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Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 15, 2016 at 06:03 AM
Kevin has just e-mailed me to say that a new version of Pigeonhole will be available in a couple of days that will indeed include the ability to search through and zoom snippets!
This will turn Pigeonhole into a very neat all-in-one research tool. I’m really looking forward to it.
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by Hugh
Jul 15, 2016 at 07:33 AM
Many thanks for the recommendation, Bill.
Posted by Paul Korm
Jul 15, 2016 at 11:08 AM
I couldn’t resist the CRIMIP and bought Pigeonhole. I agree it’s a nice concept. Simple to set up and use.
I’ve asked the developer to consider a number of improvements. The main thing is to change the document storage philosophy so we can store our snippets in a folder hierarchy instead of locked away inside a package comprising binary files. (Now, the .pigeonhole document is an OS X package with binary-encoded folders inside containing our data.) I don’t like this lock-in since any macOS update could break the app and I would be unable to get my data out easily.
(Yes, export to RTF is possible, and is the backup option available now.)
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 20, 2016 at 01:05 PM
Yo Paul,
>I’ve asked the developer to consider a number of improvements. The main
>thing is to change the document storage philosophy so we can store our
>snippets in a folder hierarchy instead of locked away inside a package
>comprising binary files. (Now, the .pigeonhole document is an OS X
>package with binary-encoded folders inside containing our data.) I
>don’t like this lock-in since any macOS update could break the app and I
>would be unable to get my data out easily.
Good point, Paul, although I think the RTF export is a fairly solid concept, given that Spotlight allows you to search folders etc. easily and RTF is a fairly straightforward format. However, PDF would also be cool.
The new Pigeonhole does work well – the snippet search is very welcome (although it’s set up for keyboard rather than mouse, so if you want to find multiple instances of a search term, you have to press Cmd+G - there’s no convenient buttons for moving forward/back through the snippets), and being able to magnify snippets is also excellent. I can see this becoming part of my workflow!
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by Jeffery Smith
Sep 10, 2016 at 12:20 AM
Did this app die off already? The URL for the developer seems to have gone away.