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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: 1. To display the notebooks board tree takes hardly any time, as you can see when you scroll; when the notebooks board changes (change into a folder, open/close a folder, etc.), LectureNotes checks every notebook (and folder) it is going to display for integrity and consistency, which takes a few hundredths of a second for each notebook. This time is hardly noticeable even with several dozen simultaneously displayed notebooks. However, if your notebooks board tree consists of almost two hundred notebooks, these small amounts of time can add up to several seconds.

Do you really need to see all your notebooks all the time? One solution is to create two folders, one named `Notebooks that I really need´ and one named `Notebooks that I do not really need at the moment´, sort your notebooks into these two folders accordingly, then change into the first folder (long-click on the folder `Notebooks that I really need´ and select `open folder´ in the popup menu). As a result, LectureNotes will create the tree of all notebooks in the first folder (and only of those), which should be much faster.

2. What is `wobbly´ about LectureNotes' pencils?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION]: Thanks for the prompt answer again! My workflow really requires to jump from notebooks to notebooks, based on collaborators, project, type of work, etc. I use at least 30 different notebooks per week, and they are arranged in thematic folders that themselves contain a few other notebooks. Is it really The Right Thing To Do to check consistency at this point? As a user, if one of my notebook goes bad, I'd like it to still be listed, and when I try to open it, a message informing me of the corruption would offer the possibility of deleting the notebook. This would move the sanity check at a point of the execution where it cannot accumulate.

2. That's the first point of my message from a few days ago; please check http://michael.cadilhac.name/private/ln.mp4 if you want a video description: basically, I'd have liked to make calligraphic annotations to slides, but at this point, I have to do them on Clover Paint and then transfer them.

Thanks veeeery much! Cheers!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: 1. In this case, I recommend to open all folders (so that all notebooks are visible) and to avoid any further opening/closing; then, the check is performed only during launch.

The check is very basic (this is why it takes only a hundredth of a second), LectureNotes cannot open (and, in fact, does not open) anything as notebook that fails this check.

2. You refer to the temporary line before you lift the stylus, correct? LectureNotes avoids all filtering and smoothing as long as the stylus is down to optimize responds time.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ENBroerse:
Thank you! Of course the option is already built in!

I am waiting for the Samsung chrome pro book. A tablet/chrome convertible. I am very exited about this one and I hope that Lecturenotes will work on the machine!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=6073096]ENBroerse[/MENTION]: LectureNotes definitely works on Chromebooks. Whether an active stylus will work I cannot say for sure (this depends on the correct implementation of the respective Android interface by Google), but I do not see any reason why it will not (since both Android and ChromeOS are from Google).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ENBroerse:
I am very happy! Lecturenotes is the main reason I didnt switch to ipad or surface pro!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
This definitely is not a possibility, this really goes against having folders in a first place; again, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one in that situation (though maybe an extreme case), don't underestimate the popularity of your product :D Also, I believe the check is done too when switching from a notebook to the board, taking this unholy amount of time.

Then would it be possible to give the user the opportunity to have this check performed *on opening the notebook* rather than at the beginning? That would solve the problem.

No, I'm referring to the final line drawn, although certainly, the temporary line is really weird, especially since "Fast Rendering" is disabled. Compare CloverPaint's and LN's; CP definitely has a nicer (i.e., usable) stroke. Do you need a longer video?

Cheers;

M.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: I was initially reluctant to provide an fold/unfold function when displaying the notebooks board as tree...

I do not need a longer video, thank you.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
Ahah, but this *is* a great feature, Markus! :) And to me, it only has this very small problem that could be circumvented simply by moving the check to the opening of the notebook :) Pretty please?

Cheers;

M.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: My explanation was probably misleading.

What LectureNotes currently does to detect a notebook is the minimum (or very close to it), doing less would mean doing nothing. Doing nothing is of course very fast, but there would not be any notebooks displayed on the notebooks board...

The only `solution´ is to create the notebooks board asynchronously, similarly as the notebook overview works. This means that LectureNotes starts a background process that does the actual work, folders and notebooks appear as they are found, and LectureNotes is immediately responsive. The problem with an asynchronous approach is that (a) it is technically much more complicated (in particular, as the total number of items is not known at the beginning, in difference for instance to the notebook overview) and that (b) it is slower as there is overhead. The latter means that if the notebook that you wish to open happens the one to be found the last by the asynchronous process, you wait longer than you do now.

