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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Cocax & JamMasterClay: I agree, the angle between stylus and display gets relevant close to the boundary, so that even a coordinate-based compensation will not fully solve the problem.

@bmperrea: One could allow for finer step size for small line widths, I noted it down.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Gargantuanian:
@acadoid: As a first approximation solution, is it possible somehow to devided the screen into a grid of N points , and simply allow everyone to set their own offsets around each of this points? So, essentially, devide the screen in N squares, and the offsets are set separately in the center of each square. Something like this?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
X2 that woud be such an amazing improvement!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] klau1:
Is there a multi page floating mode available yet?

I was hoping to completely replace S-Note, so I'm looking for something that has the "Pop-Up" Note mode like S-Note, but even better would be the ability to do multiple "pop-up" notes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Gargantuanian & Yahiko: If there are N such grid points, there are 2 N sliders to adjust (horizontal and vertical). Lets say you have ten rows and colums, you get 100 points and 200 sliders. I do not think that anyone is willing to adjust 200 sliders, and tens rows and columns is rather too few than too many.

@klau1: I am not sure what you refer to as `multi page floating mode´, LectureNotes runs in multi window mode on Samsung devices running Android 4.1 or later, but only one instance at each time.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Magnesus:
Wacom graphic tablets have larger area than is used just to avoid the problem with borders. On tablet that can't be done of course because of the need to integrate it with LCD and small border size. So we have to live with it. It's not much though - less than margins on a typical notebook (at least on my device, it can probably vary).

By the way, two related questions:

1. I had a point showing me where the cursor is when drawing but few months ago it disapeared (maybe because of software update of Note 10.1?). Anyone know how to get it back?

2. I heard there are some apps that reset calibration data for SPen - are they useful? I feel like the pen was more accurate before than it is now but I might just be wrong.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] claytonjn:
If you want the floating point for every app there's an option in settings for the device itself. Setting>S Pen> Air view

If you want the floating point only in lecture notes, it's Settings>Input>Hover Setup> Display hover
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Magnesus: 1. Both the system as well as LectureNotes can display a so-called hover. The latter can be enabled and setup in the app's input settings.

Edit: After submitting my reply, I saw that JamMasterClay already replied.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Gargantuanian:
@acadoid: The idea was to make "N" a free parameter, everyone can choose whether its 10 or 100. In fact, a better idea yet: since the main area is perfectly fine, the grid could be created only within some small strip with the widths "x1" and "x2" mm from the right and left borders.

In this case one would only need say, 5-10 calibration points on each side, so not so many!

Yes, its cumbersome, but could essentially increase the productivity until a better solution appears, or Samsung introduces some calibration tool.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] klau1:
yes, I meant multiple instances.

nice to know Lecture Notes works in window mode tho.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Zantier:
I really like the first page as cover functionality. Here are a few things I've noticed and some suggestions.

1) when a certain page size is used, typically landscape, the cover view is rotated (to better fit I assume) however this looks awkward, makes it look like it's displayed wrong and impossible to read. I would suggest forcing the page view even if part of the page is cutoff in the cover. Perhaps future development of the noteboard will display the covers relative to the page size.

2) I would suggest adding the option to display covers as the first page to the notebook settings. This way you could decide to display individual notebooks with or without the first page as cover.

3) not really related to the above but a nitpick to save time/steps--on the notebook settings page, most the time i am using onscreen keyboard to name a notebook. The change/create/cancel buttons are at the bottom so you have to close the keyboard everytime to save. If these keys were moved to the side or top of this page, this would save a step.

This is a fantastic app!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
+1 for these 3 reasonable (so I think) suggestions... ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
I agree.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GETCASHMONEY:
Dropbox introduces improved sync API for Android developers

http://phandroid.com/2013/02/06/dropbox-sync-api-android/

Will this help you implement Dropbox sync at all? I think almost all of us can agree that we would be satisfied with Dropbox sync.

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Sorry, I don't mean to come across as pushy. I just think it would make an already outstanding app almost perfect. I would be willing to pay 1-3 dollars for this feature as well if necessary.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] jeggen:
For what it's worth... I'm a HEAVY dropbox user and I only use Dropsync. I don't even use built-in Dropbox functionality for the apps that offer it. I find it much easier to use Dropsync to sync across apps. Works flawlessly with LectureNotes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GETCASHMONEY:
yeah, I use dropsync as well but I would rather stick with an official solution.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Earthdog:
Feature

I do not see an option.... But how about the ability to password protect individual notebooks?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] atatistcheff:
+1 to this too
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] nahuelarg86:
Hi, I just wanted to know if the app will go on sale some time? I hear it's a good app, but I'm on a very tight budget...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GETCASHMONEY:
Its so cheap! Definitely worth it. Dont eat out for one meal and you got it covered.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Zantier, sphere314 & atatistcheff: 1. Not to rotate but to cut can be done. 2. Can be done as well (in fact already on my to-do-list). 3. Well, `OK´ and `cancel´ buttons tend to be below a dialog, and we talk about a single to-be-saved click here.

