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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5124226]nickhimself[/MENTION]: LectureNotes issues a so-called `GET_CONTENT´ intent for an image, and all apps that can do that (gallery apps, file manager apps, etc.) show up. One could instead start a specific app, but this would require that LectureNotes knows which of the apps is a gallery app; additionally, several devices come with multiple gallery apps.

[MENTION=1439036]masterv1[/MENTION]: I put a vertical arrangement of the pencil toolbox on my to-do-list. I guess you have noticed that you can freely move the pencil toolbox?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Tintinnuntius:
Can you also add an option to have more than six pens in each custom group? I have 5 ink colours in the first custom group (+ an eraser) and the wider transparent versions of the same colours in the second custom group (to use as markers or shaders). But sometimes I just need more than 5 colours in diagrams. Maybe an option to add three more pens to each group?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] masterv1:
Yes, I have noticed, but I'm writing with my right hand and at the moment I have the toolbox at the top or bottom left and it is very often a barrier.

Thanks a lot
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] nickhimself:
Is it possible to add a separate "preferred app" line which, when chosen, prompts the user to select an application for which all images are imported through?

One other small issue is with the cutting tool. With the selection boxes being inside of the selected area it becomes immovable or uncontrollable when you select an area that small enough that each selection option (cancel, copy, paste) icon box ends up touching. Could there be an option to have those outside of the selection, rather than inside of it?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tritran18518:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION]: would is be easy to have a resizeable pencil toolbox (like widget ) so people can change the box into horizontal / vertical rectangular whenever they want?

- BTW, I have to admit your app is the best app for taking note right now , it has a lot of feature and it runs so smooth, it should be a permium app. But its design doesn't make me feel it is premium . For example : notebook's picture look so normall (or even ugly to me, i'm sorry no offense here ), or those icons when you select "cut tool " , the pecil toolbox is just a simple rectangle.... I personally wish you can spend more time to resign your app UI, make it look more appeal to other people who haven't bought your app yet( and I know it is really hard to have a nice design app). I dont know what other people think but when I try to buy an app, I look into the app screenshot first to see how the app look like, does it have a nice design or not ? Because a nice design app always a good app ( my personally experience)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5124226]nickhimself[/MENTION]: - I kind of optional pre-selection could be done.

- Both having the control buttons inside and outside has pros and cons. If they are outside, you would for instance not be able to paste directly at the page boundary. One easy solution is to zoom, then the control buttons become smaller relative to the content, or rather the content becomes larger relative to the control button.

[MENTION=1627309]tritran18518[/MENTION]: - To allow dynamic resizing can be done but is technically a bit demanding. Note that the toolbox size can be change to 150% and 75% in the app's tools settings.

- Well, I am not an artist. I agree that the present iconography and design is simple, but as you probably know, good iconography comes with quite a price tag.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ordeniz:
In landscape mode what I wrote looks smoother than the portrait mode.When I want to use the app in portrait mode the things I write looks a little bit worse.Why is that?And is it fixable?I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 stock rom.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] FlamingGoat:
These have probably been asked before so my apologies if so, but is there an option in keyboard mode to turn off the dotted line which keeps scrolling around the page?

Next, is it possible to use two-finger zoom in this keyboard mode (only seems to work for me in other modes like freehand ) ?

And finally, how can I select text and modify the font/style as, once I highlight a word or several, the top menu changes to selection and I cannot access the settings?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4881246]ordeniz[/MENTION]: LectureNotes is bitmap-based, not vector-based. Both approaches come with pros and cons. One con of a bitmap-based approach is the finite resolution.

[MENTION=4384489]FlamingGoat[/MENTION]: You can disable that in the text layer setup in the app's handling settings.

- Zooming is disabled with active keyboard input, only scrolling is possible.

- Use the cursor keys with shift pressed to select text to alter style etc. (as Android standard, long-click is for cut, copy, and paste).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] FlamingGoat:
I cldn't find the relevant setting but I'll take another look. Thank you sir, you have endless patience!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mr-Kappa:
Never bought anything for my tablet, except your app! I really like it! Great job! :good:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Cocax:
I would also love a vertical toolbox :D I believe it was one of the first suggestions I made to you, many many months ago. For me, the best would be one vertical line of buttons. If you could make how many lines of buttons the toolbox would have a customizable setting would be awesome, but I understand if it is too much trouble. Just making the current toolbox optionally vertical would be fantastic
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] johntime:
Lecture Notes speed-up

Lecture Notes works fine in normal use - thanks for the excellent effort.

