MyNotex is a free software

Free software

Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...

 dedicated to notetaking

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...

. It offers several features for redaction, classification and search according to certain criteria. Its interface resembles a text editor and has several panes that give an overview of how content is organized.

How it works

The basic unit of content is a note, and has several characteristics: title, date, keywords (tags

Tag (metadata)

In online computer systems terminology, a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information . This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching...

), attachments (compressed in a ZIP

ZIP (file format)

Zip is a file format used for data compression and archiving. A zip file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce file size, or stored as is...

 archive) and text that can be formatted and encrypted.

Notes are grouped in subjects. A side pane lets you select a subject to view all notes that are part of it, sorted by date or title. Once displayed, a note can be directly edited.

Finally, a bottom pane can be used to search notes by subjects, title, content, attachment names or keywords.

Features

MyNotex offers various text formatting options (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, color, size, font name), three title levels as well as automatic recognition of links (to local files, web addresses or e-mails) and lists (ordered or not). Several keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcut

In computing, a keyboard shortcut is a finite set of one or more keys that invoke a software or operating system operation when triggered by the user. A meaning of term "keyboard shortcut" can vary depending on software manufacturer...

 are set to assist in writing and formatting (like insertion of the current date and time in a new line or restoration of default font).

Content can be written directly in the software or imported from various sources:

• plain text
  Plain text
  In computing, plain text is the contents of an ordinary sequential file readable as textual material without much processing, usually opposed to formatted text....
  
  ;
• OpenOffice.org
  OpenOffice.org
  OpenOffice.org, commonly known as OOo or OpenOffice, is an open-source application suite whose main components are for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and databases. OpenOffice is available for a number of different computer operating systems, is distributed as free software...
  
   or LibreOffice
  LibreOffice
  LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite developed by The Document Foundation as a fork of OpenOffice.org. It is largely compatible with other major office suites, including Microsoft Office, and available on a variety of platforms...
  
   text documents;
• notes created with Tomboy
  Tomboy (software)
  Tomboy is a free and open-source desktop notetaking application written for Unix-like and Microsoft Windows operating systems, written in C# using Gtk#. Tomboy is part of the GNOME desktop environment, often for personal information management. Its interface is a notepad with a wiki-like linking...
  
   or Gnote
  Gnote
  Gnote is a free and open-source desktop notetaking application written for Linux, cloned from Tomboy by Hubert Figuiere. It uses a Wiki-like linking system to connect notes together. Gnote is part of the GNOME desktop environment, often filling the need for personal information management. The main...
  
   (if a note was already imported, only changes will be imported again);
• other files of MyNotex.

In any case, the text of a note can be encrypted with AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

Advanced Encryption Standard is a specification for the encryption of electronic data. It has been adopted by the U.S. government and is now used worldwide. It supersedes DES...

.

As for exportation, it supports HTML

HTML

HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....

 and MyNotex' native format. Also, a note can be opened with OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice, which allows among others to print content.

Various organizing features allow to move a note from one subject to another, add comments to each subject, remove content, etc. In addition to search facilities and interface browsing via panes, it's possible to access notes through bookmarks.

Synchronization

Two files of MyNotex can be kept synchronized. Thus, changes made to one file will result in changes to the other during the process of synchronization. All types of changes are tracked (new, changed and deleted subjects, notes and attachments).

Files can therefore be modified offline and then be updated via a local network or the Internet (for instance through a cloud service).

Technical design

MyNotex is written in Object Pascal

Object Pascal

Object Pascal refers to a branch of object-oriented derivatives of Pascal, mostly known as the primary programming language of Embarcadero Delphi.-Early history at Apple:...

 and is developed using Lazarus. It runs on GNU

GNU

GNU is a Unix-like computer operating system developed by the GNU project, ultimately aiming to be a "complete Unix-compatible software system"...

/Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 and is compiled for GNOME

GNOME

GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...

.

MyNotex stores notes in a SQLite

SQLite

SQLite is an ACID-compliant embedded relational database management system contained in a relatively small C programming library. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain and implements most of the SQL standard...

database, but attachments (any type of file format) are compressed and saved in a folder in the same location as the database.