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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] 299792458:
So it turns out that I had hover scrolling enabled. Turning it off then allows the button click to register and I get my eraser.

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I feel silly...thanx for reminding me of the hand menu.

2. When I open a notebook, I have to go to the menu and tick the Zoom option before I can two finger zoom. It always seems to be disabled by default.

4. Thanx for the video...all I can say is that this is perfect! Exactly what I wanted.

5. Yes, to me having a single pencil/highlight/draw object selection....then a selection for thickness, then one for color would simplify it. Then you could have a row for quick access favorites at the bottom.

I realize highlighter is slightly different (width not a direct correlation with pencil lines, and you want opacity control, shape, etc) but for pencils and shapes it seems like a good way to do it.

Any how...thanx for listening, and for making LectureNotes my daily driver!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@299792458: Many thanks for your feedback. Actually, LectureNotes should remember for each notebook individually whether `zoom´ is enabled or not. Note that zooming in and out by double-click disables `zoom´ when you go to 100% as default, but there is an option in the app's handling settings to prevent that.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

I think that the best way of handling zooming and swiping around the page is to simply set it so that when you have the pen mode enabled you cannot do any of that until you switch to the hand mode. If you've set stylus only, zoom active and doesn't set the "zoom and pan disabled" in the hands menu you should be able to get a nice working zoom without accidently trigger it while you are in pen mode. You see, the problem with your solution that Samsung hasn't got either in their SNote is that when writing most of us are lifting the pen above that height like when getting to another part of the screen without lifting the hand of the screen, and this trigger the zoom and pan accidentally in a very irritating way!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] dmmx189:
@acadoid

Hi acadoid, i've been using your apps for note taking at university with my gn 10.1 and i find them amazing. I have a couple of qs about them:

1) I'm having some noise problems with lecture notes recordings. I read somewhere that you suggest to use an external mic, is it possible to use a bluetooth headset as external mic? that would be really useful when we are forced to sit far from the lecturer

2)i'm starting to use ln for editing and reading big pdf books as an alternative to ezpdf reader . it being a bit slow in opening big books (more than 400 pgs) is not a big deal , but i always have troubles navigating in those books because the scroll bar becomes too sensitive. Is there any way to have some sort of small preview of the pages or any other adjustment to make it easier navigating in big books?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

1) If I may, I don't think a headset is the best device for recording the teacher when he's far away. I would go for some kind of external microphone that are used for these small recording devices, usually with small tapes to record on that doctors etc are using to dictate. If it doesn't fit right on, an adapter would probably do the trick. Otherwise, there must be some kind of external microphone to use iphoes and blackberry as conference phones that would fit right on the note.

2) There is the notebook overview mode, however when having large pdf files in the notes I feel like that function is to slow to be very useful.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Zantier:
When using the dark theme, you cannot see the scroll bar. It's the same color. Took me a little bit to figure out why it disappeared!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@dmmx189: 2) Notebook overview should allow to navigate (as pointed out by Axel_); I plan to add an optional overview on the left side when the notebook is open, somewhat like some PDF viewer have.

@Zantier: The colors of the scroll bar etc. are determined by the color of the notebook paper, not by the app theme. If the notebook paper is light, the scroll bar is dark, whereas if the notebook paper is dark, the scroll bar is light. This should ensure that the scroll bar is visible.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] rewrew:
Hi!! Quick suggestion.

When you import a pdf the app remembers you to add a second layer.

would it be possible to add it automatically?

Maybe with an option to select?

Thanks!!

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] dmmx189:
thanks for the advice. I asked about the headset because i have one and wanted to try it tomorrow in class, meanwhile i was looking for a mic like you described. Do you know where could i buy one on line?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

It will sound about the same as when you're speaking on your phone and some buddy to the person you're talking to is trying to make he's point, even if he's screaming and aren't too far away you can barely hear what he's saying. This make sense even when you think of how they constructed the microphone, if it had gotten all the noise around more than the actual voice it would be a pretty ****ty headset.

It depends on where you live, but searching for something like "external microphone iphone" (I know I know, but there are a lot of iphone parts out there and it's the same microphone as far as I can tell) on Ebay should do the trick. "Conference microphone" might be even better, but probably not as portable as the others.

Good luck!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@rewrew: This can be added as an option to the PDF import (and maybe even image import) settings.