Sometimes I need to run LN while running Teamviewer QS to allow a remote colleague to view the notes on my screen. Because the other app is taking up a number of cpu cycles, LN can suffer serious lag which degrades its overall feel/performance. Other note apps (Quill, Papyrus have the same issue).I found that turning off pen input filters in LN helps a great deal.

Are there any other obvious settings to adjust if one wants maximum response speed from LN in a cpu limited environment?

For example - pen softness =0 or alpha =1? Does pressure senesitivity matter, how about zoom state != 100? Any other suggestions appreciated. As noted, just turning off input filters was enough to make LN usable again.

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5232221]johntime[/MENTION]: You could try to enable `fast rendering´ and `fast temporary rendering´ in the app's display settings, this should save a few CPU cycles.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lazer155:
Could you consider adding a feature to turn a user decided strip on both the left and right sides black/unusable when taking notes on a page in a notebook? I ask because I have noticed that at least on my note and with some others I have read in reviews, there is about a 1/4 inch strip along the left and right sides which is inaccurate. Whenever you write in this strip, the pen starts getting offset and kind of "jerky"/not smooth. It would be helpful to have a feature in the app that could be enabled and allow the user to make the note page not shown in that 1/4 inch area so you don't even both writing there. It was a common complaint in the reviews I read so I think it is just a hardware issue in all note 10.1.

If my explanation is confusing as to what areas I am talking about, let me know and I will take a picture to better explain things.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] johntime:
[MENTION=4856730]lazer155[/MENTION] A work around I use: you can preset various zoom levels for the magnifying glass icon. I set one for 96% or use whatever works for you. This leaves about a 1/4" grey strip on either side of the page. Is this close to what you're looking for?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lazer155:
Genius! :victory: I didn't even think of that. That's exactly what I was trying to do. :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] setasai:
You can also set page to floating so that you can move the edge of the page away from the edge of the screen when writing.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Dead_Rabbit:
i have been using lecture notes for a long time, and the difference between the first version and the last one is incredible. You are doing a really good job on the app's features, but i think that now its time to focus on design..

The features are perfect for me, but I really miss beautiful software... You can take a look on bamboo paper for IOS, and others app. they are really nice.

And i can go further, with the new UX you can release lecture notes 2 and charge again your customers, i would pay again for a new beatiful version with a big smile in my face :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tritran18518:
Above is what I told him. But he afraid about the cost to have redesign whole new UI
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Tintinnuntius:
The app looks perfectly nice to me. I'd prefer the developer focuses on adding more great features instead of waisting time on eye candy.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Carrl:
Zoomed Input problem

Can anyone explain why the zoomed input box moves from right to left regardless of the settings I choose? This causes me to simply write words backwards.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Cocax:
Two things:

-could you please add a button to notebook overview that changes its zoom? I know I can change the zoom of notebook overview in the settings, but since I sometimes have to change it according to what I want to see, it would be quicker and easier if there was a button similar to the magnifying glass of the normal view. Also, making the zoom in notebook overview a notebook setting instead to an app wide setting would be awesome;

-could you please please please consider making the pdf import happen on the background? I know I have asked this a few times before and you said it was technically complex, but it's the only reason I sometimes don't use LN for my notes: I don't have time to wait for a pdf with 200+ pages to import and not being able to use the tablet meanwhile (and this creates other problem, which is having my notes scattered between multiple apps, instead of having them all on LN)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] motif1:
PDF import changes text layer

I have a question about properly importing PDFs into a notebook.

First, I start a notebook, and write notes into the text layer. The notebook has just one layer (layer 1).

Then decide to import a PDF or image. The import settings are default, so that a new layer 2 is created, the PDF is imported into layer 1, and layer 2 becomes the "work on" layer.

This works well, in the sense that I can annotate the PDF, and my changes in the written text don't affect the PDF image. However, if I go back to earlier handwritten text pages in the notebook (from before the PDF import), they are on layer 1 (the same layer that the PDF was imported into). I have to change the "work on layer" back to 1 in order to edit my previous text in the same notebook. All of my notes before the import are on layer 1, and the notes after the import on layer 2.

Is there a way, maybe I missed it, to create a new layer and import the PDF into that new layer, but retain the previous text layer that will still be the "work on " text layer?

