[Ann] CintaNotes 2.0.3 Final

[CintaNotes Developer]

Feb 11, 2013 - Version 2.0.3

In this version:

Enhancements:

• Links to notes: show tooltip with target info on mouse hover
  
• Added option "Window/Minimize on Esc"
  
• Improved usability of "select next action" message boxes
  
• Editor: Improved block indent/unindent behavior
  
• Editor: Ctrl+Alt+S to save note without changing modified date
  
• UI for notebook upgrade process and ability to create backup before upgrading
  
• Passwords to proxy and Simplenote are now stored in encrypted form

Fixes:

• Section view state not always proreply saved and restored
  
• Note links couldn't be copied and pasted
  
• Editor: Backspace working incorrectly in bullet list
  
• Editor: Shift+Enter working incorrectly in bullet lists when line is empty
  
• Notes list not always updated after deleting a section
  
• Possible error on deleting section
  
• SimpleNote sync: possible crash while syncing notes containing raw HTML
  
• Notes list and tag sidebar not updated after deleting all notes with a certain tag
  
• Parent tag not created on open/import old db file
  
• "Create New Note" shortcut didn't use the Inbox section
  
• Editor: note link commands should be disabled if text formatting is disabled
  
• Import: parent tags not created when hierarchic tags are entered into the "Tags to add" field
  
• URL not recognized when it contains ":"

Download:
Installable: CintaNotes_2_0_3_Setup.exe
Portable: CintaNotes_2_0_3.zip

Comments and bug reports welcome as usual!!

[Thomas Lohrum]

Hi Alex,

i gave it a quick shakedown. No problem. I confirm the bug fixed when copying internal links and also F5-availability for the link field.

Thank you.

Thomas

[CintaNotes Developer]

i gave it a quick shakedown. No problem. I confirm the bug fixed when copying internal links and also F5-availability for the link field.

Thanks a lot, Thomas! I'm a bit swamped right now, but I'll answer to your posts soon!

[ChrisCN]

Hi Alex
Regarding the 'copy text with internal link' -> now the formatting is preserved and the link looks like a link (blue, underlined) -> but I can't click it like a link!?
(tried to copy a text including an internal link into outlook and word)

[CintaNotes Developer]

Hi Alex
Regarding the 'copy text with internal link' -> now the formatting is preserved and the link looks like a link (blue, underlined) -> but I can't click it like a link!?
(tried to copy a text including an internal link into outlook and word)

Hi Chris! Please check that:
1) You have the cintanotes:// protocol registered in the system
2) The protocol is registered by the same CN instance that has the target notebook open (listed in the File menu)

[ChrisCN]

Hi Chris! Please check that:
1) You have the cintanotes:// protocol registered in the system
2) The protocol is registered by the same CN instance that has the target notebook open (listed in the File menu)

Thanks for your reply - yes I have the protocol registered

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That's the rich text content of the clipboard:

Code: Select all

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3079{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Tahoma;}}
{\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;\red255\green255\blue255;\red0\green0\blue255;}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\tx600\tx1215\tx1815\tx2415\tx3015\tx3630\tx4230\tx4830\tx5430\tx6045\tx6645\tx7245\tx7845\tx8460\tx9060\tx9660\tx10260\tx10875\tx11475\tx12075\tx12675\tx13290\tx13890\tx14490\tx15090\tx15705\tx16305\tx16905\tx17505\tx18120\tx18720\tx19320\cf1\highlight2\f0\fs24 This is a test with a link to a note:\par
{\ul\cf3 test <cintanotes://878c1507-3108-4b43-8578-4b86e2ab09e3/note/51a82d78-672c-4e10-ba33-e6544c5506c0>}\par
}

This is how it looks in WinWord:

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[ChrisCN]

one additional remark:
If I use 'copy note link' from the context menu of a note in the list
and paste it into Outlook/Winword it IS clickable.

I think the link in the rich text format is not 'correct' when copying formatted text including links.

[CintaNotes Developer]

Chris,
I could reproduce the problem and so confirm that it exists
We'll do our best to fix it in the next version.

BTW would it bother you if CintaNotes would copy the note only in HTML and TEXT format (no RTF)?
Pasting into Word and Outlook will work this way, but pasting into, say, Wordpad, will not.

[ChrisCN]

Chris,
I could reproduce the problem and so confirm that it exists
We'll do our best to fix it in the next version.

Great

BTW would it bother you if CintaNotes would copy the note only in HTML and TEXT format (no RTF)?
Pasting into Word and Outlook will work this way, but pasting into, say, Wordpad, will not.

Hmm, difficult to answer.
If I look at how I am working at the moment -> that should be fine with me.
But of course I can't talk for all the other users and maybe I will miss it in the future.

[CintaNotes Developer]

Hmm, difficult to answer.
If I look at how I am working at the moment -> that should be fine with me.
But of course I can't talk for all the other users and maybe I will miss it in the future.

