🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <62701@mimsy.umd.edu> alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) writes:
> What problem are notebooks attempting to solve?
> Is there any on line documentation about them, or
> do you need the $50 user manual.
> 
> the service jot in notebook just seems to copy the current
> document into ~/Library/Notebooks and index it.
> Why is that any better than just indexing the original doc
> (and saving a copy)?
> 
> It uses a cp -r command - and dont try the service from a 
> Stuart window where $cwd = home directory.  it never stops.
> 
> Is there some nice use for this or is this the rationale for
> the new preferences ability to turn off services?

It's just an updated version of the old Jot demo.  You either find the  
idea of having a free-text database exciting, or you don't, basically.  I  
open a new Edit window to type in notes, and then jot the selection to  
Notebook; some old letters I jot away before I purge that directory.

Paul
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