KeepNote

spillej · **Joined:** Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:40 am **Posts:** 7

http://rasm.ods.org/keepnote/

KeepNote is a note taking application that works on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X. With KeepNote, you can store your class notes, TODO lists, research notes, journal entries, paper outlines, etc in a simple notebook hierarchy with rich-text formatting, images, and more. Using full-text search, you can retrieve any note for later reference.

It stores notes in HTML Files.

KeepNote is an Open Source Project and build on Python.

undine · **Joined:** Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:33 pm **Posts:** 4

I like this app., but is it portable?

ashcroft · **Joined:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:27 pm **Posts:** 1

Yes, it is.

webfork · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:34 pm

Very cool program - can see a lot of uses in combination with mindmap software. Very cool.

>> I like this app., but is it portable?

> Yes, it is.

By portable we mean a "noinstall" version, which the website doesn't have.

For example, TheGuide (a similar software) *claims* to be portable. So far KeepNote does not and doesn't list a "portable" download for us to test.

http://theguide.sourceforge.net/

That said, Universal Extract so far seems a pretty good start and seems to work great, but I have not tested whether it is "registry green". I can't figure out how to make the platform-independant one work on Windows so I don't know if that's the "portable" one.

joby_toss · **Posted:** Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:10 am

The Windows installer version does not write to the registry, but creates bunch of files in appdata:

Could this behavior be changed?

webfork · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:07 pm

Quote:

The Windows installer version does not write to the registry, but creates bunch of files in appdata

Thanks for checking into that. I found a real use for the program but now think I'll use The Guide instead.

Edit: The Guide got on my nerves. KeyNote NF (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=755) is clearly the king of the pile. Good lord its cool.

Edit #2: Okay KeyNote NF? Real crashy. Trying original Keynote.

joby_toss · **Posted:** Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:03 pm

webfork wrote:

Edit #2: Okay KeyNote NF? Real crashy. Trying original Keynote.

Did you try also version 1.7.9.3?
http://code.google.com/p/keynote-nf/downloads/list

webfork · **Posted:** Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:38 am

joby_toss wrote:

Did you try also version 1.7.9.3?

No changelog for that version (and several before it) -- not really sure I want to retest something where its not clear whether or not crashiness has been addressed.

Have you used it? Is it stable yet?

joby_toss · **Posted:** Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:51 am

I don't use it on a daily basis.
I keep only notes about desired items for my online shopping.
I had no crashes, though.

webfork · **Posted:** Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:04 pm

KeepNote impressions:

RAM while open: 30 megs
Disk use: 26 megs

Good:

* Open source, cross-platform, actively developed
* HTML export looks good. I can see someone working on this, wanting to share it, and the recipient having no difficulty at all using it. I think this would be a very good help file creator (except for the exported data's lack of a built-in search function).
* Each notebook gets its own place in the settings menu with its own font and font size. I like that.
* Autosave every 10 seconds by default

Bad:

* Doesn't start with some kind of window explaining the program. Non-techy users would just see an empty window that doesn't do anything and not know to do a File - New to get started. Its a small issue.
* Doesn't store files with relative pathways. So if you open a file, close it, move the folder, it will start blank.

webfork · **Posted:** Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:56 pm

Gave this another shot yesterday -- was very crashy on a Win7x64 machine.

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