Concerning your video: Please understand that LectureNotes is a note-taking app, not a calygraphy app. My handwriting speed is aound 10 to 20 times faster than what you do in your video (and I know people with even faster handwriting). To be able to handle such input, LectureNotes needs to make certain simplifications, in particular as long as the stylus is moving over the surface.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ENBroerse:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] I am having problems with the backup settings. I have two devices now, a note 10.1 and a tabs s3. I backup the settings on my note 10.1 (111Kb) I share them with my dropbox. To find the location where to store them, I backup the settings on my new tab s3 (44 Kb). Now I now the location, so I delete the settings on my s3 and copy from my dropbox the new settings to the correct folder. Then I start lecture notes on my s3 en go to backup restore and I choose restore. The app seems to restart and I see the notebook board. But nothing has changed and I don't see any of the settings that I have on my old note 10.1. And when I choose, again, backup the programs writes a file of 44 kb, where I expected a larger file.

In the past I have tried this often and never succeeded. I usually gave up, but now I have tweeked my lecturenote 10.1 so perfectly I do not want to redo all the work. What am I doing wrong?

[and in previous posts I found a reference to Savitzky–Golay, where do I find that settting?]
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=6073096]ENBroerse[/MENTION]: The file `settings.xml´ is written to LectureNotes' app directory when performing a settings backup; LectureNotes also checks the app directory when

performing a settings restore (if there is no such file there, it also checks the `Download´ directory).

The filter setup is in the app's input settings.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] ENBroerse:
I know where the file settings.xml is supposed to go. In my case it is /storage/9C33-6BBD/android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotes [setting in app directory setup] I've checked that I have the right directory, I checked it by backing up the settings on my new device and checking where the file appeared. I then replaced the backup file on the new device with the backup file from my old device and the restored settings. But nothing happens!

I now deleted all the settings.xml files I could find. Except from the one in the download folder. Restored that setting (it said if you .... the file 'settings.xml'in the 'Download'directory. So I know it has found the file. But I do not get the settings like on my old device. Nothing changes?

Can you copy settings from different devices to each other? samsung note 10.1 2014 -> samsung tab s3?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=6073096]ENBroerse[/MENTION]: The backup and restore settings function is actually for the same device (so that users can install a newer custom ROM without losing LectureNotes' settings, for instance), but LectureNotes does not write device-dependent settings into `settings.xml´, so that settings transfer works as well.

Have you verified that the file `settings.xml´ is OK? Feel free to send the file to me by email so that I can have a look.

When you start with a fresh LectureNotes' installation, restore the settings from a different device, and something goes wrong, it might look as if nothing happens. The backup and restore settings function is more for advanced users, so that error handling is not particularly user-friendly, it might be that restore settings fails without an error message.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] leojab:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] Are you planning a vector version as well?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=4401951]leojab[/MENTION]: Both bitmap-based and vector-based approaches have pros and cons. I am not excluding more vector-based features (the text layer is already a step in that direction) or a vector-based sibling of LectureNotes for all times, but the latter not in the near future, I am sorry.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] leojab:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] thanks. Currently, the lecture notes meets most of my requirements so it is great and you have provided flexibility on many functions. Thank you very much.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
how is it working on TAB S3?? I'm back to school, and back to Lectures Notes on a new TAB this time.

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
(Sorry for the delay) Ah, I see. If I go in `/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.acadoid.lecturenotes/files` and do a `find . -type d`, it does take about 7 seconds, which is already quite a lot.

You mention, however, that you want LN to dynamically add folders; well wait a second, people actually do that? While the app is running? I wouldn't even expect that to work :D Wouldn't it be more normal to do this *only* at startup, and keep the list in memory? My main problem, again, occurs when I *go back* to the board, so that'd definitely solve this.

As a side question/feature request, what about having a Midnight Commander notebook board (i.e., folder list on the left-hand side, notebook list on the right-hand side)? I'd really really love that; in particular, the right-hand panel could list some infos, column-wise, such as creation date/last modified date, with the ability to sort them. At the moment, I add the timestamp in notebook titles to give me an idea of when it was created, but that's suboptimal.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: LectureNotes could keep its own representation of the files in the file system, but this is not a good idea for a number of reasons, some of which are general and some of which are Android-specific.

