> (1) On the read-only-state of notes.
>
> My first idea was, that every note that you open is read-only and you
> have to turn it off before being able to edit it. In gnote: if you
> open a yet "non active" note (a note not filed in the 'active'
> notebook) it is read-only.
>
> With your hint I learned that the gnote plugin persists the read-only
> state in the note file. After taking a look at a read-only note I
> found that line. I tried adding the line using sed to all my notes,
> however (since gnote has not touched them yet?) it does not work. So
> it looks like I have to do it manually whenever I open an existing
> note.
Changing note files should work as long as there is no Gnote instace runing (note that it might be working in background) or note directory watcher plugin is enabled.
> (2) On the "search all notes shortcut"
>
> It would be cool to have keyboard shortcut that either opens or takes
> me to a main window letting me type a search phrase. I'll give a
> closer look to the "search shortcut" patch on the GIT repo.
That patch is only a help. However Gnote has a command line option for opening search, so you can configure a global shortcut for that.
Aurimas