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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Rejdukien:
Feature suggestion

Hello acadoid,

in one of my new lectures I repeatedly have to draw the same symbols over and over.

So I've been thinking "Wouldn't it be great if they'd look nicer and not so sloppily drawn?"

The only problem is, I'd fall behind in note taking if I take some more time drawing those...

I'm not sure if this has been suggested before, but how about some kind of "Import Manager"?

Here's the functionality of that:

A menubar button, showing a list of entries after clicking on it

To add an entry to the list, select the drawing with the cutter tool, as if you were to copy/cut it (Or have an image imported, in the state where you can still move it around), then click on an empty entry, opening another dialog asking you for a name

Existing entries can be edited (So far just changing the name) or deleted by long-clicking on it

Sure, I could just save an image of my drawing (Or some even neater icon just pulled from google), save it somewhere on the sdcard and just hit "Import Image" whenever it's needed. This is pretty much just a usability idea.

So, what do you think about that?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Rejdukien: I am considering to add a kind of `recently imported images´ in style of a gallery, this should help to repeatedly import images.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] masterv1:
AW: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

My Rom is cmc3 stock Germany.

I start LN with normal shortcut in launcher with auto rotation and auto brightness on. But I have always on top and never went to sleep off.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lazer155:
I'm having an issue with using lecture notes in multi window mode. There is a border along the entire note that I cannot write in. If I switch to full screen mode and write in the area that previously appeared to be a non-writeable border, the problem disappears and I am able to write in that area.

Would you like a screen shot of the problem or can you tell what the issue is from my description?

I tested for this problem in other writing apps like Write and it wasn't present so it seems to be just an issue with lecturenotes.

Also is there a way to use the zoomed input function while also having the active stylus input function enabled?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@lazer155: If LectureNotes detects that it is not running in full screen, it rejects input in a small stripe at the bottom and at the right. The reason for this is that when you resize the window in cascade view, LectureNotes still receives the input, so that not rejecting input in these small stripes would result in a line drawn when you resize the window. In dual view, this would not strictly be necessary, but LectureNotes cannot reliably detect whether it is in cascade or in dual view (at least I have not found a reliable way to do that).

`Use stylus´ and `input zone´ mutually exclude each other (at least at the moment). The input zone is actually for devices with capacitive stylus for which one needs to compensate for the lower detection resolution, not for devices with active stylus such as the Galaxy Note 10.1. Nevertheless, you can use the input zone on such devices, then writing (erasing etc.) is constrained to the input zone, any touch outside causes scroll. This is more or less similar to the behavior for `use stylus´, isn't it?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lazer155:
I see. I didn't even think of that being an issue. In that case it is a very useful feature. :) Is there a way to maybe add a black line so you can tell exactly where the disabled area is and avoid it better when using a multi-window view? Sometimes when I'm writing I write a portion of the word inside the disabled zone because mis-estimate where it is.

Yes it is basically the same. The only reason I was asking is because I found when using the multi-window view for some reason little "tail"/curved tips are often left on the letters of words as you write (as if the accuracy decreases). But if you go into full screen mode the little tails aren't an issue and it's extremely accurate. I'm not sure if that is even fixable or just a side effect of the app shrinking down in side when using multi-window. I found that when using the zoomed input zone (after disabling the active stylus input), the curly ends aren't so much of a problem any more and it acts like it is in full screen mode in terms of accuracy.

Write didn't have the curling issue as much but it also doesn't zoom all the way out of the document in multi-window mode. So when in MWM, you are still zoomed in 100% and only a small area is visible rather than the entire document like LN. That's why I think it may not be fixable since it seems to side-effect of the zoom out. Maybe an option to show the document at 100% (thus only a small portion being visible) would fix it. Then as you wrote closer the the end of the zoomed area, LN would move the view to the right, down, or up (depending on which are you were writing towards).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Robdyx:
A better image import manu would be very helpful, if you could add a screen to crop images or a PDF page before importing them, would be amazing, since many times I need to add a piece of a text (a wording or even a chalkboard capture) or a drawing.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@lazer155: Of course I do not know, but I would have expected that Samsung's input processing does not depend on whether apps are full screen, dual view, or cascade view.

