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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] peterpan188:
First let me say this app is one of the best note taking app out there. It has replaced all my hard copy notebook and the export to PDF then share with Dropbox works like magic! So I just have one question.

When I try to write near the edges of the screen, the writing becomes very inaccurate. With the pointer on, I could see that the dot is about 2mm away from where the pen touches the screen. Does this happen to everyone? I tried S-Note and didn't notice the same issue.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
Yes, I confirm I also have this issue in Lecturenote (while have no problem in S-Note). It would be great to have this solved!

EDIT: Sorry, just tested again, now somehow the writing near edges is no longer a problem on my pad. Maybe it is solved by some updates of LectureNote or my upgrade to JB.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@peterpan188: Many thanks for your kind comments. Of course, I cannot exclude the possibility that the problem is with LectureNotes, but it rather sounds as if the problem is with the device. Note that LectureNotes provides three input filters, in particular the first filter (the pressure filter) might help (the threshold depends somewhat on your writing style, 5% might be a good starting point).

BTW: Are you using a protection for your device? Note that some protections seem cause problems (I read that in a different thread) and that removing the protection solves it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jeggen:
Is there any chance of allowing more than three layers to be added? I know it can slow performance but I've been using lecture notes to import floor layouts and then sketch wire, data and misc diagrams on top an would love to have one layer per category. I usually only have a couple layers active at a time but to have more than three to draw on would be awesome.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@jeggen: One could in principle increase the maximum number of layers. What makes things a bit involved are the dialogs concerning layers that do not scale linearly with the maximum number of layers, for instance exchanging layers: For three layers, there are three possibilities for exchange, so that the dialog has to show three choices. For four layers, there are twelve possibilities, for five layers, there 60 possibilities, and so on. Similar scaling applies for merging layers.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Senrir:
Been using it or a week now preparing for exams, its been awesome 8D.

One thing i noticed awekward today is, When I tried to share (upload) a folder containing multiple notebooks to for example dropbox, I get a zip file which is fine, but the each notebook pages are in .png. Is it possible to turn it automatically to .pdf? I know it could be done from the inside of the notebook (where you write things), but itll take alot of time when you have a lot of notebooks in one folder.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jonphinguyen7:
Just tried the app, and though I find it great, I don't find it as user friendly as S-Note or HandyNote. Keep in mind this is a personal preference and should not be regarded as fact. Other than that thanks for the great app. It seems like there is an update every other day!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jeggen:
@acadoid

Thanks for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense now why that was limited to 3. Any possibility of having a feature that might make, say for any given notebook, the possibility of that notebook having either extended layer features or extended number of layers? Another possibility might be to change the layer merge/exchange dialogue to one that is "Merge X layer (layer cleared) to Y layer (merged into and kept)" that would allow unlimited number of layers and a pull down menu for which layer to merge into and which to clear. Same with exchange, could be "Exchange layers X and Y." If you went this route to add layer functions an updated menu might have one line for each layer with a radio to select to work and a checkbox to the right to display. Not sure if it's possible, but would be slick.

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I know this is asking a lot. I think LectureNotes is already awesome, just wanted to share my thoughts on potential implementation from an end-user perspective if it's helpful and something you decide to pursue.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
Personally I think that this request could add more complexity to the app against a feature that's not much essential: I mean three layers are enough for most users.

In case of management of more layers there should be an additional GUI with the ability to position/move the single layer in the layer's stack (as in Photoshop).

I don't think that's a priority.

IMHO I'd suggest the following priorities (I'm aware they could be not so easy to implement and could be considered medium-long term future developing features):

Text boxes (insert text through keyboard and have the possibility to edit/move the text later)

Shape Boxes (more or less same as above): that's because when I draw (say) a circle in a geometrical sketch (say a cartesian system) I often need to reposition it (or adjust its proportions) to fit with the rest of the graphics objects (say I want the circle to have its center in the origin of the cartesian axes and change later its radius).

Anyway I think that LN is, by now, the best note taking program and that, with acadoid awesome attention to user's suggestions and comments, it could soon become the perfect note taking program
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Senrir: Many thanks for your kind comments. LectureNotes stores the notebook pages as PNG, and the share notebook or folder functionality is to import the shared notebooks and folders into LectureNotes again (on a different device, for instance). Since the latest version v1.17.3, LectureNotes allows batch export to PDF (and to Evernote), you can select for instance `Export notebooks board to PDF´ which will export all your notebooks to PDF files (you can also export just for a folder). If you enable `share exported PDF file´ in the app's export settings, a share intent will be issued for all exported PDF files (a so-called ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE intent, note that not all apps that can handle ACTION_SEND intents can handle ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE intents, so some apps might not show up in the list of apps).

