Last updated on 02-03-2002 by Jody Adair <Jody@NoteTab.net>.
The latest Glossary can be found at:
The NoteTabbers Assistant Page
http://www.notetab.net/
http://www.notetab.net/zip/glossary.zip
(Check the file date on the web page before downloading.)
This glossary was created by NoteTab users for the purpose of making NoteTab easier to use. It was purposely written in simple terms so that new users of NoteTab with little computer knowledge would be able to understand it. A few terms may be a little "techish" due to their complex nature.
Please see " - Updates" should you find any errors or would like to request a NoteTab releated term to be added.
If you would like to download a Clipbook Library that is able to add a letter index, such as [A] with all the words starting with "A" under it, [B] with all the words starting with "B" under it and so on, you can do so from the following link. It works on all Outline files such as this one.
http://www.notetab.net/zip/bboutline.zip
[- Acknowledgments]
[- Updates]
[- Using Hyperlinks]
[- Dictionaries]
H="- Acknowledgments"
Fookes Software would like to thank the following "Friends of NoteTab" for their contribution in compiling this glossary with just a few days notice before version 4.8 was released.
We would like to give Carl Swann special thanks here for the effort he put forth in editing the work of the others.
Jody Adair
Robert Binkley
Stefan Elssner
Raymond Fitzgerald
Eb Guenther
Jim Hall
Larry Hamilton, Jr.
Dr. Paul Harder
Stephen Riddle
R.S.
Harvey R. Savage
Ray Shapp
Carl Swann
Brett Taylor
Larry Thomas
Other contributors.
H="- Updates"
We hope to add more to this glossary as time permits. We cannot make any commitments at the time of this writing, but do feel that we will be able to update it periodically, including more [hyperlinks]. Please feel free to send us more terms for the glossary that are NoteTab-related in some way. As time permits, we will make the additions and corrections sent to us.
If you would like to send a submission or correction to us, please have an idea of the overall readability of the glossary before sending it. You may send the information to "NoteTab Support" <Support@Fookes.com>.
If we do make newer editions (or updates), they may be found at the Clipbook Repository under the Help for Clip Authoring and Reference Material section at:
The glossary and other Outlines for NoteTab have what is called hyperlinks in them. [Hyperlinks] make it possible to jump around in the Outline easier. There are two main ways to do this depending on whether you have Quick Open Links checked under the Tools [menu] or not. Both methods require double clicking the left mouse button between areas in the document that have square brackets around the words like you see above.
When Quick Open Links is checked all you need to do is place your mouse pointer anywhere between the brackets and double click. If you do not have it checked, then you need to hold the Ctrl key down while double clicking.
Throughout this Outline you will see [hyperlinks] at the bottom of some of the Topics and sometimes within the contents of the [Topic] itself. They are there to link you to related Topics or to a term that is in the glossary to help you understand the definitions more.
[Hyperlinks]
[Outline]
H="- Dictionaries"
The following are dictionaries that you can access online for terms that you did not find in the glossary or would like to get more information about them. Some are more technically written than others. You will need to find one or two that best suits you.
http://webopedia.internet.com/
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/
http://www.dictionary.com/
http://www.yourdictionary.com/
http://www.onelook.com/
You can make Clips to go to the links above and even have it open at the word you are searching for if the word is listed in the dictionary. Here is an example:
To add that to a Library, copy the line, right click over the Library where you want to add it and choose "Add New Clip." Paste the URL into the Clip Editor and then right click again over the Library and choose "Save Now" or use the Save buttun (Ctrl+S). Close the Clip Editor window and click on the Clip.
These easiest way to make more of them it go to the dictionary page, type in a word, and when found, copy the link from the browser location field. Simply replace the search word with ^?[Enter word] or something similar.
[Clip Editor]
H=" "
H="API"
API is an acronym for Application Program Interface which is the means by which NoteTab and other programs use an operating system. In NoteTab's case the operating system is Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
H="ASCII"
ASCII stands for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It was developed many years ago by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a common character set for computers. Originally the set had 128 characters including upper & lower case letters, numbers and common punctuation. Later, the Extended ASCII character set was developed with 256 characters including accented characters and more symbols. The original set also had 16 non-printing characters called "control codes" used for giving instructions to output devices like printers.
