G'day all! WOOF!
I want to use "calendar" (on the desktop) and notes as a small diary.
I cannot find a way to save the note-book. I want to edit my notes using geany (or some other text editor).
Help!
Leslie (in Aus - where it's a beautiful day)
My rig: An older desktop with 2G of memory.
OS is daPup-Stretch 7.5.
I'm in the process of moving from Windows to Puppy.
Calendar: can I save/retrieve "daily notes" to a known file?
I assume you are asking about the program Osmo.
The files used are in /root/.osmo (hidden directory)
The notes in the daily calendar are in the file calendar_notes.xml
The notes, that you make using the note tab, at top of osmo window, are stored in the /root/.osmo/notes directory.
Any of these can be opened in Geany and edited.
The files in /root/.osmo/notes directory.
Will open in Geany as a normal text file format.
Edit and save changes.
calendar_notes.xml will open in Geany as a xml format, but the part that has the actual message can be edited and save change.
Each date will have a section showing the date and the note message.
Example:
calendar_notes.xml
The files used are in /root/.osmo (hidden directory)
The notes in the daily calendar are in the file calendar_notes.xml
The notes, that you make using the note tab, at top of osmo window, are stored in the /root/.osmo/notes directory.
Any of these can be opened in Geany and edited.
The files in /root/.osmo/notes directory.
Will open in Geany as a normal text file format.
Edit and save changes.
calendar_notes.xml will open in Geany as a xml format, but the part that has the actual message can be edited and save change.
Each date will have a section showing the date and the note message.
Example:
calendar_notes.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<osmo_calendar_notes>
<day_categories/>
<note>
<date>737216</date>
<color/>
<message>test 2</message>
</note>
<note>
<date>737217</date>
<color/>
<message>today is the day to test this.</message>
</note>
<note>
<date>737219</date>
<color/>
<message>test for june 09. I would like to change this.</message>
</note>
</osmo_calendar_notes>
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If you are referring to the "notes" that are saved by Osmo, try looking at the file /root/.osmo/notes/00000000.osm
In theory the text you entered in the first notes file will be seen in that file - and you will be able to edit it manually. However Osmo may not see the manually edited text until you close Osmo and reopen it. (Right click and "quit" the osmo icon in the sys tray at right hand side)
Calendar notes don't appear until after you close Osmo - but look at the xml files Bigpup suggested. It is not normally acceptable to manually edit xml files but maybe this is a case where you have no choice.
In theory the text you entered in the first notes file will be seen in that file - and you will be able to edit it manually. However Osmo may not see the manually edited text until you close Osmo and reopen it. (Right click and "quit" the osmo icon in the sys tray at right hand side)
Calendar notes don't appear until after you close Osmo - but look at the xml files Bigpup suggested. It is not normally acceptable to manually edit xml files but maybe this is a case where you have no choice.
Calendars/diaries are very much a personal preference choice, you tend to find one that you like most and stick with that. Osmo that comes with Puppy's is just one choice. Factors you need to consider are privacy of content, availability of content, ease of manually searching/editing content, flagging/alerting of events/appointments ...etc. For instance a online calendar/diary such as google calendar ensures that even if your local system is lost/broken, then that history of entries is still intact - but where that content might not be private. Some like Osmo, but in storing content locally then if that local system is stolen/broken you may have lost your diary contents unless you've good backups. Also one version of Osmo may not be compatible with another ...etc.
If you're not bothered about alerts of events then what about a single file with it all manually contained within that file, manually maintain to be in date order presentation. Which makes searching very easy all being in that single file.
Others like to be alerted of timed events etc. In which case its better to use a calendar/notes program that caters for such flagging. Personally I don't bother with that myself, I tend to just open my calendar/diary once each day to check what entries I have for the current/next day, along with perhaps recording events of the past day - and quite often shifting things I'd planned to do that day but that have had to be postponed to a later day. If you use a word processor instead of a text editor for your diary file, then you can insert images/videos etc. into that file, but the file size will tend to get large/slow to load, in which case you might opt to split that down and create a directory tree of diary files. Top level 'diary' folder, 2019, 2020 ...etc (year) sub folders, each perhaps with a single year long diary file, or in more extreme cases perhaps even a single diary file for each month (week). But above all, do remember to keep good disconnected backup copies.
If you're not bothered about alerts of events then what about a single file with it all manually contained within that file, manually maintain to be in date order presentation. Which makes searching very easy all being in that single file.
Others like to be alerted of timed events etc. In which case its better to use a calendar/notes program that caters for such flagging. Personally I don't bother with that myself, I tend to just open my calendar/diary once each day to check what entries I have for the current/next day, along with perhaps recording events of the past day - and quite often shifting things I'd planned to do that day but that have had to be postponed to a later day. If you use a word processor instead of a text editor for your diary file, then you can insert images/videos etc. into that file, but the file size will tend to get large/slow to load, in which case you might opt to split that down and create a directory tree of diary files. Top level 'diary' folder, 2019, 2020 ...etc (year) sub folders, each perhaps with a single year long diary file, or in more extreme cases perhaps even a single diary file for each month (week). But above all, do remember to keep good disconnected backup copies.
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Re: Calendar: can I save/retrieve "daily notes" to a known file?
Good day!
You might want to try Lifeograph? It is a note taking / diary / calendar program that can save your note in text format, and you can encrypt it too, so only you can access it. The note folder can be saved in any directories / external media you chose.
The package is only 2.4mb, and can be downloaded from here:
http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/lifeogra ... tretch.pet
(for Dpup-Stretch)
(Credit to OscarTalks for this package. Thanks!)
You might want to try Lifeograph? It is a note taking / diary / calendar program that can save your note in text format, and you can encrypt it too, so only you can access it. The note folder can be saved in any directories / external media you chose.
The package is only 2.4mb, and can be downloaded from here:
http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/lifeogra ... tretch.pet
(for Dpup-Stretch)
(Credit to OscarTalks for this package. Thanks!)