@Jonphinguyen7: Sorry to hear that. Please do not hesitate to communicate specific suggestions and comments to me.

@jeggen: I put your request on my to-do-list.

@sphere314: Besides the features that I add from update to update, I work on two bigger projects, improved typed text input and a zoomed input box (the latter is important for users with a passive stylus, as these stylus are less precise). One of the projects of medium complexity is to improve concerning drawing tools, I plan to add a JavaScript interface similar to the one for custom paper pattern so that everyone can define her/his own drawing tools.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jonphinguyen7:
Is there any way to set a notebook or folder to private? For example, requiring a password to view or edit protected notebooks? This is the last thing keeping me from buying the full app. I just finished setting up custom pencils and it is awesome.

This has probably been answered but is less important to me. Anyway to set an image as a background? I have a chalk background I used with s note. NVM found the answer by reading the thread. Though it isn't technically secure, it would be nice to have the option. I don't have anything uber private, but would love to have it PIN or password protected from my wife or other people. (Surprise party notes or notes showing my soft side haha)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
The dev support is amazing, and personally speaking, I find it to be superior to SNote on so many levels. It's not perfect, but neither is SNote and I don't see Samsung updating its app nearly as often. JMO
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Stoersender:
Acadoid, thx for the batch-convert function... it work's like a charm :D

Is it possible (if the pdf directory is changend) to place the generated pdfs into folders just like the notebooks are organized?

I'm synchronizing the pdf folder via dropsync with my laptop. Now all the pdfs are dumped into the same directory and it's a bit confusing to identify the right ones ;) Unfortunately lots of my Notebooks have similar or the same names.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Jonphinguyen7: It would be easy to add a dialog requesting a password before opening a notebook, but this would give users a wrong feeling of security, as anyone with a minimal computer knowledge will still be able to access your notes. Requesting a password only makes sense if the notebook pages are encrypted, which comes with a lot of difficulties, in particular slowing down the app.

There is presently no possibility to set an image as background (you can get the image into the first layer and write in the second layer, though), but this is on my to-do-list.

@toenail_flicker: Thanks for your kind comments,

@Stoersender: To organize the PDF (and ZIP) directory using full paths as on the notebooks board, enable the corresponding option in the app's storage settings.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jonphinguyen7:
Thanks for the response. Just bought the paid version simply because you seem like an awesome dude.

Order number : 1350758317959045
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
Excellent judgment, excellent decision. :good:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] HasC:
Exactly the same reason I paid for the app, it's like having 24hr support 7 days a week for an app that should cost a lot more. The best thing is if any user suggests a sensible request, the feature is added within days if feasible or if not, reasons are given as to why they may not be implemented.

What more could we ask for?

@acadoid, thanks for your continual support!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
ditto...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Jonphinguyen7, toenail_flicker, HasC & sphere314: Many thanks for your kind comments.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jasonchewy91:
Hey i currently find LectureNotes to be almost perfect. After buying it I went to try out all other note taking apps but find that this is still superior and with awesome support. The rest may only look better with a nicer ui but may be less clear cut than this. So if you're able to improve the aesthetics of the app it would be a bonus. Also, I'm wondering if it's technically possible to be able to open a document, for example a pdf file, using the LectureNotes app directly, instead of importing individually every Time to make annotations on pdf. Something like to make it recognised as a pdf editor. This would really be handy for students like me. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mirkokkk:
Good idea but I think that the importation process is necessary because this app works on png images and so every pdf page must be converted. You'll notice that when you import a file, it will become much more heavy for example from 300 kb to 10 mb!

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] hoipiepeloi:
+1 on all the positive comments on Lecturenotes and your service! I've been using the trial version for two days and am definitely going to buy the full version. Should I uninstall the trial version and/or backup my notes first or can I just install the paid version?

About the zoom box: I don't know if you have access to an Ipad, but I used an Ipad for notetaking before switching to the Note 10.1 and if you want an example of a very well implemented zoom box you could take a look at the GoodNotes app for Ipad: easy resizing by dragging the lower right corner, moving the box by dragging it, no lag while writing, and as soon as you're halfway, It displays what you've written last in the very left of the box so that when you reach the end of the box, you can seamlessly continue writing on the left side. not that I'll be using it, now that I have the S-pen :)

I'm anxiously awaiting your improved typed text implementation! Is it possible to include indentation tools and bulleted/numbered lists? I use those a lot...

