February 8th, 2012· Configuring how the note's timestamp is displayed in the notes listFeature
· You can set whether creation of modification time should be displayed (or both), and also if the time of day needs to be displayed.
· Searching by modification timeFeature
· New search mode "Modification Time" has been added.
· Improved speed of XML import and export.Enhancement
· Display of note creation and modification time in the editorEnhancement
· You can turn this off using the "editor.displaydates" parameter in cintanotes.settings.)
· Main window was not visible after single tray icon click if "Minimize to tray" was not set.Fix
· USB stick could not be safely removed after note import or export.Fix
· Importing .db could modify the source file if it was from an older CintaNotes version.Fix
· Note last modification date was not exported to XML and imported from itFix
· In order to export to an XML file readable by CintaNotes 1.5.4 and earlier, you need to use the special "XML for CintaNotes 1.5.4" format.
· Sort order by modification date was broken after importing from XML.Fix
· Note's modification time always changed if note had a styled link.Fix
· Text search could crash the app when maximum text preview lines was set to 1.Fix
· It was impossible to select an italic font in the Note Appearance dialog.Fix
January 12th, 2012· Sorting notes by last modification dateFeature
· Updated translationsEnhancement
· Note editor: fixed wrong Ctrl+S behavior on new notesFix
· Tags didn't always fit into the tac AC dropdownFix
· Fixed out_of_range error when pressing Ctrl+BkSp in empty search boxFix
· Removed unnecessary empty space on the bottom of the tag AC dropdownFix
· Notes list: Some note titles could appear clippedFix
· Note editor: Unsupported paragraph formatting was not cleared on pasteFix
· Note editor: In title edit box letters could appear clipped on the bottomFix
· Window position was not saved if "Always on top" was setFix
December 15th, 2011· Text highlight color and monospace font are now configurable in .settings file. Enhancement
· New parameters editor.fonts.monospace and editor.colors.highlight
· Ctrl+S in note editor to save note immediately.Enhancement
· Ctrl+Enter in empty search box to view untagged notes.Enhancement
· Fixed error when changing language while editing new notes.Fix
· Fixed crash on pressing Ctrl+Bksp on a note without tags.Fix
· Maximized state of main and editor windows was not saved in settings file.Fix
· Editor: When editing note title Ctrl+Alt+Key shortcuts were recognized as Ctrl+Key.Fix
· Editor: Pressing Enter with non-empty selection resulted in wrong selection.Fix
· Editor: Ctrl+Backspace did not delete previous word in title and tags.Fix
· Editor: Dates were recognized as numbered lists.Fix
· Editor: Empty lines were selected wrongly.Fix
· It was impossible to use bold variants of some fonts.Fix
· Note editor: Text copy-pasted into the note from PDF received highlight.Fix
· Fixed incorrect note duplicate recognition at import.Fix
November 14th, 2011· Tag autocomplete now matches any word in multi word tagsEnhancement
· Words within tags can be delimited by many common non-alphabetic characters, like this: "my-tag", "projects/cintanotes", "prio:high", "cn_rocks".
· New option "Options/Editor/Auto-Indent" which controls whether a new line in editor gets automatically indented like the previous one.Enhancement
· Turning off Options/Editor/Text Formatting now warns about possible loss of text formatting (if notebook contains notes with formatting).Enhancement
· Note editor: if nothing is selected, Ctrl+Del clears formatting of the whole current paragraph.Enhancement
· Updated translations.Enhancement
· Search highlight positions could be wrong because of tabs.Fix
· Note editor: links were still highlighted even when "highlight links" was off.Fix
· Resolved performance issues with XML import.Fix
· Eliminated possible crash on XML export.Fix
· Layout of "Preview min max lines" option labels was not suited for all languages.Fix
· CN could fail to start on WinXP 2002 SP2 with large font sizes.Fix
· Note editor: URL highlighting could get brokenFix
· Note editor: "Monospace" and "Highlight" text styles were lost on copy-pasting.Fix
November 5th, 2011· Basic text formatting support in notes editor.
· Notes list can display formatted text in note preview.
· Import and export of text formatting to and from XML.