Note that the ASCII character set is very similar though not identical to the Windows ANSI character set. The two terms, however, are often used interchangeably.
[Binary]
[Character Set]
[Hexadecimal]
H="ASP"
ASP is an acronym for Application Service Provider and it is also used for Active Server Page. An Active Server Page is an HTML page that includes one or more scripts (small embedded programs) that are processed on a Microsoft Web server before the page is sent to the user. ASP files (.asp) can work with Personal Web Servers (PWS), like a mini ISP which can be used on home computers and act similar to a regular ISP.
[CGI]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[SSI]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="AWK"
This is a programming language for searching and modifying text files. The name represents the last name initials of the program's authors, Alfred V. Aho, Peter J. Weinberger and Brian W. Kernighan. It was originally written to run on Unix systems. It has since been ported to (made so it may be used in) DOS and NoteTab now has commands to run it.
[GAWK]
[GREP]
[Regular Expression]
[Wild Cards]
H="Absolute Path"
A complete path in Windows to a file, or absolute path, shows the entire location of the file. The following is an example:
"C:\NoteTab Pro\Documents\My Files\MyLetter.txt"
Likewise, the absolute path to the same directory above would be:
"C:\NoteTab Pro\Documents\My Files\"
It is the same when speaking of HTML links. An absolute path in HTML code would be the full URL such as:
http://www.notetab.com/download.htm
[Relative Path]
[Virtual Path]
H="Associate"
Generally speaking, this has to do with file types (such as .txt and .html) and what program opens each type. If you have .txt files associated with NoteTab and you double click on a .txt file in Windows Explorer, it will open in NoteTab. You can associate file types with NoteTab in View | Options under the Associations tab. You can add, remove, or edit your system file associations in Windows Explorer through the View menu. Click on Options in Windows 95 (or Folder Options in Windows 98).
H="Attribute"
HTML uses what is called "tags" in the documents. They are used make it possible to see the different things you see in a broswer such as images, bold or colored text, links to click on, and the like. These tags have a way of setting certain options so to speak like in the font tag one has choices like the type of font, the size, and the color. Those choices are called the attributes of the tag.
File attributes are the descriptive features of a disk file. Attributes tell Windows and other programs that access them some things about the file. Attributes can be on or off depending on how you want to use the file. In a Windows file there are four attributes: Read Only, Hidden, Archive and System. You can see these by right clicking over a file in Windows Explorer and choosing Properties. NoteTab has a command that will set these attributes from a Clip.
[HTML]
H="Array"
An array, when speaking of programming and script writing, contains a number of elements (an item or grouped items) in it and are normally stored in variables. (NoteTab stores variables in memory.) Each single element is referred to as an "array element" and these elements normally have something in common with each other.
You might think of it as a bag of assorted types of apples. There is only one bag (the variable), it is all apples inside (the objects, items or elements), and you can take any certain one (or more) out of the bag when desired. Arrays have an order to them though and are separated with delimiters such as a comma, tab, or line break.
[Variable]
[Delimited Text]
H="Binary"
Literally binary means "two" and represents the fundamental way computers represent information as either "on" of "off" usually written as "0" or "1". A single binary digit (or "bit" for short) can take either of these values, two "bits" together can represent four values "00", "01", "10", and "11". Computers deal with these strings of 0s and 1s very well, we humans find it more difficult and for convenience we group them together into bigger chunks. Four "bits" together e.g. 0100 take 16 possible values and can be represented by a single hexadecimal digit. Eight bits make a "byte" which has 256 possible values and is usually represented by two hexadecimal characters e.g. 11110001 = F1. The byte is the basic building block many computer systems and its echos can be found in many places e.g. the ASCII code has 256 characters so each one can be represented by a different byte; IP addresses (use on the Internet) have the form nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn where each "nnn" group can have a value from 0 to 255 so the total address can be represented in four bytes.
[ASCII]
[Bit and Byte]
[Character Set]
[Hexadecimal]
[Memory]
[RAM]
[Resources]
H="Bit and Byte"
Byte is the abbreviation for "binary term". Eight bits (the smallest of unit of information on a electronic machine such as a computer) make a "byte".
Bit is simply derived from binary digit (the "bi" in binary and the "t" in digit). It can only be one of two values. That is, a one or zero.
