While experimenting with the tags in my notes, I noticed I could use underscores and colons in them -- like this: '
multi_term' and '
software:windows', which isn't exactly what I expected after reading help...
http://cintanotes.com/cintanotes.htm#finding wrote:If you want to associate two or more tags with a note, just put them all into the "Tags" separated by spaces (comma and semicolon are also allowed, but are autoconverted to spaces).
While the first example would help reduce term ambiguity, the second would really streamline note management by keeping close to each other sets of notes that share the first term of their tag string.
Maybe diverse and better solutions could be found for this, like using other characters, for example. Right now, I immediately noticed that the tags with a colon don't show up on either tag search... Bummer!
Following this, I think that it would be very useful if there was a way to define word spacers (mainly the the space character) and space equivalents that wouldn't be treated as spacers (all other non-alphanumeric characters, for instance). Your input is welcomed.
EDIT: While consulting the help link above I also found this nearby:
Remember also that tags are case-insensitive, so whatever you enter into the "Tags" field is converted into lower case.
While I entirely agree that the searches should be case insensitive until otherwise specified, it is customary for LIS professionals to display DESCRIPTORS (in technical terms, that's what TAGS are, although they could also be referred to as KEYWORDS) in upper case, thus giving an instant visual cue of their meta-role. Just thought I'd mention this.
Another idea that occurred to me meanwhile is that, when inter-note linking is implemented maybe a special syntax could be accommodated for tags (#TAG or @TAG, maybe), enabling autosearch/linking as is done in other platforms...