· New "Options/Startup" submenu.
· Refreshed program icons and logo, by a professional designer
· Tab characters now don't get autoconverted to spaces.
· Updated "About CintaNotes" dialog.
· Display of a descriptive message when trying to load unknown new version of the notebook file.
· Search: click on a note used to erroneously accept tag suggestion.
· XML export without specifying 'XML' extension could lead to failure.
· When editing note title Ctrl+Alt+Key shortcuts were not recognized.
· German umlaute in tags were not lowercased correctly.
April 7th, 2011· Added the "Notebook Parameters" dialog
· Added translations of the UI into Hungarian, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Spanish languages.
· Added the "Help/Translations" menu item, which is a link to the collaborative UI translation center based on the Transifex online service
· Updated translations: Chinese Traditional, Japanese
· File "log.txt" was created when the "lang" folder was not found
· Backup folder was created even when all backup was turned off
· Note editor: the text area is now always initially focused in case text search has been active
· "Show main window hot key" didn't work when the startup.minimized parameter was set
· When startup.minimized was set, CintaNotes started up minimized when the user was changing UI language
February 14th, 2011· Added translations of the UI into Danish, Portuguese, Korean and Traditional Chinese.Feature
· F3 and Shift+F3 now work in note editor to find next and previous instances of currently selected text.Feature
· CintaNotes loads new language files automatically.Enhancement
· Fixed error "ios_base::failbit set" after installing into Program Files when run installer as admin and agreed to lauch CintaNotes after install.Fix
· CintaNotes crashed if 'Lang' subfolder didn't exist.Fix
February 3rd, 2011· Added translations of the UI into Chinese, Belarusian, French, Italian, Japanese and Polish.Feature
· Enhanced search highlights in note preview. Enhancement
· Now you can navigate search matches both forward and backward using the F3 and Shift+F3 keys, and match counts in the form of "current/total" are displayed (can be turned off via the noteslist.search.highlights.displaycounts option in the settings file).
· A number of new parameters in the settings file. Enhancement
· Option to pick whether note's title or text is initially focused in the editor via the "editor.focus.title" parameter.
· The -i, -m, -noactivationmsg command line parameters are now backed up by "startup.multipleinstances.allowed", "startup.minimized" and "startup.multipleinstances.activationmsg" parameters in the settings file.
· Regression: "-m" command line parameter didn't work.Fix
· Crash when middle-clicking on tag while no notes displayed.Fix
· Extra " "(space) symbol at the beginning of the Tags field in editor.Fix
· Extra empty lines when scrolling in note editor using mouse wheel.Fix
· Error when moving notes while text search is active.Fix
· Changing language would lose unsaved notes.Fix
· A number of minor fixes.Fix
January 20th, 2011· Support for multiple languages in UIFeature
· Now CN supports languages other than English! German and Russian translations are bundled with this release. You can switch language with the "Options/Language" menu. (If you'd like to have CintaNotes in your language, please edit the "CintaNotes\lang\en.lang" file and send it to feedback@cintanotes.com).
· Scroll long notes via holding a spacebar to "pin" themFeature
· Reading long notes in notes list using just the left and right arrow keys was not convenient. Now the note can be "pinned" using spacebar (or left mouse click), and the text can be scrolled with all usual navigation keys or mouse wheel.
· Configurable clipping options regarding note title.Feature
· Now whether the title of a clipped note is the window title, first line of text, or blank is controlled with the "Options/Clipping/Use as Title" menu.
· "Show similarly tagged" command on Ctrl+BkSpFeature
· This command changes the tag selection on the tag sidebar to match the tags of currently focused note.
· The editor now opens the note scrolled to the same place in text where the note preview was.Enhancement
· Also if a search was active, the search term is highlighted.
· Ability to jump to next/previous page in note preview on Ctrl + Left/Right arrow.Enhancement
· "Activated already running CN instance" message box is now optional.Enhancement
· CintaNotes now supports the "-noactivationmsg" command line parameter which suppresses the message box which appears when you start CN with it already running.