@Robdyx: Image or PDF cropping upon import is on my agenda.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lazer155:
I'm having an issue with the spen always scrolling when the button is pushed instead of activating the eraser as I have it set to. No matter what settings I use, pressing the spen button starts scrolling rather than erasing, cutting, etc.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] salmonsushi:
I think there are two buttons in settings. For some reason the obvious one is not controlling my spen. Have u tried the secondary one? It works for me.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@lazer155: I guess that you have manual hover scrolling enabled in the hover setup in the app's input settings. In this case, pressing the stylus button close to the display surface allows for scrolling. This function overwrites other functions assigned to the stylus button.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Tintinnuntius:
So, I disabled the live wallpaper and the blank screen bug went away. After several hours of usage (spread over a couple of days) I reenabled it and the bug did not come back (again, I gave it a few hours). Then I noticed I only set the homescreen wallpaper. I reenabled live wallpaper on both home and lockscreen and the bug came back within minutes. I've gone back to static lockscreen and I've had no problems yet again.

Edit: The screen has just gone blank again even with the static wallpaper. It's difficult to say if the static wallpaper really helped or it was just a fluke, but I'll try switching back to static for a couple more days. At least it seems to be happening a lot less frequently this way.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
The only time I use live wallpaper is when my tablet is docked (not using LectureNotes.) All other times I have an image set as wallpaper. I use Tasker and EasyProfiles to change the wallpaper. It may make the issue worse, but I don't think it causes it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Tintinnuntius:
It looks like you are right. I've just had a blank screen on a static wallpaper, but it was the first one in days. With a live wallpaper there were half a dozen a day.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] smaw51:
First off, GREAT app!! one of my favorites and I always tell all my classmates about it, everyone is impressed.

Just wondering if it would be possible to delete pages. I am not able to find any option for it and have come into a situation where it would be great, compressing 10 pages of stuff into 2 pages nicely. Once I got to the last half, it took a bit of time scrolling all the way back to the top with the clipping I want.

Thanks! and great app again!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] davidlondono:
can u put an option to dont let the menus go away when u select something (like when i want to change the pen to medium and red, i have to open it twice)

other thing, u may change the icon, and make it nicer

(sorry if my english isnt very good)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@davidlondono: That a menu is hidden after choosing one menu item is a standard behavior of most UI, including Android. To quickly change pencils, I recommend to display the pencil toolbox (choose `Show pencil toolbox´ in the pencil menu, click-and-hold to move it around, toolbox content can be set in the app's tools settings). A click on a pencil sets it, a double-click on a custom pencil opens the custom pencil settings.

The icons can certainly be improved, but to draw decent icons is not easy and I am not an artist (and artists who can do that charge quite a lot for drawing icons).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] HasC:
Hopefully there are some lecture note using artists here who are hearing this and can lend acadoid a hand as he has truly proven to be a top quality developer. The app is very reasonably priced and the support second to none!

I wish I could draw, I would have been the first to help out.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ratindahat:
@ Acadoid,

do you have a changelog posted anywhere? It would be nice to know what has been fixed, updated in each version.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
I believe it's within the app. Try the Help file.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@ratindahat: If you choose `About LectureNotes´ in any of the main menus and scroll down somewhat, you will find the complete change log.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ratindahat:
i'll check it out. Thanks guys.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jeggen:
@acadoid

A couple of issues I've noticed over the past few days of extended usage.

1) It seems like when you cut text and try to move it to a new page this is only successful if your crop area is limited in size. Seems like with a ruled paper about 4 or 5 lines are the maximum or you can only move the selected text within the current page and not move to a new page.

2) Small discrepency between next page button (>) and add page (+) button. If you are at the last page of your notebook the next page button will add a page. The difference is that if you are viewing the bottom of the page and then hit the next page it adds a page but you are scrolled to the bottom of the page, not the top. In contrast when you are at the bottom of a page and click on the add page (+) button it will add a page and you are scrolled to the top of the page. It seems to me that when both buttons add a page it would make sense to be viewing the top of that new page since you are naturally looking to write at the top of that new page, not the bottom.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@jeggen: 1. There is a kind of `resistance´ of pulling an image or a selection over a page boundary, the image or selection is moved when it fits on the previous/next page given the grabbing point. As a consequence, when moving downwards/rightwards, the best is to grab the image/selection at the top/left, whereas when moving upwards/leftwards, the best is to grab the image/selection at the bottom/right. In case my description is not clear, try to move an image/selection over a page boundary using a different grabbing point (meaning the point at which you click-and-drag) and observe when the image/selection moves over the page boundary. As an alternative for a selection, you can abort the paste, move to the target area, and choose `Paste from clipboard´.