Importing PDFs and images into a notebook is a really important feature for me, and it works as-is, but involves a little bit of workaround to edit notes that were taken before the PDF. I would like to be able to fine-tune how this works, if possible. Does anyone else have advice?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
The numerical order of the layers represent what is on top. So things on layer 2 will show above layer 1. Therefore, if the PDF was imported to a new layer (layer 2 in your case) anything you write on layer 1 will be below the PDF and not visible. The best solution is to create the second layer for text when you create a new notebook. It would be nice if this was an option to be automatic, but for now just remember to make a new layer when you make a new notebook and write on it. For cases where you've already written in layer one, there's an option in the layer menu to move everything from one layer to another.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4856730]lazer155[/MENTION]: I understood that you question/suggestion has already been addressed.

[MENTION=4696378]Dead_Rabbit[/MENTION] & tritran18518: I agree that icons etc. leave room for improvement, but I prefer that users praise the functions and nag about the UI than the other way around.

[MENTION=4226212]Tintinnuntius[/MENTION]: Many thanks. Coming soon: Video recording of display content (and audio) while taking notes.

@Carrl: The movement is determined by the writing direction that you set in the input zone setup in the app's input settings.

[MENTION=4262679]Cocax[/MENTION]: 1. This can be done, but changing the thumbnail size will actually require a rerendering of all thumbnails.

2. This is technically a bit demanding and is on my agenda.

[MENTION=1802783]motif1[/MENTION]: Maybe I misunderstood the description (see JamMasterClay's comment) but if I understood correctly, it is advisable to add the second layer manually and exchange layer 1 and 2 before the PDF import, then your notes before the PDF import are in layer 2 as well.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mmcnulty:
I agree that features are more important than looks, but if I may go tangent even to that tangent, I think it would go a long way if the current functionality were made clearer.

It has taken me a while to get to where I am now with Lecture Notes and the setup I have for it. And even at this point I still come back here not only to request/hope for future features, but to find out if the app already does what I want (which most of the time it does). I'm sure there are still things I don't know how to do or am not taking advantage of.

I've showed the app to some people and later found them barely scratching the surface simply because they didn't know what else could be done, and didn't have the time to investigate.

If the app were more accessible and what it could do was more clearly spelled out then I think it would receive alot more recognition and you'd never see anyone recommending the "competition" that is out there.

And, yeah, along with that making it prettier/a higher quality look, would instill more confidence, sell more copies, and pay for further development.

Sent from my GT-N8013 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Dead_Rabbit:
Take a look in this graphic... its all about UX and not something with a lot of features.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] motif1:
Thanks JamMasterClay and acadoid. I know that the imported PDF has to go in layer 1, and you annotate on layer 2. If the other way around, the PDF covers the text and you can't see it. But I didn't know that there is an option to move everything from one layer to another after the fact. Could you please elaborate, because I don't find it described in the Help or in this thread - is this "Exchange layers"?

I appreciate as acadoid said that I could manually create a layer 2 and move all the text there before PDF import into layer 1. It's one more thing to remember, and I'm often moving fast in a meeting as I frantically import a PDF from someone's email so I can write on it as they are talking about it. But a monkey could probably learn to do it, so I guess I can too. Or perhaps it could be an import layer option in settings: if only one layer exists before import, then create new layer (this is already an option) AND move contents of previous layer 1 to the new layer 2. Or not.

And while we're at it, what are the layer menu options, Text layer below layer 1, between layer 1 and 2, or above layer 2? I don't get what this does, because when it is set Text below layer 1, the text you write still appears "on top of" the PDF, which was imported into layer 1. So I don't get how text can be "below" the PDF layer, but still be visible.

Finally, related to the other discussion about whether LN is too complicated, IMO please don't make it less complicated to dumb it down. I don't need to do everything that LN can do, but I'm pretty confident that if my needs change, LN can already do it somehow. Rather than investing time in simplifying user interface, I would suggest rather to update the Help a little bit, it seems to lag behind the current capabilities of the program.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5106588]mmcnulty[/MENTION], Dead_Rabbit & motif1: Thanks for your comments. I agree that LectureNotes takes a bit of an initial effort, but this is partly due to the fact that the world of Android is very diverse, not a monoculture such as iOS. I try to keep the help page updated as I add or revise features, please tell me if you find something outdated that I overlooked. I am also considering to provide short tutorial videos on specific questions, I am getting convinced that this might be better than a written help page.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jeggen:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] would it be possible to alter the "keep screen on" option to keep the screen on for X minutes after last input? Unfortunately I need this option to an extent but then sometimes forget I left my tablet with LN as the foreground application and close my case and later in the day realize my display has been on all day and my battery is dead. I have no idea if it's even technically possible but an option to basically alter my screen off timeout when in LN would have saved my from a dead tablet multiple times.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] tritran18518:
+1 for this.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] masterv1:
This is standard function of your note. Just untick always on option in LN.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4035388]jeggen[/MENTION] & tritran18518: This could be done, but I agree with masterv1 that this would be largely superfluous, as this function is already provided by the system. If you wish that the display goes off after a certain time, disable `keep screen on´ in LectureNotes and set the corresponding time in the device's settings.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] MZITech:
Is it possible to have "undo" function by stylus button?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jeggen:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] [MENTION=1439036]masterv1[/MENTION]

