Keynote (Tranglos)
Encyclopedia
KeyNote is the name of a free notetaking
and outlining
text editor
produced by Tranglos Software for the Windows
operating system
. Taking the outliner program TreePad as a starting point, it is based on the tree data structure concept, allowing "nodes" in a tree panel (much like the tree panel in Windows file manager
s) to represent separate fields within a single text file. Import and export of KeyNote files to and from TreePad files is fully supported. Each field is then treated as a separate virtual document within the tree. Individual documents within the tree can be edited in Rich Text Format
.
KeyNote is Open Source
software developed in Delphi 3. As of October 2005, development of the original program has ceased.
KeyNote has been selected as Pricelessware numerous times, last time in 2007 in Organizers category.
Development was picked up in 2006 by Daniel Prado; the new development project is called "KeyNoteNF" (or "KeyNote - New Features"), to distinguish it from other Google search results. Initially released on SourceForge, and presently on Google Code, it includes features such as alarm reminders on nodes.
Current versions are 1.7.8.1 stable and 1.7.9.1 Beta 1.
Notetaking
Notetaking is the practice of recording information captured from a transient source, such as an oral discussion at a meeting, or a lecture. Notes of a meeting are usually called minutes. The format of the initial record may often be informal and/or unstructured. One common format for such notes is...
and outlining
Outliner
An outliner is a computer program that allows text to be organized into discrete sections that are related in a tree structure or hierarchy. Text may be collapsed into a node, or expanded and edited....
text editor
Text editor
A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code....
produced by Tranglos Software for the Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
. Taking the outliner program TreePad as a starting point, it is based on the tree data structure concept, allowing "nodes" in a tree panel (much like the tree panel in Windows file manager
File manager
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file systems. The most common operations performed on files or groups of files are: create, open, edit, view, print, play, rename, move, copy, delete, search/find, and modify file attributes, properties...
s) to represent separate fields within a single text file. Import and export of KeyNote files to and from TreePad files is fully supported. Each field is then treated as a separate virtual document within the tree. Individual documents within the tree can be edited in Rich Text Format
Rich Text Format
The Rich Text Format is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation since 1987 for Microsoft products and for cross-platform document interchange....
.
KeyNote is Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
software developed in Delphi 3. As of October 2005, development of the original program has ceased.
KeyNote has been selected as Pricelessware numerous times, last time in 2007 in Organizers category.
Development was picked up in 2006 by Daniel Prado; the new development project is called "KeyNoteNF" (or "KeyNote - New Features"), to distinguish it from other Google search results. Initially released on SourceForge, and presently on Google Code, it includes features such as alarm reminders on nodes.
Current versions are 1.7.8.1 stable and 1.7.9.1 Beta 1.