Keeping track of my bits and pieces of information across several computers running Linux and Microsoft Windows has long been a problem. CherryTree is a sweet solution that keeps my information local and cloud-free. CherryTree is an outliner-style hierarchical note-taking application that features rich text and syntax highlighting. It stores data in a single XML or SQLite file. I was a longtime user of Notecase Manager, which was discontinued in 2008 and later returned as a paid Pro application.
I have used Cherrytree for some (4-5 yrs) now. It is a program which has been on my desktop constantly for that time. It is opened almost every time I access my computer and is in use constantly. My only problem is that every time I work something out & think - "Wow! I must write that up tomorrow!" - by the time tomorrow comes, I'm doing something else, I've forgotten what I was doing &/or my notes are incomprehensible.
My current project is trying to sort the notes I do have into some recognizable order (as well as trying to find out what I'm doing).
I tried "Baskets" when it came out. I thought it was wonderful, until I discovered that it fell over & had to be restored at least once a month.
Cherrytree, however, has been rock solid: I take screenshots which I annotate with Kpaint & drop into a document, create links & anchors between notes, and I can dump in HTTP addresses with which Cherrytree knows what to do. Finally, once complete, I can (unless I forget) protect the notes from any, un-advised, "improvement".
Are there any faults? WELL! Yes, I suppose.
1) It makes backup files, which it calls "Filename~", "Filename~~" Etc. I have no idea how to access any of these files. They ought to be straightforward -but they are not - and the Handbook has nothing to help.
2) There is (apparently) no internal scripting language. Although:
has a couple of sections ("autosave on quit" & "Create a Backup Copy Before Leaving") what I need is something that will allows me to script what I want to happen
However, despite all this, I send a contrib. to Giuspen (a sort of - as I understand it, a one man band) when I can afford it & I would be lost without Cherrytree!
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CherryTree Takes the Pits Out of Pruning Your Notes
Posted by: Jack M. Germain September 4, 2013 05:00 AMKeeping track of my bits and pieces of information across several computers running Linux and Microsoft Windows has long been a problem. CherryTree is a sweet solution that keeps my information local and cloud-free. CherryTree is an outliner-style hierarchical note-taking application that features rich text and syntax highlighting. It stores data in a single XML or SQLite file. I was a longtime user of Notecase Manager, which was discontinued in 2008 and later returned as a paid Pro application.
My current project is trying to sort the notes I do have into some recognizable order (as well as trying to find out what I'm doing).
I tried "Baskets" when it came out. I thought it was wonderful, until I discovered that it fell over & had to be restored at least once a month.
Cherrytree, however, has been rock solid: I take screenshots which I annotate with Kpaint & drop into a document, create links & anchors between notes, and I can dump in HTTP addresses with which Cherrytree knows what to do. Finally, once complete, I can (unless I forget) protect the notes from any, un-advised, "improvement".
Are there any faults? WELL! Yes, I suppose.
1) It makes backup files, which it calls "Filename~", "Filename~~" Etc. I have no idea how to access any of these files. They ought to be straightforward -but they are not - and the Handbook has nothing to help.
2) There is (apparently) no internal scripting language. Although:
http://www.giuspen.com/cherrytreemanual/Getting_Started--Preferences--Miscellaneous.html
has a couple of sections ("autosave on quit" & "Create a Backup Copy Before Leaving") what I need is something that will allows me to script what I want to happen
However, despite all this, I send a contrib. to Giuspen (a sort of - as I understand it, a one man band) when I can afford it & I would be lost without Cherrytree!
dmk