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A mock documentation based on this Documentation Design.

Contents

  1. Generic Install
  2. Linux Repositories
  3. Create a Note
    1. Create a Note Within A Notebook
  4. Delete a Note
    1. Method 1
    2. Method 2
  5. Creating a Notebook
  6. Linking Notes
  7. Searching Notes
  8. Formatting Text
  9. Syncing Notes

General Information

Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux, Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day.

Tomboy features:

Getting It

1. Generic Install

Tomboy is available for use on multiple operating systems:

2. Linux Repositories

  1. Debian Based (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.)
    • sudo apt-get install tomboy
  2. Fedora
    • sudo yum install tomboy

Linux users may check with their specific distribution for software installation instructions.

Using Tomboy

1. Create a Note

Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+N (Linux / Windows)

  1. Click File from the upper menu
  2. Select New

1.1. Create a Note Within A Notebook

  1. Right click on the notebook in the Notebooks list

  2. Select New Note

2. Delete a Note

Keyboard Shortuct: [Delete]

2.1. Method 1

  1. Right click on the note in the search area

  2. Select Delete

  3. Confirm your deletion

2.2. Method 2

  1. Open the note

  2. Click the Delete Note button

  3. Confirm your deletion

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3. Creating a Notebook

  1. From the top menu, select File

  2. Under Notebooks, select New Notebook...

  3. Enter a name for your Notebook

  4. Click Create

4. Linking Notes

Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+L (Linux / Windows)

  1. Select the text to create a link to.
  2. Click the Link button

note-link1.png

Clicking Link, creates the new Note for the selected text.

note-link2.png

In this example, the text is now linked back in the original document. Everytime GNOME would be typed, it would now link to the GNOME note.

note-link3.png

Notes in Tomboy can be linked together by highlighting text in the current note and clicking the Link button. Doing so will create a new note and also underline the note's title in the current note.

Changing the title of a note will update links present in other notes. This prevents broken links from occurring when a note is renamed.

Also, if you type the name of another note in your current note, it will automatically be linked for you.

5. Searching Notes

  1. Open the search box
  2. In the search text box, enter the words to search for

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6. Formatting Text

Text formatting can be set by clicking the Text button inside a note. Text formatting can be preset before typing, or text may be highlighted and then a text formatting style can be applied to the highlighted region.

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7. Syncing Notes

Customizing It

Official & Third-party Tomboy add-ins

Getting Support

To get support regarding Tomboy use, please visit the IRC channel:

Contributing

Get Involved

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