@dmmx189: Note that some devices constrain the recording time to around 30 minutes, it might be a good idea to check whether your devices displays this behavior before trying a longer recording. There is an option in the extensions settings to automatically restart the recording after 25 minutes to circumvent this problem, and you can combine the resulting recordings in notebook replay so that they are replayed as if there were a single one.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Zantier:
@acadoid: yes I see that now that I tested it. But if you zoom out with light paper it makes the scroll bar invisible. I suggest making the scroll bar inverse color when using the dark theme or making it a static color like the zoom bar.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] oe6kyg:
I have found an smal error

I use an emty notebook as an template with an company image as pattern

Do a 'duplicate notebook' and rename it in notebook settings

After rename the pattern is set to plain

It would be nice to have 'save to' for saving with new name
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Zantier: Also the zoom bar color changes dependent on the paper color, but it is blueish and hence anyhow better visible. With `zoom out´ you refer to a zoom level smaller than 100% so that the grayish background color is visible, right?

@oe6kyg: You are right, an image paper pattern is reset to plain upon renaming an existing notebook, this is passed my attention (all other paper pattern stay). I will fix this for the next update.

Note that instead of duplicating the sample notebook and renaming it, you can create a new notebook, use the sample notebook as template (click on `Use template´ and select the sample notebook), and change the name as desired. I just double-checked, in this case the above issue does not occur and the image paper pattern is kept.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] oe6kyg:
Note that instead of duplicating the sample notebook and renaming it, you can create a new notebook, use the sample notebook as template (click on `Use template´ and select the sample notebook), and change the name as desired. I just double-checked, in this case the above issue does not occur and the image paper pattern is kept.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, that is exactly what i was looking for
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Zantier: I agree, if you combine dark theme with a light paper color, the scroll bar is difficult to see. I will try to improve the scroll bar colors.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] klau1:
I would much prefer floating note type setup like Floating Paint on Play Store.

That way you can open multiple resizable notes without the title bar wasting space.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
Can someone explain me something perhaps really easy to do.

How can i import multiple pdf pages into an existing notebook?

I only see how to import one by one.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] pdagenius:
I have purchased lecturenotes now. I backed up my notebooks on the trial version to Google drive but there is no option to restore on the paid app? Dropbox works instead, but am a little frustrated.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@klau1: Interesting idea, but I think that such type of note-taking app is better implemented separately.

@Yahiko: To import multiple pages of a PDF file, open your notebook in notebook overview (either directly from the notebooks board by a long-click and selecting `Notebook overview´ in the popup, or by opening the notebook normally and selecting `Notebook overview´ in the main menu) and select `Import PDF file as new pages´ in the main menu. An alternative is to open (or to share) the PDF file and select LectureNotes in the list of viewer (or receiver) apps, then LectureNotes will ask you how you wish to import the PDF file. The resolution and margins can be be adjusted in the app's import settings.

@pdagenius: 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 had registered with the Android system as `file selector´.

I should add that the ZIP file of the trial version's backup is (starting from your internal SD card) in `Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotestrial/files/`.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@oe6kyg: I uploaded v2.1.9 into Google Play with which the issue that you reported does no longer occur; many thanks again for pointing this problem out to me.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

I've had problems with the zooming lately. It appears every now and then, as far as I can tell without any difference in handling in the app nor tablet. The pan function always works like a charm but it's just like zoom is disabled (which it isn't, since I'm not in 100% zoom and the settings untouched). Really annoying, and it's just a few days that I have had then problem so I'm starting to think that it's due to some upgrade.

Anyone else that has the problem, and maybe found a solution?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Axel_: Since v2.1.7, the minimal distance that you set in the settings for two fingers gesture is considered even when one finger scrolling is active. As a consequence, you can scroll with one finger and with two fingers (with the second finger not being relevant), but a zooming gesture is only considered when the distance between the two fingers is larger than the one you have set.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] pdagenius:
Please could give me details of where to find the settings.xml file from the trial app so I can copy it and use it with the paid app.

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I think it would be helpful for me if there was a way of restoring single notebooks from a backup
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] aalupatti:
Thanks for the quick note option. Really useful. I remember sending you a mail many months ago asking for this.

Also like the ability to create a short cut to launcher.

Another simple request at this time would be to use shortcuts in other apps.

For example I want to launch a short cut to quick notes from other applications.