· Swapped F7 and F3 keyboard shortcuts. Enhancement
· F7 now opens the note's link, and F3 now means "find next", which is a common convention.
· Emails were highlighted incorrectly in the editorFix
· Tray icon disappeared after Exporer crash on Win7 x64Fix
· Ctrl+A was not working in note edit dialog Title, Tags and Link fields on WinXPFix
· Scrollbar was not visible in tag autocomplete dropdown listFix
· Large texts (>64Kb) could not be editedFix
· SQLite Error 14: unable to open database file on Win7 x64Fix
· XML import: CintaNotes could hang while importing XML with extra spaces Fix
November 1st, 2010· Automatic highlighting of links inside notes. Feature
· Reopening not explicitly closed note windows on program restart.Feature
· Ctrl+Enter in search box for transforming tag search into tag sidebar selection.Enhancement
· Ctrl+Home/End for going to first/last line of text in the editor from any control.Enhancement
· Text in the search field gets selected when pressing "Ctrl+F"Enhancement
· Tag autocomplete automatically adds space at the end.Enhancement
· Removed legacy CintaNotes Beta (.dat) notebook support to reduce executable size.Enhancement
· Crash when pressing Ctrl+BreakFix
· Empty notes were not deleted automatically on ESC pressFix
· Crash on closing from tray menu with open note editor window(s)Fix
· SQLite error while pasting text from Scintilla-based editorsFix
· Long tags didn't fit into autocomplete popupFix
· Control resizing bug when started maximizedFix
July 20th, 2010· Opening multiple editor windows
· Now the main window is accessible when you are editing a note, and you can view several notes side-by-side.
· Trimming leading and trailing whitespace from the clipped text is now optional (the clipping.trimwhitespace parameter in the cintanotes.settings file).
· Added the roadmap link to the Help menu.
· Moving notes was very slow on USB sticks.
· Clipping URLs did not work in Opera 10.60 and Opera AC
· Whitespace trimming happened after each editing instead of just clipping.
July 2nd, 2010· Import command filters out exact duplicates.Enhancement
· Useful for merging conflicted database files DropBox creates when you take notes while offline.
· Fixed crash during search if max note preview line count is set to zeroFix
June 17th, 2010· DropBox synchronization without closing the program.Feature
· Put the notes file into your DropBox folder and it will be automatically synchronized across all your PCs. And now you don't have to remember to close CintaNotes before leaving!
· Excluding tags.Feature
· Exclude tags via Alt-clicking on them in the tag sidebar. Tag union (OR-mode) uses now Shift-click.
· The '-i' command line switch allows to run different instances of CintaNotes simultaneously.Feature
· Great new icons, kindly contributed by Alessandro Onorati!Enhancement
· Note previews are auto-scrolled to the first search match.Enhancement
· You can use F7 to cycle through focused note's search highlights.Enhancement
· New keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+Ins and Shift+Ins for Copy/Paste, Ctrl+N to add new note.Enhancement
· Fixed exception while scrolling if note is higher than viewportFix
· Backup folder was created even if all backup was turned offFix
· Fixed possible exception when moving to bottom with active tag filterFix
· Fixed main window resize bug after making tag sidebar visibleFix
· Fixed possible exception when tagging multiple notesFix
· Fixed crash during export if tag filter activeFix
· Esc didn't minimize if there were no notesFix
March 23rd, 2010· Added keyboard shortcuts for sorting.
· F9 - reverse order, Ctrl+Alt+ - sort by field.
· Fixed sorting control redrawing issue.
· Fixed runtime error at startup for non-administrative accounts.
March 23rd, 2010· Fixed possible runtime error at startup.
· Some minor fixes.
March 23rd, 2010· SQLite is now used as internal notes database.
· Full text search with extended query syntax.
· Sorting notes by date, title, link and size.
· New parameters in the .settings file.
· Some minor bugfixes.
January 15th, 2010· Hot Fix: Page URL was not captured if the "Open in Editor" option was set.
