2009-11-06, h skribis:





I use Notepad in the way that some people use yellow stickies to keep
multiple sets of notes or reminders visible on the screen at the same
time.  I often resize windows to be quite small, to take up less
screen space.  Other times, I have overlapping windows, but the text
that is sticking out reminds me of what the note is about.

So it's important for me to have separate windows, not MDI.  And it's
important for there not to be a big "frame" in each window, with
buttons taking up space.

Notepad can do all this just fine.  For my notes, I don't require
powerful features, and I prefer a quick startup.

But I want one more feature: I want the editor to be able to keep
track of all open files, so I can reopen them all later.  A bonus
feature would be if it could restore the window sizes and positions.
Having different coloured backgrounds and foregrounds would help too.

Can someone recommend a text editor that can do this?

(Programming: Using the Windows API and C#, I managed to enumerate all
Notepad windows, but I wasn't able to get the filename, so it wasn't
helpful.)

Thanks

Vim or in this case Gvim can be used in this manner. The workspace can
be split in windows horizontally (:sp) and vertically (:vsp). Toolbars,
menus and such can be hidden with :set go-=mT

Check out for e.g.:http://yfrog.com/45200911061502141149x815sp

OTOH, if you're not familiar with Vim, this might be a serious overkill.

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I use Notepad in the way that some people use yellow stickies to keep
multiple sets of notes or reminders visible on the screen at the same
time. I often resize windows to be quite small, to take up less
screen space. Other times, I have overlapping windows, but the text
that is sticking out reminds me of what the note is about.

So it's important for me to have separate windows, not MDI. And it's
important for there not to be a big "frame" in each window, with
buttons taking up space.

Notepad can do all this just fine. For my notes, I don't require
powerful features, and I prefer a quick startup.

But I want one more feature: I want the editor to be able to keep
track of all open files, so I can reopen them all later. A bonus
feature would be if it could restore the window sizes and positions.
Having different coloured backgrounds and foregrounds would help too.

Can someone recommend a text editor that can do this?

(Programming: Using the Windows API and C#, I managed to enumerate all
Notepad windows, but I wasn't able to get the filename, so it wasn't
helpful.)

Thanks

[in reply to a suggestion]
Thanks, but that doesn't help. Any MDI app can have its windows
arranged in various shapes (tiled or not) within its main window. The
problem is that the main window covers the whole screen. I want to
see my "stickies" next to other apps, like IE (not running full
screen) or winamp. They really must be independent windows. Yet I
want overall control, to be able to restore them. Office offers such
a system.

Thanks, but that doesn't help. Any MDI app can have its windows
arranged in various shapes (tiled or not) within its main window. The
problem is that the main window covers the whole screen. I want to
see my "stickies" next to other apps, like IE (not running full
screen) or winamp. They really must be independent windows. Yet I
want overall control, to be able to restore them. Office offers such
a system.

You could obviously start several Vim applications

Any reason why one of the millions of free sticky notes apps won't work
for you?

Any reason why one of the millions of free sticky notes apps won't
work for you?

Maybe this is a good thing to try. I am not familiar with them. Do
you want to recommend one?

Not really, because I don't use them . I've used Tomboy, and it seems

Could I restore all open stickies if the computer crashes?

No more or less than you can with Notepad, I guess. But in general,

Also, is the storage format proprietary, or is it simple text files?
Tomboy uses text files .

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:38:54 -0800 (PST) h <hsgoogol at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Any reason why one of the millions of free sticky notes apps won't
work for you?

Maybe this is a good thing to try. I am not familiar with them. Do
you want to recommend one?

Not really, because I don't use them . I've used Tomboy, and it seems
to do what you want (plus internote links), but that is a Gnome app
and you're under Windows. (Ignore that last sentence, if you want. I
know it was useless.)