A hybrid representation of the notebooks board is on my to-do-list.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
Why is that? LN could store a file in /files/ describing the notebook board, if the problem revoles around memory sharing among processes. It seems to be an easy and efficient fix for a problem that more and more of your customers will have.

Lovely, thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: LectureNotes could store the current state of the notebooks board in a file and recreate the notebooks board display from such file. That would be the easy part.

The difficult part is to keep track of changes in the state of the notebooks board. Any speedup relies on doing such updates by difference and not just recreate the file from scratch. Doing such updates by difference is not trivial, even if one ignores the (entirely legitimate) possibility that other apps and services modify directories and files in LectureNotes' app directory.

It is probably obvious that opening a notebook changes the state of the notebooks board with respect to this notebook (you might add/delete pages, add/delete recordings, add/delete videos, etc). However, you might also rename the notebook while it is open (which changes the state of the notebooks board with respect to the folder), move the notebook to a different folder while it is open (which changes the state of the notebooks board with respect to the source and the target folder), you might copy pages of the open notebook to a different notebook (which changes the state of the notebooks board with respect to the target notebook), etc. Furthermore, Android is a multi-threading system and the above actions are performed in different threads, so that one needs to make the implementation multi-threading-safe. I am not saying that it cannot be done, but is is not trivial and not something that one quickly codes on a rainy afternoon...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: I think I found a possible solution, a kind of deferred initialization in separate threads. I had the idea when I went over the source code yesterday. I need to test this thoroughly over the next days to make sure that there are no loose ends, multi-threading systems such as Android open whole new ways of things that can go wrong. If everything checks out this change will be part of the next update.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
My, Markus, that would be amazeballs. Thanks for your great support!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
How can I export recorded audio??

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=725049]Yahiko[/MENTION]: You can share an audio recording in notebook replay: Click on the `share´ icon and on the audio you wish to share. Then, Android will display apps that can receive audio files or files in general.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: I uploaded v2.7.15 into the app stores which uses the deferred initialization I mentioned in my previous post.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mr_Armageddon:
Windows 10 port?

Looks like its been a few years since anyone has asked, so dropping this question again...

Any chance you will port LectureNotes to Windows 10?

I have tried using OneNote on my HP Spectre (2in1 device with Pen input), but I find it very clunky for drawing shapes and simple diagrams next to notes, especially since it doesn't support layers. I even went as far as installing the BlueStacks Android emulator to get back my LectureNotes goodness, but input didn't work properly.

I have purchased various upgrades and add-ons for LectureNotes, and would gladly PAY again if brought to Windows. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=671663]Mr_Armageddon[/MENTION]: There are no plans for a Windows version of LectureNotes, I am sorry.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] butla:
Bump

Just curious if is doable at some point?

Cheers.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=1364275]Butla[/MENTION]: There is a calendar app in my portfolio which, among other things, provides reminders.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] unit714:
One-time eraser stopped working

Dear Forum,

I always use eraser in one-time mode, but recently I've noticed that this mode stopped working. Whenever I use eraser it stays active after use. No switching back to pencil mode. I made sure that One-time eraser option is ticked in the Settings->Handling->One-time functions. What could be the reason of this new behaviour?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=6076006]unit714[/MENTION]: There is an item `disable one-time eraser´ in the `eraser´ menu which temporarily disables one-time eraser.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] unit714:
I found it, thanks! Never saw this option before. It works now :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Qlipoth:
PDF view speed should be more faster. It ia too slower than others .
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] pdbc:
Maybe, during all this time, plans are changed... aren't they?

The problem is that there is no way to find an app/program just a little comparable to yours... and I tried so hard to find that app!! No way... so, the only chance is to have...your app in Windows!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5478479]pdbc[/MENTION]: There are no plans for a Windows version of LectureNotes, I am sorry.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
Hello Markus [MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION]

I've been using LN to record my classes during the Apocalypse, and because my Galaxy Note 12.2 crashes at random intervals (once every hour), I've set auto-save to 1 minute. The trouble is, the message "auto-saving" has a tendency to appear where I'm currently focusing, and it's a bit distracting. Would it be possible to introduce a setting to have that message on, say, the top of the screen rather?

