Since I got my iBook (about which more at www.onemacwriting.com), I’ve been evolving a set of tools that works well for my writing. One of the indispensables on the Mac has been Notational Velocity, a sort of minimally structured free-form information capture tool. Alas, Notational Velocity is a Mac-only tool, so I hacked together a Windows program that works sort of like Notational Velocity. Basically, operation is like this:
- Type a note title in the small box at the top of the Window. The list of existing notes will filter as you type. Once you have the title for your note entered, press Enter to create or edit that note.
- Click out of the edit box or press the escape key to save your note when you’re done.
- You can also select a note to edit by double-clicking a note title in the note list, or by single-clicking on a note title and pressing Enter.
At this point, the note title is case-sensitive. In other words, “TEST”, “test”, and “TesT” refer to three different notes. This may change in a future version. Also, NVWindows does not synchronize with Notational Velocity, though I’m open to input on how to make synching work. The data is stored in a SQLite3 file called nvdata.db in the application directory.
On the theory that a picture is worth 1,000 words (and yes, that IS Windows XP; I just have a visual theme that looks Mac-esque):
Download is available from:
http://tsunix.taylored-software.com/~tlcravit/NVWindows_0.01.zip
Comments, feedback, bug reports, etc. to tammy@tammycravit.us are welcome, and will be responded to as time permits. This app is something I’ve been developing for my own use, so it’s not my highest priority at the moment.
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