Wednesday, February 14, 2007

What's new for Tomboy 0.6.0 (not released yet)?


Someone recently asked me what new features Tomboy 0.6.0 will have (which releases with GNOME 2.18). Instead of just referring to the NEWS file, here they are:

New GUI Features

  • Bulleted Lists
    • Select "Bullets" from the Tools menu or just type a line that begins with a dash, add some text, and hit enter
  • Note pinning in the main menu
  • Integrated search and table of contents window
  • Firefox-like "find bar" for searching for text inside of a note
  • Improved "Start Here" note with instructions on how to use linked notes
  • Plugins can now be enabled/disabled from the Preferences Dialog
    • Also, if a plugin is configurable, you can do so there
Non-GUI Features
  • Use NDesk's DBus Sharp (C# DBus Library)
  • Additional DBus methods for note synchronization via Conduit (work in progress)
New Plugins
  • NoteOfTheDay Plugin
    • Automatically maintains a "Today" note for quick jotting-down of ideas on a daily basis
    • Only "Today" notes that are modified are kept around (i.e., it automatically deletes yesterday's note if you never put anything in it yesterday)
  • Bugzilla Plugin
    • Drag and drop a bugzilla URL into your note and it will create a clickable link inside your note with a bug icon (configurable in the Preferences Dialog)
  • Backlinks Plugin
    • Use this to see which notes are linking to the note you're currently viewing (via the Tools menu)
If you've got particular interest in one or more of these, please help us test them out!

1 comments:

Tehmasp said...

Thanks for the great work! :)