Derek Cornish

ADM - continued from IM discussion 1/23/2007

Whoops. Just realized that we've started another hare running in this thread. Sorry about that. Derek

ADM - continued from IM discussion 1/23/2007

Daly - > Zoot in its 16 bit form is remarkably stable, on most 32-bit machines—and has a feature set that remains remarkably contemporary in spite of a somewhat dated GUI and a lack of RTF. I'd jus...

MyInfo 3.59 released 1/19/2007

Hi Jan, > So being dissatisfied by both, I—like many people on this forum—have been on a quest for the holy grail. Me, too, but I keep on coming back to Zoot and - as I mentioned to Steve - I'm even...

MyInfo 3.59 released 1/19/2007

Steve - Thanks. that was very helpful. It's so easy to dismiss software after an all-too-short evaluation. MyInfo, for example, has a 30-day limit. I prefer the 30-non-sequential-day type of trial a...

MyInfo 3.59 released 1/17/2007

Jan, What features of MyInfo particularly attract your interest? I found the ability to import .HEAD files interesting, but could never find much of a use for it. In other respects I found WhizFolder...

Outliner with flexible, sortable columns 1/16/2007

Richard - PocketThinker - a Windows outliner with Outlook integration and a PPC as well as a desktop version - has columns. You can get a trial at: http://www.pocketthinker.com/ As its help file sta...

Starting fresh 1/12/2007

Steve, Looking over this thread, I thought it was striking how few people emphasized outlining. It was mentioned in passing (Brainstorm, IdeaMason, MindManger, Inspiration) but never really highligh...

Lyx 1/11/2007

Graham - I took a new look at typing programs yesterday but didn't find anything that called out to me, although I might try KAZ (http://www.kaz-type.com/). MiracleType looks good, too, but I think i...

Lyx 1/11/2007

Steve - In the UK we never got the chance to learn to type (or drive) at school. I'm still suffering from the consequences as far as typing is concerned. As for my driving... Derek

Lyx 1/11/2007

Graham - > However, I have never been a fan of using a mouse because of how it slows everything down, so I will be persevering with the key strokes. Same here, and I've been making special efforts r...

Lyx 1/10/2007

Graham - Linux is on my list this year, after persistent problems with XP's automatic Windows update, its authentication procedures and so on. > I am sure that Tom could get it to run under Wine if ...

Lyx 1/8/2007

Graham (and Tom), Thanks for your comments about the word wrap issue. Using longlines.el seems to be the way to go. I'll experiment with any issues it may create when the time comes. > Having said t...

Lyx 1/7/2007

Graham - Thanks very much for the urls. I'm going to have a go with Lyx and emacs as soon as I've cleared the decks this week. The Woodnotes Guide was particularly helpful. How are you dealing with...

Lyx 1/6/2007

Graham - Sounds exciting. So emacs, as well as being a text editor, is also something of a control centre for other activities. I especially like the way Jabref works. Are you starting a bibliographi...

Lyx 1/5/2007

Graham - > I have also started using Emacs to extend the plain text approach, and I am completely amazed at what it can do, but that is another post. I look forward to hearing more about Emacs. Have...

Lyx 1/5/2007

Graham - > Yes, I did but this was mainly to do with OCRing the image based files so Zoot could read them, and because although Zoot can read text based files so much of the beginning of a PDF is tak...

Lyx 1/4/2007

Graham - > ...as a writing tool EditPad looks very good. Yes, I had considered EditPad Plus, but I really don't need the extra features - just something plain and simple that I can link to Zoot. I'm...

Lyx 1/3/2007

Graham - > What are you using for the drafting? EditPad Lite. I have a small collection of other ones to try out, but haven't got round to sampling them yet. Derek

askSam - or not...? 1/2/2007

Thanks for all the feedback. I resisted - this time... Derek

Connected Text 2.0 released 1/2/2007

Manfred - What I meant to say was that I think we are probably using CT and Zoot in rather similar ways so that, at this stage, there is probably little to be gained by either of us in changing horse...

Lyx 1/2/2007

Graham - > And I shall stop with that example for I can go on for pages describing my Word experiences, and it just gets me annoyed. A pretty fair reflection of my feelings. As part of my recent pla...

askSam - or not...? 12/29/2006

Graham - > I certainly decided it [askSam] was the easiest tool for putting together my “Information base”, except for it not working properly and the inability to import Excel tables. That's one o...

Connected Text 2.0 released 12/29/2006

Steve - It's like methods-driven research: "Great statistical technique... now what can I use it on?" Every time I look at personal wikis (I especially like their plain-text aspects) I rack my brai...

Plain Text 12/29/2006

Cassius - There does not seem to be a problem with *.hjt files used by TreePad Lite, though (see Steve Z. above). Some other PIMS have options to turn off compression and encryption, too - though, of...

Connected Text 2.0 released 12/29/2006

Steve - What do you find that you are using ConnectedText for these days? I like the plain-text aspects of personal wikis, but I still can't find a job for them to do that my other programs don't se...

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