yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5052040]kayteck1[/MENTION]: Zoom and scroll bars accept input from both finger and active stylus, there is currently no option to enable one input and disable the other input for these UI elements. You can disable both zoom bar and scroll bars in the app's handling settings, though, this would avoid problems with your palm. Afterwards, you can scroll and zoom when you change to `hand´ mode.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] gnoteuser2013:
LectureNotes for Windows 10?

Hello,

Once again, thank you for making the LectureNotes app. I recently saw the headline that Windows 10 is intended to make it easy to port android apps too (see http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/29/android-ios-apps-on-windows-10/ ) . So I hope it is possible and of interest to port LectureNotes to Windows. I am thinking to get a windows based pen tablet, but what prevents me is the lack of a note taking software that suits my needs (I do not like OneNote when compared to LectureNotes).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5184200]gnoteuser2013[/MENTION]: Let's see what `easier to port´ eventually means...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] is it possible, that you will make Lecture Notes vector based, instead of simple images?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: Both bitmap-based and vector-based approaches have pros and cons. I am not excluding more vector-based features (the text layer is already a step in that direction, and editable text boxes will follow soon) or a vector-based sibling of LectureNotes for all times, but the latter not in the near future, I am sorry.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Kirrrr:
Flood (aka fountain) fill?

Dear developer!

Do you have plans to implement flood (aka fountain) fill of one color area?

Regards!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5439262]Kirrrr[/MENTION]: More a paint- than a handwriting-functionality, but interesting idea, I noted it down.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] where do I enable this input mode? [IMG="this"]https://lh4.ggpht.com/DXMlabR2NLvBvjBWI6GE0UkIxMbblEw9OjtV21rB3nei0Ic0ZP4YAZn8-zjgRueoWbI=h900-rw[/IMG]
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: This input method is called `input zone´, it aims at devices with passive (capacitive) stylus. The input method is chosen in the app's input settings; you need to disable the other four input methods to be able to enable the `input zone´ (only one input method can be enabled).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Leo Zappa:
Dear Acadoid,

thanks a lot for this wonderful app, I'm using it every day for long calculations (I'm a physicist). I've bought your other apps to support you a bit more, even if I don't need them.

I was really looking forward to having custom pencils linked to a specific layer, thank you so much for adding it!!

I've noticed that performance is a bit sluggish when using pencils linked to a layer. I'm using a Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 with stock Android Kitkat. It looks like the app switches between the active layer and the layer linked to the pencil immediately before and after each stroke, and this results in some very fast strokes being partially lost (e.g. when writing "..." very quickly, or drawing accents), and strokes appearing on screen more slowly than usual.

This also happens if the active layer and the one linked to the pencil are the same, so I think that at least in such a case you could get rid of the performance hit. I have also noticed that there is no delay if I use a pencil linked to a layer that does not exist.

When the active layer and the one linked to the pencil are different, maybe you could wait a little bit (~500ms or so) before switching back to the active layer after each stroke, so that consecutive strokes are not affected by the performance impact of switching back and forth between active and linked layer?

I also have a related small feature request: for pencils linked to a layer, could you add a small numerical indicator in their icon in the pencil toolbox? It would be great to remember which pencil is linked to which layer!

Thanks again!!!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=6105732]Leo Zappa[/MENTION]: Many thanks, I am glad to hear that you like the new feature.

Changing the active layer takes a slight moment, there is not much that can be done about it.

You are right, there is some redundancy when the layer assigned to the custom pencil is already active, I will improve that.

To keep the assigned layer active for a moment comes with a couple of difficulties, for instance if the custom pencil became active via the stylus button and becomes automatically inactive after you lift the stylus; with a delay, the assigned layer remains active whereas the custom pencil is no longer active, which will yield unexpected results.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] itsita:
Hey leo,

Would you mind sharing your setup? I have the same device, but I can't seem to find a comfortable way of using lecture notes...

I assume you activate the stylus hardware detection, but then, in what way do you deal with the writing being too big for the page? How much zoom do you apply, and whats your favourite way of controlling it without messing the palm rejection??

Do you apply any filters?

Any other tips?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4872765]itsita[/MENTION]: Please note that `use stylus (hardware detection)´ works only on devices with active stylus, for instance the Galaxy Note 10.1 with S-pen. It will not work if you use a capacitive stylus or a Bluetooth stylus (Google announced to add support of Bluetooth stylus for the next Android release).

