What's new in The Guide 2.0
Jan 21, 2011
- Node Icons: Change icons of nodes.
- Node Colors: Change foreground and background colors of nodes. Colors are used in printing and export also.
- Full Unicode Support: Support text in all languages.
- Hyperlinks: Proper hyperlinks, to nodes, files, directories, e-mails and URLs. Link targets are shown in status bar on hover.
- Portable Mode: Run The Guide completely off a USB stick.
- Icons, Checkboxes or Both: Show icons, checkboxes or both on tree nodes.
- Export to XML: A command-line utility "gdeutil.exe", can be used to export .gde files to .xml.
- Remember Node States and Selected Node: When reopened, .gde files reappear however you last closed them.
New in The Guide 2.0 Dev 4 (Jan 21, 2008)
- This version includes new features: change node icons, use checkboxes or icons, and export to XML.
New in The Guide 2.0 Dev 3 (Nov 16, 2007)
- Portable mode, for use on portable devices.
- [2.0dev3] Last selected node is remembered across sessions.
- [2.0dev3] First visible line per node is remembered within/across sessions.
- [2.0dev3] Search dialog appearence, behaviour improvements
- [2.0dev3] Hot key for "paste as text" Ctrl Shift V
New in The Guide 1.6 (Jun 11, 2007)
- Print, Preview and Export: Print, print preview and export of individual pages, as well as subtrees are also possible now.
- Auto Save, Backup: The Guide can now automatically save your work every few minutes, or upon close. It can also take backups of files as you open them.
- Minimize Options: The 'Esc' key or the 'X' button on titlebar can be used to minimize the Guide. It can minimize to the system tray optionally. It can be restored with a single- or a double-click, according to your preference.
- Insert Date, Time: The current date and time can be inserted into the text area or while renaming nodes, using the easy-to-remember shortcut keys Ctrl D and Ctrl T. The date and time formats can be customized.
- New Color Selectors: The foreground and background colors can now be selected using a Word 2003-like color selector. Custom colors are remembered across sessions.
- Improved Status Bar: Children, line and character counts and positions are available on the status bar.
- Improved Drag and Drop: Improved drag-and-drop, the evil drop menu is now gone!
- Prevent Simultaneous Edit: Simultaneous edit of the same .gde file is prevented now.
- Fixed Ctrl C/X/V while renaming nodes.
- Minimize then exit prevented window from showing up correctly next time.
- Heading numbers > 10 would be reversed ("1.10" => "1.01")
- Drag-and-drop of non .gde files crashed the application.
- Some bugs related to the new features were fixed after 1.6rc1.
New in The Guide 1.5 (Feb 14, 2007)
- Export to RTF, with configurable heading styles, more editing features, full print and print preview support, and much more!