October 14th, 2009· Added minimum number of note preview text lines option.Enhancement
· Added alpha separator lines to tag sidebar.Enhancement
· F3 for browsing link now works in note editor.Enhancement
· Clipped notes are now discarded on "Cancel".Enhancement
· "Copy" command now copies only note text.Enhancement
· No URL check in note editor, any runnable link is allowed.Enhancement
· Pasting a note adds active tags to it so that it stays in view.Enhancement
· Pressing Esc in note editor is the same as pressing OK.Enhancement
· Various bug fixes
September 19th, 2009· Automatic reloading of changed notebook fileEnhancement
· If you use services like DropBox or Syncplicity to synchronize your CintaNotes notebooks, this will protect the newer version of the notebook from being overwritten with the old version (this could happen if you kept CintaNotes running on two or more PCs simultaneously).
· CintaNotes hang when you used the clipping function while having the note editor active and the "Open in Editor" option turned on.Fix
August 31st, 2009· After creating a new note with the "Reverse Order" option enabled, the focus went to the oldest note instead of the newly created one. Fix
July 24th, 2009· AND and OR modes for tag sidebarFeature
· Now Ctrl-clicking on a tag means AND (tag intersection) and Alt-clicking means OR (tag union). When in OR mode, the highlight of tags is yellowish. The modes are mutually exclusive.
· More advanced backup scheme - hourly, daily and weekly backupsFeature
· CintaNotes now creates three backup files: notebook.hourly.dat is updated each hour, notebook.daily.dat - each day, and notebook.weekly.dat is updated once per week.
· View / Reverse Order command reverses the notes in the list so that latest notes come firstFeature
· Tag autocomplete in search box is now limited to Anywhere and Tags search modesEnhancement
· Option to edit note immediately after each clippingEnhancement
· Switching to Untagged after clipping is now optionalEnhancement
· Focus is not reset if current note stays in view after searching or cancelling searchEnhancement
· Autocomplete suggestions are not hot-tracked in the text box anymoreEnhancement
· Note editor: focus was not restored at activationFix
· Clipping while a note is open and then pressing OK caused CN to crashFix
· Tag autocomplete dropdown could go off-screenFix
May 28th, 2009· Tag autocompletionFeature
· No need to remember or look up tags anymore! In any tag-entering field CintaNotes now displays a dropdown list of available tags as soon as you start typing. Pressing Spacebar, Return or Tab accept the currently highlighted suggestion, whereas Esc or Del cancel it. You can also force autocomplete display via pressing Ctrl+Space.
· "Run at system startup" optionFeature
· Check "Options / Run at system startup" to have CintaNotes start automatically. It will start minimized to the system tray. Use this option with care if you run CintaNotes from an USB stick, since if the stick is absent CintaNotes won't be found during system startup.
· Relevant tag highlighting in tag sidebarEnhancement
· Tag sidebar now highlights tags which are related to any tag of the currently selected set. Two tags are considered related if there are notes which have them both.
· View switches to All if after editing or deleting a note no notes are left in the Untagged view.Enhancement
· View switched to Untagged after clipping even when tag sidebar was off.Fix
· Note editor didn't recognize FTP links.Fix
· The close window ("X") button in note editor meant Cancel, but should mean OK.Fix
· The tray icon wasn't restored after an explorer.exe restart.Fix
April 17th, 2009· F5 to toggle tag sidebarEnhancement
· Scrolling with mouse wheel crashed program when CintaNotes run on the left monitor on a multi-monitor configuration.Fix
· Restoring note editor position didn't work properly on multi-monitor configurations.Fix
April 8th, 2009At last, the long awaited release! Here is what's new:
· Tag SidebarFeature
· This is a handy tool for fast access to different tags and tag sets. It is basically the controller of the built-in tags filter. Turn it on using the View/Tag Sidebar command. See the Help section describing tag sidebar.
· Exporting selected notesEnhancement
· Now the File/Export command has a submenu, which lets you specify whether you want to export all notes or just the selection. The new keyboard shortcuts F11 and Ctrl+F11 are introduced here as well.
· New note reordering commandsEnhancement
· You can now move selected notes to top pressing Alt+Home, and to the very bottom pressing Alt+End. Also, the note reordering commands are now accessible from the menu.
