IQNotes

1. Introduction
2. Menu
2.1 File
2.2 Tree
2.3 Note
2.4 View
2.5 Options
3. Tip and tricks

Introduction

IQNotes is notes kept in a hierarchical manner. This is a simple and handy way to keep data well organized. Each note can be tasked with percentage complete, priority or event with day, month, year and optionally time. IQNotes also provides advanced sorting. Each note can additionally be associated with entries like company, person, user account, credit card, WWW link ... and even a sketch.
Project page: http://iqnotes.berlios.de
Author: Peter Vrabel, kybu@kybu.org

Search: Search the tree for a string. The results will be shown in a new tree, which can then be closed. After closing, the current note in the search tree is set as the current note in the tree.
Quick add: Will add a text note at the top of the tree, with the name 'Quick note'. Useful for fast adding.
Add before: Add a new note before the selected note.
Add after: Add a new note after the selected note.
Add child: Add a new note as a child of the selected note.
Sort: You can set the order priorities for each note type (task, event, ...), define the show order (if the tasks are first event, second ...). You can sort in the current level, in the current level and down, or the whole tree. The settings in the sort dialog are remembered for the next use.
Expand tree: Expand the whole tree.
Collapse tree: Collapse the whole tree.
Task list: Show tasks in a flat view. Tasks can be taken from the whole tree or from the current note down. Tasks in this list can be sorted. When closing this list, the current task in this list is selected as current in the notes tree.
Event list: Same as Task list, but for events
Reminder: Show the reminder list

Note

Edit: Edit the selected note.
Cut: Delete the selected note and store it in the clipboard. This function is useful for removing or moving a note and its subtree to another place.
Copy: Copy only the current note or also it's whole subtree to the clipboard.
Paste: Paste the note stored in the clipboard after/before/as a child of the current note.
This is a potentially dangerous action if you are moving a note from another data file, if that file has a different definition for its entries, with different properties than are in the current file. So before moving from another data file, check the definition in the Options menu to see if they are the same in both data files. If you had to make changes to the entry to make it the same, make the changes, save and close that data file, open it again, delete the note you wish to move, open destination data file and add the last deleted note. Pretty confusing, isn't it? ':)
Set picture: Set the picture for the current note. See IQNotes homepage for additional nice pictures. If you want to add your own pictures, just load them to /home/QtPalmtop/iqnotes/items. The pic size _MUST_ be 16x16.
Set task: Set the task properties (percentage, priority) for the current note.
Set event: Set the event properties (date and optionally time) for the current note.
Unset: Discard the task or event data of the current note.
Set reminder: Set the reminder for the current note. Set the date when the item is shown in the reminder list.
Unset reminder: Discard the reminder associated with the current note.

View

Hide note: Hide note data and maximize the notes tree.
Hide tree: Hide the notes tree and maximize the note data.
Half view: Show the notes tree and note data.

Options

Define new entry: The note can be plain text, or a defined entry. You can define any kind of entry, for example 'Pet'. You must define the properties, like 'Name', 'Color', 'Count of the legs', 'Personality', ... :). Notes added thereafter will prompt for the new data item.
Change entry: If you want to change an entry, click here. Even the entry which is used in notes can be changed.
Delete entry: Delete an entry. Only entries which are not used by IQNotes can be deleted.
Preferences: Notes
Root node decoration
Select if the root node should have a plus sign (+), if it has children.
Word wrap
If word wrap is set, than text the widget is set to word wrap notes.
Show scrollbars
Show or hide a scrollbars.
Vertical layout
Use vertical or horizontal layout. Set the most suitable for you.
Choose default font
Backup
This option, if set, automatically saves a backup file in a chosen location after IQNotes is closed. The location must be a directory, for example '/mnt/cf/backup/iqnotes'. Currently, there is only a manual method to re-use a backup file. You have to copy the backup file to the location ~/Applications/iqnotes/
Security
Here, you can set up encryption for the saved data file. The data is encrypted by rijndael aka AES, which the USA government considers as secure and it replaced the DES algorithm. If you haven't set up a password the first two options (current, don't encrypt) will be disabled. With the next two options, you can set up or change your password. For changing or turning encryption off, you must supply the current password. The backup file is also stored encrypted. BEWARE, there is no way to decrypt data if you forgot the password.

Tip and tricks

Sketches: If is the sketch too big, you can move it in the half or hide tree view simply by tapping on it and moving the stylo to the desired direction.
View layout: Are you using Zaurus C7xx model? Try to change layout in the Options / Preferences for better viewing.