The detection resolution is quite high on devices with active stylus so that filters are not really needed. You might enable the Savitzky-Golay if you wish to get a somewhat `rounder´ writing, though.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] itsita:
[MENTION=6105732]Leo Zappa[/MENTION]

Thank you very much!!! i think some of your suggestions should be considered as default settings. (like the notebook settings which mimic a physical paper)

[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION]

thanks for your comment - i do like the "rounder" writing. makes me feel like my handwriting is better :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] unit714:
Moving pages

Dear Forum,

I have not found an easy way to move pages between different notebooks. For example, I have Notebook_1 and Notebook_2, both having 10 pages, and I want to insert page 7 from Notebook_1 between pages 2 and 3 of Notebook_2. How can I do that?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=6076006]unit714[/MENTION]: To copy one or more pages from one notebook to another, open the source notebook in notebook overview (either directly from the notebooks board by long-clicking on the notebook and selecting `Notebook overview´ in the popup menu, or by opening the notebook normally and selecting `Notebook overview´ in the main menu), click on the tag to activate tag mode and on the pages to be copied to tag them. Then, (i) select `Copy tagged pages to clipboard´ in the main menu, close the source notebook and open the target notebook in notebook overview and select `Paste pages from clipboard´ in the main menu, or (ii) select `Copy tagged pages to notebook´ in the main menu and select the target notebook. To rearrange pages, click-and-drag them to the desired location.

To move one or more pages from one notebook to another, proceed as described above, then open the source notebook again in notebook overview, click on the tag to activate tag mode and on the pages that you copied to tag them, and select `Delete tagged pages´ in the `trash´ menu.

To move a single page in notebook overview, long-click on a page until a `shadow´ appears, then drag the `shadow´ at the desired location between two pages (the page boundary will get `blueish´). To move multiple pages, click on the `tag´ icon to active `tag´ mode, click on the pages in question to tag them, long-click on one of the tagged pages until `shadows´ appears, then drag the `shadows´ at the desired location between two pages.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=6105732]Leo Zappa[/MENTION]: I just uploaded v2.6.13 into the app stores that displays the layer of a custom pencil in the pencil toolbox and that avoids any delay if the assigned layer is already active.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Leo Zappa:
Sounds great, thank you!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] guillefix:
Hello. I'm planning to buy this useful app. However, there are a couple of things:

* First, why when I import a PDF it opens up my Dropbox instead of my local files? Is there a way to change this? Btw, I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2

* I think it'd be nice if when I start to draw on one page and I move the stylus to the next, it could continue drawing.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=997006]guillefix[/MENTION]: Many thanks for your kind interest in LectureNotes.

1. To select a local file, you need to install a file manager app for file selection. At the moment, the Dropbox app is the only app on your device that has registered with the Android system as `file selector´ (note that many simple file manager apps that come with devices, usually called `My files´ or similar, do not register with the Android system as `file selector´). There are numerous file manager apps available in Google Play and other app stores, in Google Play see for instance https://play.google.com/store/search?q=file+manager.

2. Everything in LectureNotes is page-wise.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] gnoteuser2013:
reduce file size/quality of pdf export

Hello, I am requesting the feature that will allow me more control of the quality of pdf export. Currently the file sizes of my exported pdf's are unnecessarily way too big. It would be nice if I could somehow specify the dpi of the pdf export.

Thank you
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5184200]gnoteuser2013[/MENTION]: The resolution of the PDF file is determined by the resolution of the notebook. To allow to reduce the resolution is an interesting idea; however, one could only allow to reduce the resolution by integer fractions 1/2, 1/3, etc. as otherwise so-called Moiré effects would occur.

In case you need this function only for a single notebook, create a new notebook of the desired resolution and copy the pages of the source notebook into this new notebook in notebook overview, then export this new notebook to PDF.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tincmulc:
I think this could be a very useful feature. I like to store my notes at the highest quality, but if I want to quickly share my notes with someone, having a smaller sized PDF would be awesome.

Regarding the resizing artifacts:

What algorithm did you use to resize the bitmaps? Here are some good options for image downscaling: Lanczos, Catmull-Rom, Mitchell-Netravali.

I think using one of those algorithms the resizing artifacts should be minimal and I wouldn't mind an increase in processing time (maybe include a low quality option for people that don't mind the artifacts).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=1738252]tincmulc[/MENTION]: LectureNotes uses Android functions to scale bitmaps.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
Sideways Page Scroll

Great to "see" you again acadoid! I haven't posted here in a long while, but I am still using Lecture Notes. It remains the best note taking app available IMHO. Love it above all the rest.