2. There is a difference between the `page forward´ (`>´) and the `append page´ (`+´) icon. The `page forward´ icon moves page-wise through the document. If the next step is beyond the existing pages, a new page is added, but the step is still page-wise. As a consequence, when you are in the middle of the last page and click on `page forward´, a new page is appended, a page-wise step is performed, and you end up in the middle of the newly created page. The `append page´ icon, on the contrary, appends a new page and moves you at its top, independent of where have been before.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
I knew I'd seen it. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ggoldfingerd:
Does anyone know if there are plans to switch to a vector based system, and if not, why?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
Nope, no plans. I use Quill for vector based.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] quadratimkreis:
Can we get camera integration for the next dev cycle? Would be nice to not have to switch to the camera app to integrate images. A simple image editor would be welcome as well. Also, is there a true lasso tool in the works?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@ggoldfingerd: To obtain a vector-graphics variant of LectureNotes will require to recode large parts of the app. I am not excluding to do this some time in the future, but not any time soon, I am sorry.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@quadratimkreis: You can import directly camera, just set the `import image source´ in the app's settings to `camera´, this will launch the camera app instead of a gallery or file manage app. The cutter has a `free hand´ mode, have you seen that? Or does your question concerning `lasso tool´ refer to something else? To allow to crop imported images is on my agenda.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] optimus43:
Key Board entry

I really like using The handwriting Keyboard on the note 10.1 It would be great'f the text input in LN would allow you to use the popup Keyboard, to input onto The page and not onto the little popup box!

There is another note app called handwrite free that. does this nicely but overall The app is much inferior to LN
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@optimus43: The app has a text drawing tool, which is intended to enter a keyword or a small phrase, but not for longer text. To improve in this respect is on my agenda.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] HasC:
Just to give you an idea of where text input is implemented well, you can try either writepad stylus or handy notes. Writepad stylus allows you to enter text within the ruled lines and when it is exported as a pdf, the text is searchable. Handy notes creates a text box that can be repositioned anywhere and allows you to rotate the text easily.

Any of the above solutions will make Lecture Notes undoubtedly, the best app for taking notes. In all other areas, Lecture notes supersedes all other apps in terms of customisability and functionality.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
paste form clipboard

Sorry if this question was already asked.

My problem is that I'd like to copy something in the clipboard (say an image) from some other app (say the browser) and then paste it in LN.

But I can't do that.

Before posting this question I've made a search in XDA and have found something related to this in the thread Lenovo-Thinkpad Tablet-Thinkpad Tablet Themes and Apps-LectureNotes app (here).

Here are the messages addressing this problem taken from that thread:

So apparently this should be possible, but I'm in the situation of the first quote: whenever I use the "Paste from clipboard" command in the "Cutter menu" what's pasted is something previously copied or cut within LN and not something more recently copied to the clipboard from some other app.

It's as if LN had a clipboard by itself and doesn't see the general Android clipboard.

Maybe I'm missing something?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cpd3020:
Background Template

+1 for adding the ability to import a JPG or other image file as a permanent option for the background! Awesome app, thank you!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@smaw51: To delete a page, use the corresponding item in the hand menu; pages can also be deleted in notebook overview (deleting several pages is probably easier done there). In case you just want to clear a page, use the corresponding item in the eraser menu.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Dazo5:
Notebooks gone?

Hey Acadoid,

First off, thanks for the app. I've recommended it to a couple of fellow Note 10.1 users.

"Quick" question: I changed the default save location to my external sd card a few days ago. Today I opened up the app and all my notebooks were gone :crying:

So I found where the files were located but I wasn't sure how to restore them. I moved them to my new save location but that didn't work. It seems I may have needed to back them up first, which I was unaware of.

Is there anything I can do to restore my folders and notebooks without having a zip backup but still having the folders/xml/png/txt files?

Thank you.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Dazo5: Changing the app directory takes only effect after an app restart (changing the app directory does not touch your notebooks, you can restore the previous state by setting the previous app directory and restarting the app). Since there is no notebook at the new location initially, the notebooks board is empty after the restart. The easiest way to get your notebooks to the new location is to backup the notebooks board on the old location (i.e., before changing the app directory) and to restore the notebooks board at the new location (i.e., after changing the app directory and restarting the app).