Well we'll see. It is certain that properly supporting raw RTF will be very difficult, so I guess
we'll start with HTML and then will see how it goes.

[RichardTE]

CintaNotes (2.0.3) not exiting from system tray in Windows 7

Have tried this on 2 machines running Windows 7, both 32-bit & 64-bit, same problem on both.
Sync with SimpleNote is active.
Start CintaNotes.
Exit/quit from within app window.
Tray icon doesn't go away.
Other related problems.

Thank you,
RichardTE

[CintaNotes Developer]

CintaNotes (2.0.3) not exiting from system tray in Windows 7

Have tried this on 2 machines running Windows 7, both 32-bit & 64-bit, same problem on both.
Sync with SimpleNote is active.
Start CintaNotes.
Exit/quit from within app window.
Tray icon doesn't go away.
Other related problems.

Hi Richard, thanks for the report!
Please tell by "Sync with SN is active", do you mean that sync is configured, or that the sync is running at the time you try to exit?

Also please tell how exactly you exit (via File menu, Alt+F4, the X button or right click on Tray menu and then "Exit")? And also, is the "Options/Window/Close to tray" setting active?
Thanks!

[RichardTE]

Hi Richard, thanks for the report!
Please tell by "Sync with SN is active", do you mean that sync is configured, or that the sync is running at the time you try to exit?

Also please tell how exactly you exit (via File menu, Alt+F4, the X button or right click on Tray menu and then "Exit")? And also, is the "Options/Window/Close to tray" setting active?
Thanks!

I'll have to check this again later today. But there are a couple more variables that may be affecting the performance of CintaNotes. I don't use standard install — I install under C:\APPS\CINTANOTES
When I do this, I have to add another folder called BACKUP under CINTANOTES for it to install.

My CintaNotes is configured to sync with my SimpleNote acct. I don't know if a sync was actually occurring when I closed down CintaNotes. I believe that the lingering icon in the system tray stays there no matter how I shutdown the app. Clicking on the icon doesn't do anything. To remove the icon, I have to open up the Windows Task Mgr. In Task Mgr, 2 processes called cintanotes are listed (this is after the app was exited). I believe the tray icon problems occurred whether the app was set to minimize-to-tray or not.

Also, CintaNotes is a great app & I want to see it evolve!
Richard

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Later ...

The problem appears to be with SimpleNote synchronization.
I did a full, standard install of CintaNotes (Win7).
All worked fine — minimize-to-tray or not — all good.
Enable sync — still good.
Start sync — now there's trouble.
CintaNotes reports: 6 of 9 notes synced.
Sync doesn't complete.
Shutdown CintaNotes & tray icon doesn't go away. App is hung.

My feeling is that some notes on SimpleNote don't sync well across other softwares. CintaNotes will need to recognize this, and handle the exception. If CintaNotes is asked to exit during a sync it will need to gracefully close down the sync before exiting.

To replicate the problem, enter lots of large notes into SimpleNote.
Start a sync on CintaNotes, then exit CintaNotes before the sync has completed.
You might also want to test some exceptions — like empty notes, notes w/ empty titles, notes with weird UNI chars, notes with the same title or internal ID, etc.

hth,
Richard
CintaNotes still rocks!

[CintaNotes Developer]

Later ...

The problem appears to be with SimpleNote synchronization.
I did a full, standard install of CintaNotes (Win7).
All worked fine — minimize-to-tray or not — all good.
Enable sync — still good.
Start sync — now there's trouble.
CintaNotes reports: 6 of 9 notes synced.
Sync doesn't complete.
Shutdown CintaNotes & tray icon doesn't go away. App is hung.

My feeling is that some notes on SimpleNote don't sync well across other softwares. CintaNotes will need to recognize this, and handle the exception. If CintaNotes is asked to exit during a sync it will need to gracefully close down the sync before exiting.

To replicate the problem, enter lots of large notes into SimpleNote.
Start a sync on CintaNotes, then exit CintaNotes before the sync has completed.
You might also want to test some exceptions — like empty notes, notes w/ empty titles, notes with weird UNI chars, notes with the same title or internal ID, etс.

Richard, thanks a lot for the detailed info!
Seems that you're right and this is a data-related problem. Maybe you could provide me the notes which CN sync appears to choke on?
If so, please send them to support@cintanotes.com, it will speed up things immensely. Thanks!

[RichardTE]

I tried installing the beta 2.0.4 & still having trouble.
You should test with these exceptions on SimpleNote sync:

blank (empty) notes
blank (empty) note titles
at sign (@) especially in titles, beginnings of lines
bullets (• ∙ · etc) especially in titles, beginnings of lines

Are notes datestamped? Could dates be off — in the future?

hth,
Richard

[CintaNotes Developer]

Richard, Denis has sent you a mail, could you please help him? Thanks!