[ASCII]
[Binary]
[Character Set]
[Hexadecimal]
[Memory]
[RAM]
[Resources]
H="Block Operations"
This normally refers to text manipulations that work on rectangular blocks of text to cut, copy, and/or paste the text while preserving its rectangular shape. It is especially useful for working with tabular information when you want to rearrange, remove, or add columns to a table.
See NoteTab: Help | Find | Block Submenu for more information.
H="Bookmark"
In NoteTab and other editors (or viewers), a bookmark is a setting that you make in the program to remember your place in a file before moving to another location in the file (or another file). A bookmark allows the user to switch between sections of text for comparisons, copying, or other editing.
H="Brackets"
Brackets are marks used in pairs to enclose words like parenthesis. They come in three flavors: square brackets "[]", curly brackets, or braces "{}", and angle brackets "<>". The "Match Brackets" command (Ctrl+M) under the Search menu works on these three and also on the parentheses "()".
NoteTab uses brackets and braces for prompts in the Clip Wizards. It can show Clip Wizards at two different stages during script execution. That is done through the use of square brackets "^?[...]" and curly braces "^?{...}".
The square bracket is executed/evaluated before the rest of the script. On the other hand, curly braces are processed as they are encountered in the script.
Additionally, Clip functions and variables are processed as NoteTab encounters them in the script. If a function is used in square brackets ^?[Today's date is=^$GetDate$] the actually function would be seen in the prompt because the square brackets are processed first, but the function will not be processed until after it is reached in the script. On the other hand, since curly braces and functions are processed when the line is processed, the date will be shown in the prompt using ^?{Today's date is=^$GetDate$}. The same is true when using variables.
[Prompt]
[Wizard]
H="Browser"
A browser is a software program that runs on your computer, in order to "browse". In most cases, the term refers to browsing the World Wide Web, the Internet. In that context, a web browser is a program that displays data from the web and lets you move from web site to web site at will. A browser may also open files from your hard drive and view them just as you would on the "Web".
[Client]
[DUN]
[Internet]
[ISP]
[Modem]
[Link]
[Server]
[URL]
[WWW]
H="Bug"
Problems in programs, a malfunctions or defects if you will, are referred to as a bugs. A simple example would be if you tried a feature and it did not work as described in Help then you could use the slang term for that reporting the problem as a bug.
Interesting enough, folklore has it that the first bug reported was indeed an actual bug, a moth to be exact. A moth was found bewteen two electrical relays causing the whole computer to shut down at Harvard in 1945.
[Glitch]
[Workaround]
H="Button"
Depending on how it is used, a button can be another name for an icon that normally can be clicked on or depressed by using a mouse. When referring to the Internet, they are usually small icons and normally will take you to another web page or download a file when clicked. The terms glyphs and images are also used in place of button.
[Pixel]
H="CGI"
CGI is an acronym for Common Gateway Interface. It is a standardized way of interacting between external programs, scripts, and web servers to deliver changing data to the outer world. Normally, web pages are static -- the code can only be read (they do not change unless edited by someone). CGI programs can be called from inside a web page, so CGIs can be used to produce up-to-date web pages showing the time, or the date of its last change, for instance. Also, you could use it to build a comprehensive and ever up-to-date database shown on your site, or whatever dynamic content you want. Today, CGI scripts are often written with PERL, but in principle you can use programs or scripts written in any language.
[ASP]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[SSI]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="CRC32"
CRC32 (Cyclical Redundancy Check, 32 bit) is a way to test if a data or file transmission has any errors in it.
Typically a CRC is computed and transmitted along with a file, so the destination can compare the CRC against their own calculation. If they are equal, the transmission is assumed to be without errors.
In NoteTab one can use it to check to see if virus protection software is falsely reporting a virus. However, it is always best to check with the manufacturer of the virus software.
H="CR/LF"
Carriage return/Line feed
[Carriage Return]
H="CSS"
Cascading Style Sheets. Provides web page writers a way of storing the presentation of the information in a web page (*.html), so that it does not have to be coded into each web page. It makes for smaller pages and allows for more rapid changes to an entire site, just by changing the style sheet(s). As the term implies, more than one style sheet can be used on the same document, with different levels of importance.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[SSI]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="Case Sensitive"
The term is used mostly when find or replace searches are performed and when comparing two strings of text. Normally it refers to upper case and lower case either all the same or a mix. When using NoteTab's Find tool and you check the case sensitive box then all the search criteria has to match exactly. Where upper case letters are in the string they have to be the same in the document to search else NoteTab will skip over a word or phrase that is identical. The same goes for lower case. For example, if you search for "NoteTab" then only that would be found and not "Notetab".