I am well aware of that functionality. My point is just that when I am not in LN I want my screen to timeout after 1 minute. When I am in LN I effectively want it to keep my screen on. It's just that occasionally I forget to exit LN, just close my cover and put my tablet away and hours later realize the screen is still on. Hence the desire to have an option that keeps the screen on for say 30 minutes but then eventually would timeout to save us from accidentally leaving it on and only finding out hours later when the battery is dead.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
I would highly reccomend investing in Tasker, as you could have it change the system screen-off delay when LectureNotes is running.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jeggen:
I5

I thought of that too and have Tasker. Probably the best solution. Favorite Tasker use so far is to automatically open LN when I remove my Spen if I'm not in another app.

Edit: Done. Took less time to do in Tasker than ask for the functionality on the thread.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
My favorite use for Tasker so far is to automatically log me into my wireless network at work. I work at a public library, so the wireless is open but after connecting you have to open the browser and hit agree to out internet use policy. I was able to get Tasker to send the packet to the server to simulate pressing the button without opening the browser or anything, on both my phone and tablet :good:

Sorry for the off-topic reply acadoid.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Tintinnuntius:
Now check if importing pdfs still works for you. I used Tasker to switch from auto to manual brightness upon opening LN and that caused the pdf import to miss the first page.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] 299792458:
Now this is exciting! Hope it works well and output is reasonably small in terms of file sizes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Robdyx:
Hate requesting so many times, but has hit me a few times and I think it could be useful for someone else (or it can be already supported and I may have overlooked it)

I use LN for my class notes, I can easily end up with a couple hundred of pages and if someone asks me for some pages, I have to send the whole document, which is a pain in the ass for the other person, or get to my house, export the whole document and then extract the interesting pages, which is a bit tedious for me. Could it be possible to export to PDF only selected pages?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
It already is! Go to notebook overview, tag pages and export tagged pages to PDF (or maybe share as, but you get the point). It'll take a while to render the overview though..
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Robdyx:
Awesome! Thank you my good sir
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
I've been having some troubles with the multiwindow feature when I have the LectureNote app open full screen, like if I'm having Chrome as a small window while writing. LectureNotes freezes and puts itself on top of the other app in a way it haven't done before. Anyone else with the same problem and maybe even a solution?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=2505694]Axel_[/MENTION]: Does this problem occur only in conjunction with Chrome? Does it occur if you use Chrome in conjunction with another app?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jeggen:
Sorry - somewhat off topic but not totally since this is how I solved the screen timeout issue in Tasker.

I took a different approach after you mentioned this. I use SPen Helper to detect when I've removed my pen. So I have the following setup.

Profile - Based on Spen removal as the trigger using SPen Helper plugin. This profile activates a task with two items.

-If I'm active in "TouchWiz Home" it will open LN for me when I remove the SPen.

-When I remove SPen it sets my screen timeout to 10 minutes, which really is helpful for any app where I'm using the SPen.

I have a second Profile activated when SPen is attached. Task of the second profile resets screen timeout to 2 minutes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
No it has nothing to do with Chrome, it appears whenever I'm using any of the multiwindow apps like YouTube, Calculator, ezPDF and so on (the chrome browser is the app I use with the feature the most since I'm kind of in love with WolframAlpha though). You might not be familiar with the function, but as long as I have the other app in "unpinned" mode so it's hiding if I push beside it (using lecturenotes) there's no problem. The problem with the app "hiding behind LectureNotes" and LectureNotes freezing accures when I pin the window so that it stays on top even if I'm not using it atm.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] lazer155:
Has that always happened to you? I've never had that issue myself with the stock rom and kernel. Are you sure it isn't just some way that you have something setup causing the problem? I regularly pin chrome, ezPDF and calculator all at the same time with LN fullscreen in the background and experience no issues.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
No it hasn't, but I can't think of anything I've changed that got me the problems and that's making me confused! I'm on stock ROM, unrooted and Android 4.1.2 so I guess that not the issue either.. And that's not the only strange problem I have, the zoom in the hand mode works only occasionally and I can't see a pattern of when it does and doesn't. Kind of irritating!