimented a little more. It seems
that the RTF style will disappear, if there is any subsequent attempt to
edit the note WHILE IT IS IN TREEPAD. So it would be okay to archive RTF
notes, but not to edit them.
Click to expand...

Doesn't work here. All I get after saving the file and closing Treepad
is plain text.

Querulantus
 
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