@Gargantuanian & Yahiko: I think a more user-friendly approach is to draw crosses on the display at various locations and to ask the user to click on them.

@GETCASHMONEY: Adding DropBox support to LectureNotes will not make it more `official´ than using a specialized app. Besides that, I would need to add code to LectureNotes which I cannot see in source and to add `internet´ and `request network state´ permissions, which I do not like to do.

@nahuelarg86: LectureNotes is permanently on sale.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Cocax:
I've been writing and studying heavily on LN this last few days and there's something bugging me. I like to use the spen hover so I have it enabled in the tablet settings. However, since the JB update, it's far too big that it becomes annoying when I'm writing in LN.

In contrast, the LN hover is customizable in size, but it obviously only works on LN and if I have both of them activated, they overlap.

Would it be possible to add an option for LN to override the system hover if it's active and only display the native LN hover if we enable it in the settings?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Cocax: A normal app cannat override a system setting, I am sorry.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
I agree :)

Concerning dropbox issue, i have to agree one more time with acadoid, imagine if for some odd reason, acadoid could not update LN anymore, and in the meantime dropbox API changes. LN will bre broken. This way LN completly works by itself.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Earthdog: I just realized that I overlooked your question, my apologies. It is pretty straightforward to add a dialog when starting the app or when opening a notebook and require a PIN/password to be entered. But this will give users a wrong feeling of security, as anyone with a minimal computer knowledge will still be able to access your notes indirectly. A password protection makes only sense if the notebook pages are encrypted. Without encryption, password protection is more a kind of `child protection´, if at all. However, encryption comes with several drawbacks when done in an app (slowing down reading and writing, etc); if you are concerned with your privacy, I think that a much better approach is to encrypt the whole SD card.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Earthdog:
I understand completely what you are saying. In my case I want something that simply prevents someone from grabbing my note and opening up a notebook. I really would like to see it even if its simplistic and could be beaten. Like most security it can always be beaten.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Gargantuanian:
Would be amazing if implemented!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Axel_:
Sv: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

Just like the old Palm PDAs, I really like the idea!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] GETCASHMONEY:
Awesome new update! Once again, great work. How do you set up automatic PDF conversion? I went through the menus and looked through the help menu. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@GETCASHMONEY: In notebook content view and notebook overview, there are items `Share notebook PDF´ in the share menus. When long-clicking on a notebook on the notebooks board, there are `View notebook PDF´ and `Share notebook PDF´ items. The latter two export to PDF only if the notebook was `touched´ since the last PDF export, otherwise a view or share intent is issued directly.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Eline:
First of all, I really like LN and all of the feedback. I just have one question.

When importing a pdf file for annotating, LN rotates my pages. Is there a way to rotate them back in the app?

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Eline: There is an option `auto-rotate´ in the app's PDF import settings; if this option is enabled, LectureNotes rotates imported PDF pages if this makes them fit better on the page, disable that option and no rotation will occur. Note the margins in the same settings, for instance in case you wish to place the imported material at the top of the notebook pages.

Already imported material can be rotated using the cutter tool (but I guess to simply import again is easier).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Eline:
Thanks! That was the setting I was looking for.

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] nsmartinez79:
@acadoid have you considered a flash card add on to LN? I think this would be a great feature that many students would be willing to buy. Love the app!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] mannyvzla:
I trying to convince my nephew to buy lecture notes but I couldn't find how to enable Spanish language. Mind to help, anyone? If Spanish is not included I'm willing to help in the translation

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[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] 299792458:
My stylus buttons setup is ignored(?) I have a Galady Note 10.1 and the pen/"stylus" button press always causes the Note cutter or copy freehand thing (not sure what it is called) regardless of what i select in settings. I used to have one press give me the erase tool....since several updates ago however it is hosed. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
English is universal!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] axel1988:
@Acadoid:

-Have you considered adding somekind of widget for being able to write a quick note on the homescreen?

-Have you considered the possibility of being able to erase with the finger as in Papyrus?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@nsmartinez79: I have a flash card extension on my to-do-list. It is not too complicated to implement, but I want to improve the text drawing tool first.

