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TkGoodStuff Jots

Description

The Jots client is a note keeper, intended as a handy tool for keeping track of scraps of information (e.g., a diary, ftp/URL addresses, ideas, etc.). There are much more sophisticated data-base tools, but Jots is easy enough to invoke and use that you may actually use it. The user has any number of "folders" of notes, each of which is automatically tagged by the date and time it was created. There is a "find" utility to find text within a folder, and a "hotlist" mechanism to quickly maneuver among different folders.

Jots by default does not have its own window on the tkgoodstuff panel. Instead, it is invoked by pressing mouse button <3> over the Clock.

More help for Jots is available in the "Help" menu of the Jots window.

Invocation and Variables

To load the Jots client, include in your ~/.tkgoodstuffrc:
Client Jots
To set the variable XXXX to the value YYYY, in your ~/.tkgoodstuffrc, include the line:
set XXXX YYYY
Here are the variables relating to Jots and their default values (notes: (i) $XXX means: the value of our variable XXX; (ii) "$env(XXXX)" means: the value of the environment variable XXXX):

Variable Function Possible Values Default
JotsDir Directory in which your Jots "folders" reside. (directory) "$env(HOME)/.tkgjots"
JotsFolder The folder to open when Jots starts (leave unset to always visit the folder you had open the last time). folder name (e.g., "Notes") (unset)
Jots_lines How many lines in item window? (number) 20
Jots_columns How many characters per line in item window? (number) 60
Jots_startwithnew On startup, should we create a new item? 1/0 1
Jots_showhotlist Should we show buttons for all folders in the hotlist? If left unset, the hotlist is shown at startup if it is nonempty. 1/0 (unset)
Jots_showfindtool Should we always show the "find" tool by default? 1/0 0
Jots_hotcolor Color for current folder in hotlist. (color) #bcdfff
Jots_makebutton Should we put a button on the tkgoodstuff panel? 1/0 0
Jots_image What imagefile should we use (if we make a button)? (imagefile) $images/jots.xbm

Sep 14, 1995. Mark Crimmins markcrim@umich.edu

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