Now a question, please. I have one notebook where I can scroll sideways through the pages, as opposed to a top to bottom scroll. I prefer the sideways scroll, but can't remember how I got it to do that. Your app holds so many great options, and I've yet to find my way back to that one. Would you please be kind enough to enlighten me as to what I'm not seeing? Thanks.

Thank you for a really great app and all your hard work on our behalf! :good::good:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4390216]toenail_flicker[/MENTION]: Scrolling direction in notebook content view is determined by selecting `fit width´ (scrolling vertically) or `fit height´ (scrolling horizontally) in the main menu.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
Thank you! I knew it was something simple, but just couldn't find it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Hey, I am just thinking about one nice feature. Wouldn't it be possible to add an autohide option for pencil toolbar, and make it appear when hovered over "show" button?

I would find it pretty useful :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: What do you refer to as ‘pencil toolbar’? The upper bar containing the ‘pencil’, ‘eraser’, etc. icons (the so-called action bar) or the pencil toolbox?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Pencil toolbox. The one floating over notes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=3446314]domi.nos[/MENTION]: There is a shrink/expand functionality for the pencil toolbox; it is not exactly what you suggest, it requires a click to shrink and to expand.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Yes, I know, but it would be much nicer if it would autoshrink, and expand as I hover over that arrow. :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Dazo5:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] Long time user of ur app. Thanks again for the app and ur great support. I had one question. I want to save all my files to one my cloud drives. I'm just wondering which files and/or folders should I upload? I used to have it save onto my external sd card, but then they updated android (forgot which time) and they didn't allow that anymore. I had to move my directory and I remember losing some stuff but being able to recover it after some work. So I'd like to avoid that when moving to a new device. Figured I could just upload the folder and then dl it to my new device.

Do I have the correct thinking process? And if so, which folder would that be exactly?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4486525]Dazo5[/MENTION]: Many thanks for your kind comments.

You need to upload the content of LectureNotes' app directory, including subdirectories, on the old device and download it into LectureNotes' app directory on the new device. LectureNotes' standard app directory follows an Android standard and is Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotes/files, starting in the root of the internal SD card.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] gabi11:
Hi [MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION],

First if like to say your app is awesome.

I'm using it on my note 4 and still trying to learn and configure using the endless settings and possibilities.

2 questions:

1. Is there an option to assign a template to a single page on existing notebook? (to choose from one of the templates available when creating a notebook)

2. Why isn't there an option to use the input zone when "use stylus (hardware detection)" is checked.

I'm asking because on my note 4, because of the screen size, I usually write on landscape so I can actually write longer notes, but I thought it would be nice if had on option on the toolbar to enable the input zone so I could also write "smaller" on portrait when needed..

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4382020]gabi11[/MENTION]: Many thanks for your kind comments.

1. What do you refer to as `template´? The paper pattern (`plain,´ `ruled,´ `checkered,´ etc.)?

2. One needs to choose one of the five input methods, and they are ranked, so that `use stylus´ overrides `use input zone´. However, you can enable `use stylus´ in the `input zone setup´ if you wish to use the stylus (and only the stylus) in the `input zone´.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] gabi11:
I ment- when you create a new notebook you choose the paper pattern.

You can choose plain, ruled.... and custom.

There, there's an option to choose a predefined JavaScript pattern.

I believe it's impossible, but is there an option to change 1 page in my ruled notebook to a page with a different pattern from the custom JavaScript?

Another minor question- lecturenotes file contains different png pictures and they appear in my gallery.

Is there a way to make them not appear there?

I tried and added a .nomedia file but it keeps disappearing.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4382020]gabi11[/MENTION]: 1. In principle, this can already be done using custom paper pattern coded in JavaScript. An example is given on the app's help page, select `help´ in any of the main menus and search for `first example´. A more user-friendly approach is on my agenda.

2. LectureNotes automatically creates a `.nomedia´ file in all notebook (sub)directories, but it automatically removes any manually created `.nomedia´ file in the app directory; the reason for the latter is that Android's cut, copy, and paste functionality does not work otherwise.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] gnoteuser2013:
Hello and thank you again for this LectureNotes app.

I wanted to request (again) for somehow this app to be brought into Windows. Microscoft seems to have got things right with their latest tablets, Surface Pro 3, and it looks like the Surface Pro 4 and the Surface Book will be hot sellers.