@mannyvzla: LectureNotes contains only English menus, dialogs, and help page, I am sorry. Localization is on my agenda, but can only be done with the help of professional translators with a pretty solid price tag.

@299792458: Samsung devices do not deliver touch events with stylus button pressed, the system assigns own functionality to that. You need to enable `detect stylus button in hover mode´ in the stylus button setup in the app's handling settings; furthermore, you need to press and release(!) the stylus button close to the display surface but before actually touching the display.

@axel1988: 1. A widget to write into would be pretty cool, but I do not think that this is technically feasible. Or have you come across an app that allows that? 2. This is on my to-do-list.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] axel1988:
Hi Acadoid,

I have seen "Handrite Notes Notepad Pro". I havent tried it but I thought maybe something like that would be possible. I have a SGN8000 and I dont know if you know, but it lacks of some "post it" widget for the stylus as seen on the N7000.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Yahiko:
If you need a professional to portuguese with good prices i know one ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@axel1988: I am not sure whether I understand, what do you refer to by `something like that`?

@Yahiko: Including the help page, LectureNotes contains around 100,000 characters of text. There is some redundancy due to the way I organize the app's strings.xml but to translate that is not something that one can do over a cup of coffee.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] axel1988:
@Acadoid, look on this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1948925

There is an image of what I mean. It would be cool if you could integrate somekind of widget where a small notebook can be on real time activated and be wroten on it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@axel1988: LectureNotes provides widgets since v1.18.2. A LectureNotes' widget displays a page of a notebook and clicking on it opens the notebook on the displayed page. However, you cannot directly write into the widget, and I am neither aware of any app that allows that.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
From my experience (but I could be wrong) I can confirm what acadoid already said and that such a "quick" handwritten note taking widget doesn't presently exist.

But It would be very cool to have one (something like the SMemo pointed out by axel1988).

I mean, other apps (including "Handrite Notes Notepad Pro", that I have) only have widgets to open some "predefined" note file, and they can't be used to write directly in the widget just like writing in a "real" sticky note.

Lecture Notes already has this "widget" functionality.

A different kind of approach is that of Snap Pad (ads-free and free versions, also available on the SamsungApps store), that I find interesting and very simple to use.

It's not a widget or a floating note but rather a pad that comes out when you drag the snap region (that normally stays invisible) located at the left side of the screen.

So it can be opened and resized anytime (without having to launch it) and also while using other apps. It's also possible to adjust the pad's opacity and make it semi-transparent. It can be useful to jot down some quick note, without having to create a file and save it.

Another possibility for LN would be having a second type of widget that would open some LN's predefined notebook (maybe called "quick memo" or something like that) in a reduced window (in cascade view) and (maybe) with a simplified UI. It would also be great if this window could be made semitransparent (but I doubt it's easy to do that).

It wouldn't yet be possible to write directly on the widget but the illusion would be similar to that and it would be a fast and easy way to take quick and offhand notes... maybe whilst using some other apps (i.e. a browser or a pdf reader)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mirkokkk:
R: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

With pro version of Multi Window Manager now it's possible to work with two notebook in the same time :)

[Edit] I have noticed that in this way there are some problems, I'm sorry!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@Mirkokkk: LectureNotes is not multi-instance-save, it is not a good idea to enforce multiple instances.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] Mirkokkk:
R: LectureNotes - S-Pen App with fast dev. speed

Yes I have noticed that it doesn't work well.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] scubasteve101:
Is there anyway to have LN automatically generate/update this pdf once the notebook is closed? Or a quicker way to get to the option other than backing out of the notebook and long-clicking on it?

Btw thanks for the awesome app, it's the reason I kept my GNote.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] scubasteve101:
I'm also having a hard time getting this option to work, it makes a new note every time. Could you tell me the steps I must take to make this work properly, theres many ways to export to evernote (via .pdf or .pgn) and I'm not sure which to pick.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] 299792458:
Have been using LN for a few weeks now and have some things I dont think are possible but really have been needing.

1. A way to go to a page by page number. I import pdfs > 50 pages and find it takes a

long time to scroll from one end to the other (i use two finger scroll and zoom wayyy out to make the scroll faster, but it still takes forever to go ahead lots of pages at a time. A simple go to page number would be nice. I must be missing something here. Maybe go to notebook overview?

2. Auto zoom on. I thought this used to be an option? Would like zoom in the menu to be enabled by default.

3. A way to crop pictures on import, say, while you place it. Would also be nice to use this on other things u select/cut.

