Note Pad utilities are alway a good thing to have when using the Internet, Often people post their email details, but without the ability to link directly from the web browser, Or perhaps you find an interesting URL or piece of text that you want to save for future use.
There is many versions of Note Pad programs available (All good in their own way) but Noteit has several interesting features. The default settings give you a nice small window on your workbench, Which you can configure to your own Taste (Font and background colours). Messages typed in to Noteit (or entered using "Cut&Paste") are automatically saved after 10 seconds, However pages in Noteit can easily be deleted (Via the Menu Bar). An excellent little program, Well worth running .Just drop it into your WB Startup drawer to launch it every time you boot, That way you can leave yourself small reminders of tasks you have to do.
NoteIt!
Version 1.4.1
by Ryan J. Bruner
Welcome to NoteIt!, a Post-It style notepad program for the Commodore Amiga. Requires Workbench 2.0 or greater.
Why did I write it?
I have always felt that the Amiga needed a Post-ItŠ style notepad. Apparently, due to responses from NoteIt! users, others have also felt it is a need as well. So, needless to say, I wrote one!
Admittedly, I haven't needed such a program very often for myself. I originally started this project to teach myself more about programming for Amiga intuition. I've had so much fun with it, plus enough of responses to deem continue improving it.
Note: I cannot be responsible for any system crashes caused by this program. :-) I just hope they don't happen! I have tried to thoroughly test this.
What's new?
Since version 1.4b, these are changes/additions made to NoteIt!. An asterisk (*) indicates new feature, and others are changes.
* The NoteIt! window is now resizeable.
* A new tooltype for delete-protecting your notefiles.
* Ability to place cursor in text with the click of the mouse.
* Copy text to clipboard (page at a time only).
- Minimization replaced with true iconify.
* A nice icon. :-)
- Redid the button bar using BOOPSI gadgets instead of Gadtools.
- Rewrote all of the word-wrap routines to be more efficient and smaller, as well as a good portion of the rest of the source.
What does it do?
NoteIt!'s features include multiple page editing, window iconification, auto-save of notes, font-sensitivity, and window resizing and positioning..
Graphical buttons, font-specification through a font requester, auto-iconification of the window, and the ability to paste from the system clipboard are some of the newer features.
Startup ... System requirements for running NoteIt!
Tooltypes ... Window position, and public screen
Using NoteIt!... Menus, gadgets, saving
Configuration... Handling NoteIt!'s configuration
Startup
NoteIt! requires at least Workbench 2.0 to run. NoteIt! can be started by either the CLI, or from the Workbench. Several parameters are supported to configure NoteIt!. These parameters are the same for the CLI as for the Workbench Tooltypes.
Tooltypes
The following Tooltypes can either be used as a CLI parameter, or as a Tooltype set through NoteIt!'s icon information.
The Tooltypes are as follows:
PUBSCREEN ... You can specify which Public screen NoteIt! will open on with this Tooltype. If the Public screen does not exist, then it will default to the Workbench.
CONFIGFILE ... This is the file and pathname of where to save the configuration file. The default path is the directory where NoteIt! was started from.
NOTEFILE ... This is the file and pathname of where to save the note file. The default path is the program directory of NoteIt!.
DELPROTECT ... This switch tells NoteIt! to delete protect the notefile. If you want to avoid accidently erasing your notes, use DELPROTECT. You will not be able to erase the notefile without manually changing the file permissions or removing DELPROTECT from the Tooltypes.
The TOP, LEFT, WIDTH, and HEIGHT Tooltypes are no longer supported because the need for them has been replaced with a resizeable window.
Using NoteIt!
Once NoteIt! is open, you can simply start typing text. NoteIt! automatically word-wraps text, so there is no need to use the return key for each paragraph. Because of this, NoteIt! also knows when you start a new paragraph with the return key so that if you change the size of the window, the text will not wrap awkwardly.
NoteIt! supports multiple pages in the window, allowing you to leave yourself several messages with only one NoteIt! program running. Therefore, NoteIt! will only allow you to run one at a time. This is necessary since having more than one running could erase the notes in the notefile with the notes of another. See below for more on the notefiles. The multiple pages can be controlled either by the window gadgets, or through the menus.
Menus ... Description of NoteIt!'s menus.
Gadgets ... Description of NoteIt!'s gadgets.
Saving ... How to save your notes.
Keyboard ... Special keyboard functions.
Menus
NoteIt! has the following menus:
Project menu ... About, Iconify, Quit
Edit menu.... Paste
Navigation menu... Add Page, Delete Page, etc.
Settings menu ... Font, Autoiconify, etc.
Saving
NoteIt! also will save your notes between power cycles. All notes will be stored in a file, found either in the program directory where NoteIt! is located, or the file specified by the NOTEFILE Tooltype. Every time NoteIt! is started, if a notefile exists, it will read the file and display the first one in the window. Use Next Page, or Previous Page to view any other notes. See Navigation menu.
NoteIt! also saves the notes after approximately 10 seconds of inactivity, or if the NoteIt! window becomes inactive by selecting another window or iconifying. Leaving NoteIt! running until shutting power off will not lose messages unless you shut off the power prior to the 10 second time period. Once you close the NoteIt! window, either through the close gadget, or through the menu item "Quit", it will save any messages.
Configuration
Configuring NoteIt! can occur through the use of Tooltypes and the Settings menu. Options for fonts, autoiconifying, starting NoteIt! in iconified form, and having the button bar all are set using the menus. Size and position of window are set by simply resizing the window and dragging the window do the desired position. Public screen, and the filenames for the configuration and notefiles are all set using Tooltypes.
Once these configuration items are set, they can be saved using the "Save Settings" item from the Settings menu. Note that the Tooltypes will override anything you have saved in the configuration file.
The size and position of the window will be saved when you save settings. Simply position the window anywhere on the screen prior to saving the settings will then cause that position to be saved.
Note: To download Noteit click on the Aminet link at the top of this page and type Noteit into the search engine.
