NoteTab for note-taking

Posted by kesmog
May 9, 2012 at 04:40 AM

I have had NotePad on my computer for years but only used it as a texteditor. Now, I have ‘discovered’ the .otl feature and have started to use it in earnest to keep myself up-to-date on ‘things I have learnt - or relearnt’

Likes:
1. Very fast. The file can always be converted into HTML and prettified if you wanted to make a more serious document (such as Glossary, FAQs etc.)
2. So simple, there is nothing to go wrong! As its basically text. you can keep it and feed it into whatever after a little bit of basic editing (e.g. to remove H=)
3. I love the way in which links are made automatically and so simply (in the case of typing http://) or by enclosing in square brackets [ ]

Hints on usage:

1. I always make sure that I am working with an ‘unsorted’ file by ensuring that the first line is =V4 Outline Multiline NoSorting TabWidth=40
IF you decide you want a sorted version (right click menu) be careful to save under a different title (e.g. mytitle_s) so that the original does not get overwritten

2. I always put the heading as the first line of my output screen and then make into a clickable link with [ ] and then underline it with the = character.
This way the screen is ALWAYS accessible with Search and it looks prettier but it’s only for my own use

3. Happy to send anyone an email with my scribblings in an .otl file if you would like to have a look at what I mean..(not not happy about making it into a web page yet)

4. I wonder if there is a manual or guide somwehere to it as I am sure that there must be more to it than simple H= parameters