Thanks for your years of support!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@miguemike: The Android design guidelines define how many icons should be visible in the action bar (the upper bar) depending on the screen size and orientation. LectureNotes allows you to place more icons, but due to the design guideline, Android does not bother to make the action bar scrollable or anything like that. To allow for that would require to re-implement the action bar including the whole menu handling, which would be a lot of work. What I plan to do is to add a toolbox similar to the pencil toolbox to which you can add icons (and their functionality) in case they do not fit into the action bar.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] miguemike:
@acadoid: your idea would be great. Awesome application, thank you so much!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mdalacu:
Please can you make this app compatible with multiwindow feature present in SG N7100 and N8000?

Here is some info regarding this, in my opinion it is very easy to implement, small modification of manifest file (but I am no Android developer ...)

Thank you.

---------- Post added at 08:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:22 PM ----------

This was copied from an compatible app.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] salmonsushi:
Is it really as simple a manifest file? If so I would imagine thousands of apps in Google Play supporting it. Nevertheless I really appreciate it if it can run with multiwindow.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] toenail_flicker:
I feel sure it's not quite that simple, and yes, I would love to have that high up on your list acadoid, if it is doable.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] JustFlesh:
I tried adding these lines for chrome and lecturenotes for myself. Didn't work.

I assume that the app needs some extra buttons like the samsung apps to close or maximize windows.

The app locus free from play store works in multiwindowmode. Maybe someone could take a look at this.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mdalacu:
I am sure that is not very complicated either because the is a mod on N7100 that makes every installed app compatible with multiwindow and everything just works, but you have to modify framework.res. so, there is nothing special in the app for it to work, it just need to present this capability to touchwiz.

Here it is another proof that this works by justflash:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33962235
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] JustFlesh:
I got it working now!

We also have to add the line

<category android:name="android.intent.category.MULTIWINDOW_LAUNCHER" />

so that the app appears in the multiwindow launcher,

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33962235&postcount=27
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mdalacu:
Great find!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
Great!

I don't know how to decompile end compile again an app (but I'll look for some info about it).

In the meantime I just hope acadoid can use this feature in the next update.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@sphere314 et al.: I added this to the Android manifest, the next update v1.17 of LectureNotes will come with it. However, it does not work on my Galaxy Note 10.1 running ICS (it seems that it requires JB), so that I cannot test it and will appreciate your feedback.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mdalacu:
It is working! Thank you, multiwindows mode works.

Tested on N7100 and N8000.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] EpicDesire:
Just updated to 1.17 on my Note 10.1 and Note 2. On both devices Multi View works fine. Wonderfull, thanks :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
Great :)

Unfortunately I'm still on ICS 4.0.4 and can't test it, but I'm looking forward to do it when I'll receive JB. ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mdalacu:
Why wait just root and install LJ9 from here.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] smaw51:
Anyone else getting issues with an input offset when in the smaller window?

It works fine in normal mode, but minimode I'm off by about an inch to the up left

it is still really nice to be able to pull notes up to view and stuff while being able to to other things and it resized nicely so far

Also, I am on 8013 running JB from darkman_rs
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
I know. But, even if I'm already rooted, I'd rather wait for the official one that will probably come in few days (Italy)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] smaw51:
What device is this on? you youtube and your status bars switched around? the note 2?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mdalacu:
It is the Note 2 in landscape, and i wanted to catch the multiwindow launcher bar also.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@smaw51: Does the offset depend on whether LectureNotes is the left or the right half of the screen? Can you place apps also top/bottom instead of left/right, for instance in portrait device orientation? If so, is there an offset as well? Note that LectureNotes can compensate for offsets (shift input setup in the app's input settings), but this is rather to compensate for small offsets, for instance for left handers.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: The location of the message `Auto-saving…´ cannot be moved.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION] So what about an option to disable the message? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: The `auto-save´ functionality saves the active notebook page, and to do so, LectureNotes needs to block input, whether the message is shown or not.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
[MENTION=5068048]cadilhac[/MENTION]: Not showing the message would still mean blocked input.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] cadilhac:
[MENTION=4619147]acadoid[/MENTION]: I do understand that, and I have no problem with it. My concern is just that the _message_ is distracting for people watching my videos. Disabling it, or having something a bit more discreet (a red circle in a corner of the screen) would really help. Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mdalacu:
@acadoid

There are some problems in cascade view, the writing with SPen is offseted about 2 cm.

But all is OK in DualView mode :)

It is a TW framework bug or something else?