4. A way to paste from the system clipboard? Is this a touchwiz thing, would it even allow for this? Wish i could grab things from my clipboard that i get from looping with the pen outside LN and paste as image into LN. LN seems to have its own clipboard of sorts?

5. A reorganized floating toolbar with a row of pen widths, highlighter styles, and shapes (like square, circle, etc) --- i.e. what you are drawing, then a row of the most common colors --- i.e. the color of what you are drawing. Have 1 selected from each row and boom, you're done.

6. When stylus is not detected, allow 1 finger scrolling if u touch in the gray (outside the page you have in view. I have 1 finger scrolling disabled because my palm constantly sets it off, but with this option it would scroll if I wasnt writing (spen not detected near screen) and i purposely touched a gray area. Two finger scrolling with wide seperation configured for between fingers works ok for now but is hard to do! I could enable the scroll bars i guess and make em wide but it is not aesthetically pleasing lol.

Thanks for any feedback.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] axel1988:
Hi,

could anyone post a screenshot of the lecturenotes widget? Thanks,
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
The widget can be found on the widget section of the app drawer (it's called LectureNotes 2 x 2).

Here's a screen shot of one of my home pages in which I've placed the LN's widget (bottom-left).

Just out of curiosity, I've annotated the home screen before taking the screenshot (and not by editing the screenshot after taking it) using a nice app called Ink Over Apps
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] axel1988:
I guess you forgot to attach the screenshot.. ;)

Thanks again for when you post it.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
Re-attached ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] acadoid:
@scubasteve101: You can do that semi-automatically by selecting `Export notebooks board to PDF´, this exports all notebooks that have been touched since their last export to PDF.

@scubasteve101: At present, the Evernote API does not fully allow to update a notebook (http://dev.evernote.com/documentation/local/chapters/Android.php), but it is a kind of announced (http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/29122-intent-to-append-to-or-edit-a-specific-note/). What LectureNotes does is to allow to use a notebook UUID (as described in the API), and as soon as the API got updated, I will add it to LectureNotes.

@299792458: 1. `Go to page´ in the hand menu.

2. I am not sure whether I understand this suggestion.

3. On my to-do-list, will be added soon.

4.Samsung apps do not properly support the Android system clipboard for images, they use their own proprietary clipboard. However, you can share images to LectureNotes (it registers as image receiver) and open images using LectureNotes (it registers as image viewer), see for instance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_eDpWhu058 for an example.

5. Essentially, your suggestion is not to have different pencils, but to have a single pencil and to adjust width, color, etc. in a toolbox like you now select pencils, is this correct?

6. This could be done, but you would still have the problem that your palm is erroneously detected as finger and causes scrolling.

@axel1988: I do not have an image at hand, but before setup it looks like a notebook, and afterwards it displays the notebook page.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] axel1988:
Thanks again,

How does the Whiteboard Pro widget work? Is it like Lecturenotes that once you click it it opens the notebook ? or is it reactive, meaning that you can draw on the whitboard from your homescreen?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
It's like LectureNotes and opens the notebook.

As previously stated by acadoid (and I can confirm it as far as I know) there's no widget that accept writing in the widget itself.

One nice thing of Whiteboard Pro is that you can set the widget transparency.

On the other hand it doesn't support the s-pen, so I wouldn't advice getting it.

Anyway there are some other apps that allow you to write on the screen (by adding a transparent drawing layer), but I think they are rather immature at the moment.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] axel1988:
ok thanks a lot,

I am thinking of getting the Snap Pad that you mentioned before, it looks pretty nice. I guess you can scribble on the homescreen/app and then just take a screen shot with the annotations made.

Do you have it? would you recommend it?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] sphere314:
"Snap pad" is a hidden pad that you can pull out by swiping on an invisible region (you can set its height) located at the left border of the screen.

Then you can adjust the pad's width (but not its height) and write on the pad. You can also make the pad semi-transparent.

I'd suggest trying the free version before buying it.

Another option for writing on the screen is "Ink over apps". There's no trial version and I've bought it. I'm still testing it but at a first stage it seems there are pros and cons.

Anyway these kind of apps have a completely different scope with respect to LN and can only be used to jot down, in an easy way, quick notes (thoughts or ideas with a few word's length).

Anyway, since this is LN's thread I'll stop here talking about them.

In case there's this dedicated thread...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Themes and Apps] axel1988:
you are right, thanks for the info, I will keep looking at the thread that you mention to see what you com up to with ink over apps.