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6 tomboy - A simple note-taking application for Gnome
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10 tomboy [OPTION] ...
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14 This manual page documents briefly the tomboy command.
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16 Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and Unix. Simple
17 and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and
18 information you deal with every day.
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20 Tomboy's usefulness lies in the ability to relate notes and ideas
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23 When run without any options, the Tomboy note menu appears in the Gnome
24 Panel's notification tray area. Selecting a note from the menu dis‐
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27 Changes to notes are saved automatically. Links to URLs, files, and
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31 Global keybindings exist to allow fast access to Tomboy notes and
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37 The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with options
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41 --new-note
42 Create and display a new note.
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45 Create and display a new note with the title given.
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47 --open-note TITLE/URL
48 Display the existing note matching TITLE or URL.
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51 Display the "Start Here" note.
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54 Search and highlight TEXT in the opened note.
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57 Show summary of options.
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60 Show version of program.
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68 /apps/tomboy/global_keybindings/open_start_here
69 Global X keybinding for displaying the "Start Here" note. The
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73 Global X keybinding for displaying the Tomboy applet's note
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77 Global X keybinding for creating and displaying a new note.
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80 Global X keybinding for opening the recent changes dialog.
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83 Global X keybinding for opening the note search dialog.
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87 http://www.beatniksoftware.com/tomboy/
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91 Please send bug reports to the Tomboy mailing list (tomboy-list@beat‐
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97 Alex Graveley <alex@beatniksoftware.com>
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99 This manual page was originally written by Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>.
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103gnome October 14, 2004 TOMBOY(1)