Re: [orca-list] linux notetaker (was gui)

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

Joe, the text editor I use, remembers the place where you were last time 
before you exited.
Do not know about the rest, but I am sure there must be emax ways of doing 
that.

On Sat, 5 Sep 2015, Christopher Chaltain wrote:

> Well, what would be ideal would be an editor that would automatically open 
> the files I had open in it the last time I closed it, and furthermore, would 
> remember my place in each file. I used to use NoteTab in Windows, which 
> behaved this way, but I haven't found an editor in Linux yet that has this 
> feature. Granted, I haven't looked too hard yet, but if anyone knows of such 
> an editor, I'd like to hear about it. BTW, I am an Emacs user, so if anyone 
> knows of a package or maybe just some ELISP code that does this, that would 
> even be better!
>
> On 09/05/2015 12:32 AM, B. Henry wrote:
> > At times I've made a hotkey to start a running notes file, and always have 
> > one to start gedit or perhaps another txt editor with an empty file.
> > This meets my needsbut there are people who prefer more structured linked 
> > notebooks or stand alone devices.
> > The one thing I've done lately to capture song ideas, but sometimes just to 
> > record a thought is create a script that starts recording with a couple
> > keystrokes. I just type rn, (for record note), and a short title for the 
> > file and a sound file format extension is added automatically, .ogg is what 
> > I'm
> > using, but this can be changed to use .mp3 or something else. I stil need 
> > to add an auto naming function that will let me start recording with the rn
> > only. It will check for last name and just add a numeric code so that 
> > nothing is over written.
> > Actually just the few extra seconds used to think of a name can be enough 
> > of a distraction to cause me to lose my train of thought, and some ideas 
> > can
> > not be recreated. Other times one may never have the chance to ask someone 
> > to repeat whatever it was they said that cauhtt your attention.
> > My main difficulty with the notakers is their price, but as I started to 
> > say in an email that I think never was sent, today there is rather powerful
> > hardware available for such low prices that coming up with a sturdy and 
> > practical case to mount the bits in is the bigest hurdle to clear I think.
> > Was your braille sense qwerty or braille keys?
>
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> Christopher (CJ)
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