The KNotes HandbookCopyright © 2000 Greg M. Holmes
Copyright © 2001 Fabian Del Santo
KNotes is a sticky notes application for the desktop.
Table of Contents
IntroductionKNotes is a program that lets you write the computer equivalent of sticky notes. The notes are saved automatically when you exit the program, and they display when you open the program.
You may print and mail your notes if you configure KNotes to use helper applications.
Display features of notes such as color and font may be customized for each note. You may also customize the defaults.
After starting KNotes for the first time you will have a resource installed
that saves all notes in a maildir folder under notes
in $(qtpaths --paths GenericDataLocation).
Using KNotes- Creating a new note:
To create a new note mouse button click on the KNotes tray icon and select .
You can create a new note containing the contents of the clipboard by selecting or use .
Now a dialog will appear which allows you to select a folder to save your note:
Select a default folder here to skip this dialog creating new notes.
- Writing your note:
To write your note, simply type the note in the space provided. Normal keyboard and mouse editing functions are supported. clicking in the editing space provides the following menu options:
(Ctrl+Z)
(Ctrl+Shift+Z)
(Ctrl+X)
(Ctrl+C)
(Ctrl+V)
(Ctrl+A)
(Ctrl+F)
(F3)
(Ctrl+R)
Text may be selected by holding down the mouse button and moving the mouse, or by holding down the Shift key and using the arrow keys.
- Inserting the date:
To insert the current date in the note use the context menu of the editing space and select .
The current date and time will be inserted at the cursor position in the text of the note.
- Renaming a note:
To rename a note mouse button click on the note titlebar and select .
Type the new name of the note in the dialog that appears. To accept the new name, press the button. To exit the dialog without renaming the note, press the button.
- Mailing a note:
To mail a note mouse button click on the note titlebar and select .
What happens next depends on how you configured the Mail action in the Settings dialog.
- Printing a note:
To print a note mouse button click on the note titlebar and select (Ctrl+P).
A standard KDE print dialog will open.
- Deleting a note:
To delete a note mouse button click on the note titlebar and select .
- Hiding a note:
To hide a note, click the X in the upper right corner of the titlebar of the note or select (Esc) in the context menu. The note will no longer be displayed on the screen. The note itself will not be deleted.
- Setting an alarm:
Select in the context menu of the note titlebar. Check Alarm at in the next dialog and adjust the date and time for the reminder. At alarm time a popup window will be displayed and list all notes with the actual alarm date.
- Sending a note:
To send a note to an other computer select in the context menu of the note titlebar. Add a hostname or ip or choose a recipient from the list of previously sent notes. If the recipients has enabled incoming notes, the note will appear on his screen, indicating the sender id in the titlebar.
- Locking a note:
To prevent accidental changes in a note select in the context menu of the note titlebar.
- Saving a note:
To save a note select in the context menu of the note titlebar. The note can be saved as a plain text file or in HTML format, if Rich text is enabled.
- Displaying notes:
When you start KNotes, all notes are hidden. If you want to display them, mouse button on the KNotes panel icon and select the note you wish to display.
- Searching in all notes:
Click with the mouse button on the panel icon and select (Ctrl+F) in the context menu.
A standard KDE dialog will open where you enter the text to be searched for in all notes.
- Desktop functions:
To send a note to a specific desktop, mouse button click on the title bar of the note and select . Choose the desktop desired, or alternatively,
To make the note remain on top of other windows mouse button click on the titlebar of the note and select .
To return the note to more normal window behavior, select .
- Quitting KNotes
To quit KNotes mouse button click on the panel icon and select .
ConfigurationTo configure KNotes mouse button click on the panel icon. Select The KNotes KNotes Settings dialog will open.
The Display Section
- Text color:
The color square shows the current text color. By clicking this color square you open the standard KDE color selection dialog.
- Background color:
The color square shows the current background color. By clicking this color square you open the standard KDE color selection dialog.
- Default width:
The width of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.
- Default height:
The height of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.
- Show note in taskbar
By default, KNotes notes do not show an entry in the taskbar for each note. If you prefer they do so, enable this option.
- Remember desktop
If you use several virtual desktops and this option is selected, notes will appear only on the specific desktop.
The Editor Section
- Tab Size
This is the size of the indent produced by the Tab key in spaces. Edit this number as desired.
- Auto Indent
This is a check box. If selected, auto-indenting is on.
- Rich text
Check this option to have a format toolbar at the bottom of any note window.
- Title font:
You can change the font used for the title of your notes.
Click to open the standard KDE font selection dialog.
- Text font
You can change the font used for the text of your notes.
Click to open the standard KDE font selection dialog.
The Actions Section
- Mail action
Type a mail command and any required command line switches in this box.
By using %f in the command line you can pass the plain text of the note and by using %t the title of the note to the mail command.
The Network Section
- Accept incoming notes
Enable this option to allow receiving notes from other computers.
- Sender ID
The id will be shown in the note title together with the original title, hostname or ip and date of sending.
- Port
The port used for sending the notes via the network, default is 24837.
The Print Section
- Theme
The theme used to print the note.
The Collections Section
- Folders
On this tab you can select which folders are shown activating the checkbox in front of folders, change the default saving folder and add subfolders for notes.
- Accounts
On this tab you can edit the local maildir folders to be used for notes.
The Misc Section
- Misc settings
Enable to display the number of notes in the tray icon
To customize the default title you can use
%dfor current date in short format,%Ifor current date in long format and%tfor current time.
Customizing a Single Note DisplayYou can customize each note independently of the global settings. The settings you can customize are identical to those described in the Configuration section, but they will apply only to the note you are changing. Any other open notes, and any new notes you create, will use the default settings.
To customize a single note display mouse button click on the note title bar and select .
A dialog with the Display Settings and Editor Settings pages will open, allowing you to configure the note.
Credits and LicenseKNotes
Program copyright 1997 Bernd Wuebben (wuebben AT kde.org)
Contributors:
Wynn Wilkes
(wynnw AT calderasystems.com)
Documentation copyright 2000 Greg M. Holmes
(holmegm AT earthlink.net)
Documentation updated 2001 by Fabian Del Santo
(linuxgnu AT yahoo.com.au) and 2003 by Lauri Watts
(lauri AT kde.org).
This documentation is licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
This program is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.