Thank you for this great app!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] asdfuogh:
I've been using the pro app for my class notes and my doodles (I posted some of them in the sketches thread). Waaaay better than S Notes or the other things that come with it, and I definitely love that the eraser is an actual eraser (not like the weird.. um.. vector erasers? in AntiPaper and Papyrus).

One suggestion/request I have is to enable an option for a preview because it gets hard to take notes without seeing parts of the other notes to jog some memory sometimes, or to draw without seeing the whole picture on the side..
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] saenta:
Hi acadoid,

could you maybe make the top bar scrollable or a dropdown menu for the not seen icons in portrait mode? Now i need to switch to landscape t osee all, and I'm working in portrait orientation most time.

thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Jasonchewy91 & Mirkokkk: To handle PDF directly is quite complicated. I am not excluding this possibility for the future, but certainly not anytime soon.

@hoipiepeloi: A zoomed input box and improved handling of typed text are the two bigger projects I work on. There are several easier-to-implement things that will show up first, but zoomed input box and improved handling of typed text will come soon.

@asdfuogh: I am not sure whether I understand your suggestion. Is the point to be able to see the full page and have a kind of zoomed input box?

@makiiiii: Unfortunately, Android does not directly support a scrollable action bar, so that I would need to re-implement all action bar and menu handling to allow that. An alternative that I am considering is a kind of toolbox (similar to the pencil toolbox) in which you could place icons.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jasonchewy91:
I actually kind of liked the vector eraser, useful for quick erase. Would be awesome if could be included as an option in lecture notes :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Jasonchewy91: Since LectureNotes is not vector-based, there is no vector-eraser possible, I am sorry. LectureNotes has a `lasso´ eraser, if you get close to the starting point, you will notice that the eraser path closes. Lifting the eraser in that moment erases the whole interior.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jasonchewy91:
Oh I didn't know about such a lasso eraser function. I tried finding but to no avail!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] smaw51:
It is built in to the eraser. Try drawing stuff, the with the eraser, make a circle and watch it jump to the start when you get close to erase all in the circle
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jasonchewy91:
Wow this is cool didn't know it existed thanks! Really useful!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
FYI Jason, this works extremely well. Be sure to properly join the selection and it erases all that is in the circle. One of my favorite things.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
Just come back to express my thanks to @acadoid -- after today's update I found happily that after selection of region, the "X, fill, A→A, space→A" icons are transparent now. It is not even in the "what's new" list but the great one for me. Those icons also looks more pretty now.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] asdfuogh:
Hi acadroid, yeah, I meant that it'd be nice to have a small box that shows the full page but isn't part of the input area. Kind of like how the pen-toolbox is like, except with a preview of the full page instead of the pens? Thanks for the quick response!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Stoersender:
Is it possible to fix the toolbox position? Sometimes when I'm selecting a colour I'm accidently moving the box :/
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] wakarou90:
Where is the file that save the setting ive made to the lecturenotes?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@tririver: I considered optional transparent icons as quite minor, so that I did not add it to the change log. But glad to hear that you like it.

@asdfuogh: A zoomed input box is one of the two bigger projects I work on (the second one is improved input of typed text). I hope to have this ready very soon.

@Stoersender: No, the pencil toolbox cannot be arrested. But moving requires to hold on the toolbox for longer than 150ms, which is quite long for a single click.

@wakarou90: The code to write and to read the settings is already in the app, but it is not (yet) accessible. Writing and reading the settings works fine, but I realized that taking the settings of LectureNotes on one device and load it into LectureNotes on a second device might cause serious problems. For instance, if you have set a custom app directory on one device to /mnt/sdcard/LectureNotes, but the SD card is on /storage/sdcard on the second device. I am somewhat undecided what to do here. Not writing (and hence not reading) such settings seems not to good idea, as these settings should be included when writing the settings on one device and reading it again on the same device.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] wakarou90:
@acadoid:

What is the problem...i have root access...i just wanna try for now...

Ive flash new rom and restore backup...but the setting is not the same (default...i think)...i had to resetting all over again...

