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HIERARCHICAL NOTEBOOK

hierarchical notebook (hnb) is program to organize, many kinds of data
in one place, for example adresses, todo lists, ideas, book "reviews",
brainstorming, organizing a speech, making a structured packing list
random notes, and probably many more I haven't thought of yet..

HOW TO GET hnb?

new releases and information about hnb will appear at hnb's homepage
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hnb/

INSTALLING hnb

if you've got a source release you must first compile hnb,..
see further down in this file for instructions.
Windows

the windows binary distribution, is a .zip file containing the
executable, this readme file, an sample database, and the
licence for hnb's use. the binary is standalone, so you can
just copy it wherever you'd like it to reside.

Linux

the linux binary distribution is a .tar.gz file containing the
executable, this readme file, a an sample database, and the
licence for hnb's use. The binary is dynamically linked
against ncurses just place it anywere in your path.. like
/usr/bin, /usr/local/bin or /home/user/bin

COMPILING hnb

hnb uses automake/autoconf installing it is as simple as:
./configure
make
su
(enter root password)
make install

USAGE DOCUMENTATION

If you start hnb without any parameters and no default database, or
with the -t or --tutorial option, hnb will load a special tutorial
database.

CHANGELOG

1.8.1

fixed the movement behaviour when going to the parent node,.. the screen jumped too much

1.8 30 aug 2001

changed the default window scrolling behaviour to move the cursorbar instead of the whole screen when possible
integrated libxml support changes from orang@imonk.com
added flag to keep whitespace when loading xml file

1.7 6 jul 2001

made the tutorial saveable, if opened in place of the default db
fixed sorting segfault
bsd curses workaround,.. does it work?
changed percentage calculation algorithm
cleanup of the node drawing code
integrated priorities
integrated Andrew J. Webers libxml2 import/export filters
preferences items

mouse
bullet mode
prefs revision checking
priority colors
bold mode colors configurable
keyboard redefinition

1.6 25 may 2001

generic xml import and export filter
preferences
color settings
todobox fixes
percentage calculations fixes
xml tag shortcuts
macrofied node.

1.5 19 may 2001

switched to autoconf/automake
joining/splitting of nodes.
hooks for priority setting

(press ^P on a todo node)

added import/export of xml
optimizations
update to manpage
update documentatino
default format is now xml
commented all headerfunctions

1.4 16 may 2001

added preferences saving/loading
replaced tab char in display with a space.
removal of temporary node, when issuing insert in a new leaf.
cli mode, for use in scripts etc.
pipe export by Karsten Hilbert
automatic generation of README.html

1.3 14 may 2001

bloat
various feedback changes
debug mode for my own sake
added collapseviews

1.2 12 may 2001

added mouse navigation
code cleanups
improved navigation in edit mode
improved pgup/pgdn

1.1 10 may 2001

ran all the files through indent

indent -bad -bap -br -ts4 -ce -ci4 -i4 -cli4 -cbi0 -ss -di0 -nbc -npsl -T Node -brs -ip4 -bbo --line-length78

changed the editor cursor
minor code tweaks and cleanups
added manpage by Andras BALI
switched to bold indication of subnodes
fixed grabbing of nodes (copy/move)
improved tree.c, multiple trees are now possible

1.0 21 april 2001

changed ctrl+space for marking to ctrl+g in win32 port
bullet system for all nodes ( +/- [X] [ ] )
added copying feature
better user feedback when moving
various fixes

0.9 15 april 2001 end of easter holdidays

undefined keyboard debugging in win32 port
added in-binary tutorial, and export mode for the include file
changed curses mode to raw
upon request from Marck Rintsch, ctrl+s now saves the file
added more visual feedback when saving, quitting and such
added an standard bullet on all entries.

0.8 15 april 2001

ascii export
html export

(doesn't escape any html by itself)

latex export

doesn't work for deeper nesting levels than four

postscript export

based on the latex export
uses system calls and requires latex, and dvips

loading(insertion) of an external file into the db
added done percentage

0.7 13 april 2001

rearranged input structures
added todo checkboxes
added error display
remade the help system
fixed resizing
made search case insensitive
refined search control interface

0.6b 11 april 2001

the guadec hacked fixes on strics computer
worked on search ability
fixed the display of confirm mode in curses ui.
added reparenting
cleaned up node_remove
added load,save and display of todo in standard file format
changed to bz2 format on distribution file

help item's update
added insert in the interface

0.4 march 2001

added registry functions
small bugfix for node recurse() (go right, and to top)
fixed tab'ing into children of empty nodes bug
fixed wordwrap

0.3 15.oct 2000

first rendition of cgi-bin browser
wordwrap
added registry
added resize functionality
pageup/pagedown
changes to help/confirming interface

1.8.1

AUTHORS

hnb authors
Øyvind Kolås

project maintainer

Andras BALI

Debian Package
manual page

Karsten Hilbert

pipe export

Martin van Beilen

various todo/done issues in the code

Andrew J Weber

libxml2 import/export

BUGS

slashes (/) inside nodes are not escaped correctly in cli mode
bullets/todo boxes, doesn't check that the line is writeable (top of screen on multiline nodes)

TODO

buffer limits

they are high,.. but a really long node might crash it

more entities on each node

current entities:

priority
title/data
todo item
done/not done

future items:

created date
modified date
due date, for project planning
details dialog for each node to modify such things
cronological id

purge todo items on lower levels
shuffle action
curses interface

"context" menu for mouse mode

cli interface

make '/' inside node names appear correctly in pwd, and prompt
maybe avoiding static buffers is even more important here than in the curses version (due to possible scripted input),.. but then I'd have to fix path.c as well..

gtk 2.0

start

how to implement cloning

linked list

add a flag called ghost
add a Node *ghost; var to all nodes.
the node that sets up the symlink is set F_ghost, and Node *Right points to the children of the original node.
the destination points it's Node *ghost to the node that referred to it.
if a new ghost is made of any of the two other nodes, it sets it's own F_ghost attribute. Follows the links to the originating ghost, (->child -> parent) sets it's *right node pointing to it, follows the *ghost link until the 0, and hooks itself in there.
when removing the original node you reparent the children to the next node in the link list, and removes the F_ghost attribute from that node.
when removing one of the ghosts, you must tidy up the ghost link list, and free that node(but none of it's data)

in the ascii data format just say node_no(link) is linked here
the userinterface should have no notion of it's path,.. but perhaps a node history...
functions that must be changed

node_swap

if a node with F_ghost is moved, don't reparent children.

subtree_copy

nahh, tough one,.. just make a duplicate that isn't linked with the rest? TBD

node_recurse

ignore ghosts thereby avoiding loops

node_backrecurse
node_insert_up
node_insert_down
node_remove

make a dead tree copy of the source for examination

enscript *.h *.c -E --output uts.ps -U 2 -j

backspace/delete behaviour, experiment to find good solution
win32 port

make sure it works
check key behaviour

html export

make the html legal,.. (
overnode
- hei
- der