Recently I purchased a Surface Pro 3 tablet, only to resale it less than a month later because I simply couldn't get it to be as productive as my Note 10.1 with LectureNotes. I was so disappointed in the Pro 3, not because of the hardware, but because of the lack of software with the convenience of LectureNotes. I tried in vain to get OneNote into my workflow. The fatal flaw (amongst others) for me regarding OneNote is its poor support for PDF import, PDF export, and printing to paper. I also tried using PDF Annotator, and BlueBeam Revu Standard, which seems to be the best options for my note-taking workflow, but still the software has some bugs and lacks some features that are essential for my note taking style. I even tried installing an Android emulate to get LectureNotes to run in Windows virtually, but doing so results in lag and loss of pressure sensitivity.

If LectureNotes could be ported to Windows I would very likely go out a purchase a Surface Pro 4 tablet. The other apps for stylus note taking in the Windows store are pitiful compared to what LectureNotes provides. I really think if LectureNotes appeared in the Windows App Store so many people will willingly pay for it. I know you're busy and app development is not something easy, but I really think there is a great opportunity for whoever can fill this void in the Windows environment.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5184200]gnoteuser2013[/MENTION]: There are no plans for a Windows version of LectureNotes, I am sorry.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Airfoil:
Hello,

A sort of feature request I guess. I've been a tablet note taker for 15 years and started using LectureNotes about a year ago. I take lots of hand written notes and on longer / more important meetings, I also record the meeting. Inevitably there is one or more points in the meeting where folks start saying things fast, or I don't realize the importance of the topic until everyone has moved on. So I typically will make a mark on the note so that I can search back to that moment in the recording.

What would be the icing on the cake would be able to listen to the recording and simultaneously write down the new/missed information in the existing note. As it stands now, the note is read-only during playback.

Any chance to get this feature/ability added to LectureNotes?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=2142407]Airfoil[/MENTION]: Starting with v2.6.15, you can replay recordings in notebook content view. To do so, you need to enable the `speaker´ icon in the app's menu settings, your recordings will be listed in the corresponding menu. In this way, you can listen to recordings and take notes simultaneously. There is no auto-scrolling for obvious reasons, and you need to change to notebook replay to use the search functionality; the open recording and the position in the recording will be taken over from notebook content view to notebook replay and vice versa.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Airfoil:
This is awesome! Thank you so much.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] leojab:
Dear [MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION], just like in Handrite app is it possible to offer a zoomed up pen write mode which will then show as smaller writings/drawings on the paper. Like the bottom half of the paper i can write in big letters and this will be shown as actual hand writing in the upper half in a smaller version.

This will be really helpful especially on a mobile phone.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Airfoil:
Hi, this does exist. It is called an "input zone". Goto Settings >> Input and in the general section you will see an option to provide input zone as well as input zone setup.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] gabi11:
Hi [MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION]

As I mentioned here before, I'm happily using lecturenotes on my note 4.

I'm using it along with lecturerecordings.

In settings I have the option "Display recording duration" checked, but I don't see it while recording.

So the thing is, because I chose the mic to be hidden in the toolbar (I activate recording by pressing the icon app), I actually have no indication that recording is running (might forget it on during a meeting).

Another issue I encountered, is that whenever a recording is running and I lock my device/going to my device's home page --> when I'll switch back to lecturenotes, a toast message appears saying "Cannot determine audio duration (Android error), please try again"

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4382020]gabi11[/MENTION]: The duration is displayed instead of the notebook name. If you have a lot of icons, the notebook name and the duration might not be visible.

Do you have the `speaker´ icon enabled?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] gabi11:
Yes I have it.

In order to listen to recordings freely and edit my notes.

But it doesn't indicate whether a recording is being done....

Btw, the toast messages I mentioned, is it normal behavior?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4382020]gabi11[/MENTION]: There is a minor bug in the current version of LectureNotes: When LectureNotes wakes up from `deep´ sleep, it determines the duration of existing recordings if the `speaker´ icon is enabled. If there is an active recording, this fails (an active recording grows and has no defined duration) and yields the toast message, which you can safely ignore; the toast message will no longer occur after the next update.

Enabling or disabling the `speaker´ icon has no influence on whether duration is displayed, this is solely determined by the available space in the upper bar (the so-called action bar). Unfortunately, LectureNotes has only very limited control over the spacing in the upper bar. If there is not enough space for the duration to be displayed and you hide the `microphone´ icon, one would need another place to indicate an active recording. For instance, one could let LectureNotes display a notification.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] gabi11:
Thanks a lot for the support!

Ok then- I'll activate the Mic then....

Maybe you could add some kind of a flashing red record indicator somewhere?

But on the other hand, that "somewhere" I mentioned is probably the problem... [emoji1] .

Btw, if I want to listen to recordings freely while editing my notebook, add the speaker icon to the action bar is the way for doing it. Right?

Thanks again!