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TokyoDan
2008-10-30, 04:24
What's the main differences between Maemopad+ and Xournal? Also which would be the better choice for drawing flowcharts of ideas () for example brainstorming the design for an internet game?
craves1
2008-10-30, 04:39
I prefer xournal over Maemopad+ because with xournal you can save the notes as PDF. This is important to me since with pdf I can open the notes with evince and many other applications as well as email them to any one. Also backing up my notes is easier this way. I also must say the viewing a month’s worth of notes with evince in the portrait mode full screen is great.

I like Maemopad+ also but I am waiting for it to have more save or export features and a little update to its UI. It would be great for quick reminder notes with is side tab layout.

If you have Diablo use the chinook version of Xournal
TokyoDan
2008-10-30, 04:56
Craves1, Thanks for your help. Yes the PDF save feature is important as I also got evince installed. I just found another editor called Labyrinth (a mind mapping tool). Do you have any experience with it?
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/labyrinth/
craves1
2008-10-30, 05:13
TokyoDan

I loaded it but did not play with it yet. So I can not say yet.
XTC
2008-10-30, 06:18
Craves1, Thanks for your help. Yes the PDF save feature is important as I also got evince installed. I just found another editor called Labyrinth (a mind mapping tool). Do you have any experience with it?
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/labyrinth/


Labirynth - slow up to "unusable" level.
Xournal - better for me than maemopad+ nothing like "database"
which is silly in this kind of app.
Maemopad+ has some smart keymappings but Xournal is better with it's "annotate pdf" feature for me.
st5150
2008-10-30, 07:13
Xournal doesn't work right for me under diablo. First when I start it I get an error about not finding an autosave file. Next if I close the app, then start it again, it won't start. I have to reboot to open Xournal again. Anyone else have these problems? I do like Xournal better than Maemopad but stopped using it because of these bugs.
XTC
2008-10-30, 07:25
Xournal doesn't work right for me under diablo. First when I start it I get an error about not finding an autosave file. Next if I close the app, then start it again, it won't start. I have to reboot to open Xournal again. Anyone else have these problems? I do like Xournal better than Maemopad but stopped using it because of these bugs.

Maybe You've got unstalbe version from diablo-dev repository?
There is a stable one - I've encountered many problems with unstable version.
Stable works ok - I've had only one app shutdown - when used it with multipage drawing without swapfile enabled.
TokyoDan
2008-10-30, 11:14
Which version is the stable one and where can we get it?

Maybe You've got unstalbe version from diablo-dev repository?
There is a stable one - I've encountered many problems with unstable version.
Stable works ok - I've had only one app shutdown - when used it with multipage drawing without swapfile enabled.
craves1
2008-10-31, 01:39
Which version is the stable one and where can we get it?

The stable one is the chinook version. I use it everyday without any problems. uninstall the diablo version if this is what you are using.

You can find xournal 0.4.2.1-1chinook4 here.

catalog name: maemo Extras Devel
web address: http://repsoitory.maemo.org/extras-devel
Distrubution: chinook
components: free non-free.

disable the "maemo extras devel" Distribution: diablo version until you install the chinook version. after yoy install the xournal chinook version you should disable the extras devel repositories if you want a stable system.
st5150
2008-11-02, 05:30
The stable one is the chinook version. I use it everyday without any problems. uninstall the diablo version if this is what you are using.

You can find xournal 0.4.2.1-1chinook4 here.

catalog name: maemo Extras Devel
web address: http://repsoitory.maemo.org/extras-devel
Distrubution: chinook
components: free non-free.

disable the "maemo extras devel" Distribution: diablo version until you install the chinook version. after yoy install the xournal chinook version you should disable the extras devel repositories if you want a stable system.

Thanks, that was my problem! Here is what I did....

apt-get install libgnomeprint2.2-0

apt-get install poppler-utils

apt-get install libgnomecanvas2-0

then installed the xournal deb from here

http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/chinook/free/x/xournal/


Thanks agian, I really missed using xournal!