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
You could always just get Titanium Backup. Then you don't have to contact every dev off every app you use to implement backup. Plus it'll backup to the cloud in case something happens to your device...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] wakarou90:
I am using titanium backup...i think there is prob of restoring the app data because im changing rom from 4.1 to 4.0...im just gssing...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
That SHOULD only matter for system apps.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@wakarou90: I understand your problem, to setup LectureNotes every time anew is certainly annoying. I am certainly willing to add such functionality, but please understand that the fraction of users that flash ROMS is probably quite low but that the fraction of users that have two or more devices is quite high and that it is quite tempting to the take the settings of one device to the another. A typical user might even believe that this is the sole reason for this functionality. I need either to prevent this or to add checks that a user does not unintentionally mess up LectureNotes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] akxak:
Well... many serious apps provide config backup/restore features, this covers mail apps, launchers and so on.

Titanium backup is only an option for a rooted device. There are many reasons where a device needs a factory reset and an easy restore of settings is a big plus.

I recommand to check also whether you could support the storage of these settings on the Google servers if enabled generally by the user (if this is not a default which does not require special action).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] skadebo:
I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. Each time I export to Evernote, Lecturenotes uploads a whole new instance of my notebooks board such that my Evernote notebooks is cluttered with multiple copies of my Lecturenotes notebooks. Is this by design? Or is there a better way of syncing where only new stuff is updated in the same notebooks?

edit: I have the following seleted in "export to evernote setup", Use notebook UUID (updates Evernote notebook if it exists.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Jonphinguyen7:
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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
Yet another comment (I know we are asking too much ^_^ )

When I long press an icon (pencil, eraser, etc), a small black box appears, which is not useful as far as I found. Can we have one time tool by long press the icons, instead of having nonsense?

For example, if now I am using pencil, and I want to "clear page 1" from eraser menu, currently I have to (1) first click eraser icon once, then (2) click eraser icon for a second time to show the drop down menu (3) choose "clear page 1" and (4) switch to pen icon again.

Could those 4 steps be simplified into 1 or 2 steps, by long pressing the eraser button and then select from the drop down menu?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] _yupa_:
Hi acadoid! Here are some little suggestions after several days of intense use! Hope these are useful!

I use LN to import pdf files of articles to ink. I prefer importing more pdf in a single lecture so:

1) it would be fine if after pdf import, LN adds an index with the name of the file to the first page imported

2) a rapid choice button to switch between normal view and notebook overview?

3) alternative choice of canvas size as paper and orientation (instead of pixel definition like 1280x1810, chose paper a4, orientation portrait)

Do you have any plan to add handwrite text recognition?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] kimooz92:
Thank you acadoid

First of all, I want to thank you very much acadoid. Your app is very appreciate by me and a lot of other people. I think you should be an example for Samsung (for your app and your help in the forum). I use your app about 6 or 7 hours a day and it is always a pleasure to work with it. Of course some people think that you can improve the desing of your app, but for me the most important is its functionality.

It will be very interesting to use lecturenote with multi sceen in 4.1.1. Unfortunately, when i use the app with Team Union Rom 4.1.1 it's become very "laggy". I don't know if others people have the same issue. It's not very important now for me because I come back to ICS for now... and i wait wait wait the update of samsung for my N8010 :angel::angel::angel:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@akxak: But the apps that you mention have hardly settings that cannot be transfered from one device to another, have they?

@skadebo: The Evernote Android API does presently not allow to update an existing notebook (see http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/29122-intent-to-append-to-or-edit-a-specific-note/), the only possibility at the moment is to upload using the same UUID, which LectureNotes does, As soon as Evernote update their API, I will add a true update to LectureNotes.

@tririver: To use long-click to directly activate the menu is an interesting idea, I noted it down.

@_yupa_: 1. Interesting idea, I noted it down. 2. You can change to notebook overview using the main menu in notebook content view, and back using the `back´ button. Isn't that fast enough? 3. LectureNotes is bitmap-based, not vector-based, so the app `thinks´ in pixels.

@kimooz92: Many thanks for your kind comments. I cannot use multi window on my Galaxy Note 10.1 either (still runs ICS), but I have not received any reports yet that the app becomes slower when using multi window under JB.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tririver:
Sometimes I also have this problem (in 4.1 JB only). I (naively) guess it is because I have to use "ondemand" governor for cpufreq settings, instead of the Samsung default one. Otherwise there is reboot problem for my 8013. I guess the laggy behavior is a side effect of this, or some other system reasons that should be fixed by the official release of 4.1 on N801x. But I may be wrong.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] kimooz92:
Nope you should be right ! Thank you
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
Fwiw, I've been using lecture notes with team union Rom on my 8013 and have had no issues with lag, whether in full screen or window mode.

@acadoid, did you add support for multiwindow yourself? It seems like I didn't have to modify it myself to get it working, is that correct? If so, would it be possible to add the button to go from full screen to window mode? It could be in the overflow menu...