Organizing Your Desktop Communications
Tuxcards Howto, KMail with SpamAssassin
Here's an article describing Tuxcards below. I wonder
if this XML based file tree maker might be used as a
model or even an engine for Chandler's Notes
application. This might then easily allow Chandler's
notes app to integrate with OOo's Writer in the future
since both would use XML filing system. For instance,
if a Chandler Note becomes longer than say 1500
charachters then the user could be prompted to provide
a title for the note and save it as a Writer document.
Here's the article below:
--Selva
Carla Schroder
Monday, March 7, 2005 12:46:31 PM
Today we'll look at two great utilities: Tuxcards, the
ultimate digital notebook and organizer of zillions of
tiny bits of information, and how to use SpamAssassin
with KMail without having to run your own mailserver.
Tuxcards is a slick easy-to-use digital notebook. I
use it to record technical notes, solutions to
problems, and things that didn't work. Plus random
things like music, books, hardware notes, interesting
quotations, and deep thoughts. Tuxcards has replaced
my hodge-podge of email folders, sticky notes,
scribbles on envelopes, and gobs of text files. This
screenshot says it all. On the left, your file tree.
On the right, paste or type directly into the window.
Some of Tuxcard's features:
* Supports plain text or RTF
* Supports encryption- keep snoops out
* Customizable icons
* Export to HTML
* Cactusbar
* Search
* Word count, insert date or time
* Runs in Windows under Cygwin
* Command-line options
Like everything else these days, Tuxcards stores data
in XML files. When you first fire up Tuxcard the
default new file is "root." You may name this anything
you like by right-clicking on "root" and selecting
"Change Properties."
Creating new entries under "root" is as easy as
right-click on root and selecting "Add Entry." You may
make your file trees as elaborate as you like.
Individual entries are either plain ASCII text or RTF
(rich text format). If you want to change the file
format on an existing entry just hit the little
"Converts The Text Format" button on the toolbar.
Encryption can be applied to individual entries, or to
the whole file by selecting the root entry, then
clicking the "Encrypt Active Entry" button on the
toolbar. This is real encryption- if you lose your
password, you lose your data. This is what encrypted
data looks like in the source file:
<Information>>![CDATA[RmhfZW5jOkJGMTBfTcw7Wqdl1h2DJ964gs+ZAAAdQCoeOc2M64GP2Kvf/ZaorCfSEKFq6fIklkkx
=]]></Information>
What if you change your mind? No problem- select the
encrypted entry, enter your password, then click the
"Remove Encryption From Active Entry" button.
Options -> Edit Options lets you change the appearance
and set some defaults. A useful option on the General
tab is "Execute command after Saving." For example,
you might want to copy the root file to another
directory on every save:
cp /home/carla/tuxcards/root /home/carla/backups/
You may add icons to any individual entry, and
customize the text and colors on the left sidebar. If
you enable the CactusBar (Options -> Edit Options ->
Sidebar Colors), you'll be treated to a
continually-changing blooming cactus.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/5771/1/
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