Eg: from swipad application. This would give the ability to launch the quick note without going to the launcher.

This also mean that right clicking on the launcher desktop > set shortcut > lecuture note short cut would work.

Hope you understand what I am saying
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@pdagenius: The file `settings.xml´ (which contains the app's settings) is written into the active app directory. If you have not set a custom app directory, LectureNotes uses the Android standard for storing files, the exact location of which depends on device and Android version, but if you direct a file manager app to the internal SD card, there should be something like `Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotestrial/files´ (for the trial version) or `Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotes/files´ (for the full version).

@aalupatti: Sorry, I don't understand. How do you do `right clicking´ with your finger? Clicking on the launcher screen commonly brings up a dialog to select the wallpaper. Are you using the stock launcher app or a specific one?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

I don't think that's the problem since it's sometimes works like before and sometimes doesn't. I'm always in the "hand" mode when using the zoom and pan, and when switching between hand, pen and back to hand it can go from zooming like it should to not be able to zoom with two fingers at all. It seems like one of those hard problem you can't reproduce nor really describe but still occurs every now and then.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jcolinzheng:
Nice, feature loaded app, but I wish your app had:

- Strokes as vector graphics

- More smooth strokes (and should be made default) like S-Note (maybe see Xournal for better implementation?)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Axel_: The minimal distance does not apply in `hand´ mode, so that cannot be the problem.

@jcolinzheng: Many thanks for your kind comments. I do not exclude a vector-based sibling of LectureNotes for all times, but not in the foreseeable future, I am sorry. When drawing your strokes, a running cubic interpolation is applied, so that strokes should actually be smooth. On some Samsung devices, there are problems with `jagged´ lines due to hardware issues, in this case I recommend to enable the `pressure filter´ in the app's input settings with a threshold of 5% or so.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] :
Is there a simple way to export/send a single page of a notebook without exporting all the pages?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] aalupatti:
Sorry , My mistake. I meant long press or menu option on the laucher desktop

See the attached image. It would great if the shortcut to quick note would appear when shortcut is clicked.

I use nova launcher but this feature is present in pretty much most of the launchers..

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Jsorvik: You can share the page in notebook content view (this will be in bitmap format) or export the single page to PDF (either via notebook overview, or enable `single page export entries´ in the app's menu settings, then there is an additional menu item `Export page X to PDF´). Or do you wish to do it in such a way that another LectureNotes' user can import it? Then, you need to go to notebook overview, tag the page and select `Share tagged pages´, this will yield a ZIP file that another LectureNotes' user can be imported into a notebook.

@aalupatti: This is not the stock launcher, is it?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] aalupatti:
Nope its nova launcher... But almost of all the launcher except stock TW launcher has this option
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jcolinzheng:
After several experiments, I believe that your app is more likely to create less-than-perfect curves, compared to alternatives such as S-Note and Xournal. This may be due to a weaker interpolation you use. I really believe the app will benefit greatly by looking at how the open-source Xournal (xournal.sourceforge.net) renders strokes.

I believe this is not the same as the issue of "jagged writing", which is due to the overly sensitive S-Pen, and was eliminated by using my Lenovo stylus which has less sensitivity.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
What Lenovo stylus are you referring to? The ThinkPad Tablet used N-Trig, vs the Wacom in the Note 10.1. There are significant implementation differences in the technologies, N-Trig uses a powered pen to create a magnetic field, whereas Wacom uses passive magnets. If you're using the pen from the Lenovo ThinkPad tablet I would be worried it could cause issues with the digitizer. I would recomend getting a more advanced Wacom stylus if you're not happy with the S-Pen, but I certainly use an N-Trig one...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jcolinzheng:
Yes I was referring to the one that came with my Thinkpad Tablet, and thanks for the info. Anyway, I have stopped using the N-Trig stylus, since the Note will not detect that I'm holding the stylus tilted and automatically offset my viewing angle (unlike Wacom pens).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
Yea, I have no idea if it would cause problems or not...but I wouldn't risk it!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] nahuelarg86:
Hi, I started using the LN trial, to test it. So far I'm a little overwhelmed by the settings. There are too many! Besides that, I find that there is little bit of a difference with the S Note app. The pressure sensitivity seems higher in LN than in SN, this makes the handwriting kind of sharp at the ends (I attached an image comparing the two apps). Another thing I noticed is that the SN seems to have a smoother "line" than LN. In SN it feels round, soft, smooth, but on LN it feels sharp, hard, "claw-like"

Is anyone else having issues like this or is it only matter of tastes?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r5nj3layy396mye/Screenshot_2013-02-20-13-17-42.png
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

No I don't think so either. Any idea what does? Do you have any new settings in the new version that might be set wrong by default?