Copying the files by hand should also work (but is not recommended), if you copy all files recursively.

If you have only copied and not moved the files of the old location (meaning that they are still at the old location), set the old location, restart the app (which brings you back your notebooks), and then do as described above.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] davidlondono:
why spen get so slow, laggy, with force gpu rendering avtivated??

i dont like to turn it off every time I open the app
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@davidlondono: There are circumstances in which GPU rendering is faster than software rendering, and there are circumstances in which GPU rendering is slower than software rendering (in fact, there are even circumstances in which using GPU rendering might crash the app or the whole device). Whether a given app's activity is more within the first or the second class is best decided by the app developer, and whether GPU rendering should be used or not is stated in the app's manifest file. As far as LectureNotes is concerned, most of its activity is within the second class, this is why LectureNotes requests in its manifest file that GPU rendering should not be used. The `enforce GPU rendering´ is a developer option, and as all other developer options, it is for developers to test their own apps. If you enable any of these developer options for apps which are not yours, you do that on your own risk, and slowing down is probably the least negative effect that can occur.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tritran18518:
I have a question about s-pen button preset. I disable "button for scrolling" and enable "button for eraser" only. I also dis able "1 time eraser" but every time I press my spen button , it switch to eraser and the switch back once I used eraser for 1 time. This means the " one time eraser " is still enable. Is this a bug or it is how it is ?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] hygradeb:
Hi

I dont know if this has been addressed but when importing pdf in to a notebook that has say 3 pages of pdf already imported its will not work.

This is what I did.

I started a new note book by importing 3 pages of pdf, then I stayed in the normal view went to import pdf option in the menu it went through the normal question asking what I wish to use to select the pdf, I use ES file explorer went to the pdf location.

I was ask 'pick up file as' I used the 1st option, choose page option flashed up I was not able to choose how many pages this closed and no pages were added.

I then tried again but this time I put the notebook into notebook overview and this worked ok.

Is the second way the correct way or should both ways work?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@tritran18518: The function assigned to the stylus button is (presently) always `one time usage´. The options `one time usage´ in the app's settings refer to the case where you change to, let's say eraser, by clicking on the eraser icon.

@hygradeb: Strange, both ways should work. I just tried on my devices and cannot reproduce the problem. I had a similar report (the select PDF page dialog comes up but immediately disappears) some time ago, and in this case, the problem was gone after a reboot and never reappeared.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] hygradeb:
I have done many reboots and only last week went through a system reset to factory give my device its quarterly clean out.

I had the problem before and after.

if any change I will let you know
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tritran18518:
I just wonder will dev include dropbox sync in the future (if this is possible) ? Thank for this awesome app
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@tritran18518: LectureNotes does not directly sync with cloud services, there are too many different cloud services and syncing is better done by the specialized app of your favorite cloud service, as they keep up with interface and security updates. LectureNotes allows you to set its app directory (the place where it stores your notebooks) to any place on your SD card, so that you can set it to a place that gets automatically synced with your cloud account. If you do not yet use such automatic syncing, you could set it up specifically for the LectureNotes app directory.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Tintinnuntius:
Use Dropsync. It works great.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] vanillanesquik:
@Acadoid: I have a really cool idea that I have not seen mentioned yet but I believe it will be quite useful. I would really like to have a protractor tool that I can use to properly place lines at an angle desired. In my engineering classes a majority of my homework is Cartesian diagrams so it really got me thinking.

Thank you!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Tintinnuntius:
I'd love to have that option, too. I need to draw coordinate lines a lot and I'd like an easy way to make them parallel to the grid.

Also: graphs (parabolas, normal distribution, exponential function, etc.). Will this be possible once you add the ability to use scripts for custom tools?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@vanillanesquik & Tintinnuntius: Such things will be feasible once custom drawing tools are ready.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] setasai:
Any chance a widget or desktop shortcut can create a new notebook based on a template and use the date as the title all in one step?

Even better would be to combine this with GMD spen gestures to create a new note quickly.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@setasai: Creating a new notebook involves a bit of setup. What LectureNotes allows is a `quick note shortcut´ for an existing notebook (long-click on the notebook on the notebooks board and select `Create quick note shortcut´). This places an icon on the launcher screen with a `+´ inside. Clicking on this icon launches LectureNotes and opens the notebook (as a normal shortcut would do), in addition it automatically adds a new page and places the focus there.