· At startup, CintaNotes now warns you if it detects and activates an already running program instance.Enhancement
· The main window now allows smaller widths.Enhancement
· Alt+Down in the search box was not displaying the search mode menu as it should.Fix
· In the note edit dialog, it was not possible to select text till the end of note using Shift+Down.Fix
March 3rd, 2009· Silent Clipping modeFeature
· If Options/Silent Clipping is activated, CintaNotes will not pop up after each clipping, but will display a balloon tip instead. Clicking on it would open CintaNotes.
· Importing notes from XML and .dat filesFeature
· There is now a new File/Import menu item.
· Automatic note backupFeature
· Simple as yet, but nonetheless: each 10 min your notes are saved to backup/notebook.backup.dat.
· Basic note reorderingFeature
· You can move selected notes up and down with Alt+Up and Alt+Down arrow keys.
· Add/Remove tag command applicable to note selectionFeature
· At last it's possible to tag several notes at once: just select them and press F4 (or select the Tag... command from the context menu).
· Tag manipulation: rename, merge and split tagsFeature
· There's a new Edit/Replace Tags command. It's simple but powerful: it allows for tag renaming, splitting, merging and deleting. Generally, each tag specified in the first edit box is replaced with all tags from the second edit box.
· Background saving: now notes are saved in background, making the application more responsive.Enhancement
February 2nd, 2009· Two new fully configurable hot keysFeature
· Now you can use a hot key to call CintaNotes window (Ctrl+Alt+F12 by default) and to add a new note (unassigned by default).
· "-m" command line parameterFeature
· Run "cintanotes.exe -m" to start CintaNotes minimized to tray.
· "Always on top" optionFeature
· Use this switch of the Options menu to make CintaNotes window stay always on top.
· Possibility to search all fieldsFeature
· A new Anywhere search mode was added, which is now the default.
· Improved text clippingEnhancement
· The clipping is now faster and more reliable. For example, clipping now works in Outlook 2007 preview pane and in Adobe Illustrator. Also CintaNotes can now clip page URLs from any browser that fully supports HTML clipboard format. And even more, the URLs are now clipped from CHM files as well.
· Tags and links displayed in the notes listEnhancement
· Now notes list displays note tags and, if a note has a link, the link icon. Alt-clicking on a note (or pressing the F3 key) will open the note's link in your default browser.
· Also note creation date/time has been moved to the right and doesn't display seconds anymore.
· Editor font is now the same as note text fontEnhancement
· Additional keyboard shortcutsEnhancement
· Ctrl+F — focus search box (not strictly necessary since you can just start typing, but some people are more comfortable this way).
In the search box:
· Ctrl+Up/Down/PageUp/PageDown - navigate search modes;
· Alt+Down — display search mode menu;
· Down Arrow — go to search results.
In the note editor:
· Up/Down/PageUp/PageDown — navigate the edit boxes;
· Ctrl+Down — go to the Tags edit box.
· Text boxes in note editor now have standard context menus.Enhancement
· Settings were not saved in case of system shutdown.Fix
· CintaNotes couldn't run if Ctrl+F12 hot key was taken by some other application.Fix
· Note edit dialog didn't remember its position and could go off-screen.Fix
January 16th, 2009· URL retrieval from Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari
· Now not only for IE: note's link is automatically filled when you clip text from pages viewed in these web browsers.
· Export notes to a Unicode text file
· You can now export notes to a unicode text file using the File / Export command.
· Configurable clipping hot key
· Finally you can change the default Ctrl+F12 key combination. See Options / Clipping Hot Key. Our favorite is Win+X ;) Unfortunately it can't be the default one: officially Win key is reserved for the system.
· Note count display
· CintaNotes now reveals how many notes there are in your notebook and how many were found during search.
· Adjustable note lines display
· You can adjust the count of note lines that should be displayed in the main list using the View / Note Appearance dialog.
· Ctrl+Space is now working properly
· It did not toggle note selection as it should.
· No administrator privileges required to install
· Now you don't have to be an administrator to install CintaNotes. Just remember that in this case Program Files folder is not writable and choose another one during installation.
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