I know it's wildly of topic but as far as I know there's no magnets in this stylus what so ever. The Wacom technique is based on static electricity or radio waves, just like a regular capacitive touchscreen but in a way more accurate form. It is however a common misunderstanding that it contains magnets or even batteries, probably because that's how many of these tablets work.

But this is just technicalities, you are absolutely right that a Wacom stylus is a great upgrade and that you cannot use a stylus for another type of technology.

http://www.tablet4u.co.uk/techinfo.html here's a link if anyone is interested in knowing more about the Wacom technology.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mmcnulty:
requests

Hey, I have to say, I love Lecture Notes. AS I read someone else saying previously, it takes the note 10.1 up notch from pretty good, to great I'd say Lecture Notes is a big part of the reason my note has become so indispensable to me.

There are a some things I would like to see and one or two questions I have though.

I would really like to be able to rotate the pages after the fact of importing or creating them. Some times I dont know which way it will show up into after its imported and Id rather have a quick fix then going back,changing the settings for autorotate, re-importing it, etc

A question I have is, how does the auto-scroll feature work? I turned t on but it didnt seem to be moving the page when I was writing at the boundary. Instead of that I have turned on hover scrolling at the boundaries without holding the button Which seems to work well, but I'd still like to know how to use the other feature

Another thing I'd like to see, and maybe I'm just missing it, is when I want to move pages between notebooks I can only select one at a time. I would like to be able to go into a notebook overview, select multiple pages to copy or move (not necessarily consecutive pages either) and move them all at once over to another notebook. Or better yet, when I am in a notebook, Id like to tell it I want to start importing pages, then move through different notebook overviews, selecting pages, have it remember my selections in order as I move between notebooks, and bring them all in at once that way.

Maybe all thats a bit much to ask for, but it doesnt hurt to ask
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
I've never done any actual research into the Wacom technology, thanks. I knew the digitizer in the display "powers" the pen.

FWIW, N-Trig styli DO have a battery. The ThinkPad tablet has a AAAA battery, which I'd never even heard of before and could only find at an auto parts store.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@nahuelarg86: Maybe I am the wrong person to answer your question, but you can try one of the custom pencils and set a finite `softness´.

@mmcnulty: Many thanks for your kind comments. With rotating pages you refer to changing a landscape page into a portrait or the other way around? Or rotate material on the page? The former is not possible, the latter can be done by using the cutter: Select the material, cut, rotate (and maybe rescale), and paste.

The auto-scroll tool places boundaries on the display crossing which causes a scroll. With an active stylus, automatic hover scrolling is probably more convenient.

To copy multiple pages from from one notebook to another, open the source notebook in notebook overview, click on the tag to activate tag mode and on the pages to be copied to tag them, and select `Copy tagged pages to clipboard´. Close the source notebook and open the target notebook in notebook overview and select `Paste pages from clipboard´. To rearrange pages, click-and-drag them to the desired location.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] aalupatti:
Sorry for pestering about this.... any chance to have this implemented.

The ability to launch quick note shortcut from other apps
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mmcnulty:
That pretty much sorts it all out. I was referring to rotating from landscape to portrait or the other way around, but I can live without being able to do that. I'm not sure how I completely missed the tag mode button. Thanks again.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] drdoombot:
I was trying the same thing today: I cannot change the app directory to either of the other options (sdcard0 location or custom location on ExtSdCard). I attempted to create the folder in Solid Explorer first, but I still get the same error message as GreenFuzzer:

"Cannot create custom app directory, will use default app directory!"

I get the same error when trying to set a PDF directory.

I tried this on a rooted Galaxy Note II in an attempt to use Dropbox to sync the notebooks between my phone and my Note 10.1. The limited built-in storage on the GN2 requires moving many app directories to the ExtSdCard, so this is a pretty vital function.

Don't know if it's relevant, but if I turn off my screen after the above error message and turn it on again, after a few seconds, the following flashes across the screen briefly:

ERROR: sysfs failed! Unsupported device or FW?