H="Caret"
The character is: "^" and it is found on the number 6 key on your keyboard, Shift+6.
[Control, Shift, and Alt Characters]
H="Carriage Return"
This is the non-printed invisible character at the end of a line of text that returns the cursor to the beginning of the next line. Also known as a hard line break, it is made up of a carriage return followed by a line feed (seen as CR/LF in documentation). DOS will add the line feed character to any carriage return automatically. Other text formats (UNIX) do not use a line feed character. Without a line feed character, DOS will return the cursor to the beginning of the line where the cursor is currently located. The line feed places the cursor on the next line. Carriage returns usually are entered into a document with the keyboard <ENTER> command.
[Control, Shift, and Alt Characters]
[Non-printing Characters]
[Paragraph]
[Token]
H="Character Set"
A character set is a defined set of characters used for representing letters, numbers, punctuation, etc. in a computer system. The English alphabet is a simple character set. Common computer sets include ASCII, Windows ANSI, EBCDIC and Unicode.
[ASCII]
[Binary]
[Hexadecimal]
H="Circumflex"
This is the same as the caret (^).
[Caret]
H="Client"
A special program running on your PC, that connects to a server program, and requests information from that "server". Examples of such clients are browsers like Netscape and Internet Explorer, which connect to web servers and request HTML files.
[Browser]
[DUN]
[Internet]
[ISP]
[Modem]
[Server]
[WWW]
H="Clip"
A script written for the Clipbook in NoteTab to perform text processing and other functions. Clips are the items you see listed in a Clipbook Library. Each Clip is composed of commands and functions written in NoteTab's Clip scripting code; however, they also could contain just plain text to be pasted into a document. Right click over a Clip and choose "Edit Clip" to see some of the code. You must have the Clipbook "F4" open to do it.) NoteTab uses its internal Clip interpreter to evaluate and process the code.
[Clip Wrapper]
[Clipbar]
[Clipbook]
[Code]
[Command]
[Function]
[Input Control]
[Interpreter]
[Library]
[Macro]
[Script]
H="Clip Editor"
The Clip Editor provides a means to display and edit Clips. You can know the Clip editor is open because it uses a tab just like a document. It has brackets around the word Clips. You access the Clip Editor by right clicking over any area in a Library can choosing "Edit Clip". Only single Clips in a Library are displayed at a time in the Clip Editor, not the whole Library.
^!Info This command displays an information box in NoteTab. It is being used here for an example of wrapping a Clip to send in eMail. Notice that it has text above and below the actual Clip; we refer to that as a "wrapper". The NoteTab Clip discussion mailing list subscribers use "Clip Wrappers" all the time to let other subscribers of the list know where a Clip starts and ends giving instructions on how to install the Clip. Multiple Clips can be wrapped at one time in one wrapper with the working example that follows. Be sure to add "H=" without the quotes in front of your Clip name like above when you want to wrap a Clip.
<--- Copy above this line, right --->
<--- click over a Library, and --->
<--- choose "Add from Clipboard" --->
The following is Clip code that will wrap Clips that are in a focused document when the Clip name is prefixed with H=. After installing the Clip, right click over it and choose "Edit Clip". Change the eMail addresses and so on with your own if you decide to use it.
^!InsertText ^%nl%<--- Copy above this line, right --->^%nl%<--- click over a Library, and --->^%nl%<--- choose "Add from Clipboard" --->^%nl%
^!Jump 1
:Loop
^!Find "^H=" RSA
^!IfError Finish else Next
^!Jump +1
^!InsertText ^%DateInfo%
^!Goto Loop
:Finish
^!FocusDoc
^!Toolbar Copy all
^!Jump Doc_End
^!SetWordWrap On
^!Skip Your Clip is ready to paste.^%nl%^%nl%Discard Temporary Document?
^!Goto Exit
^!Close Discard
<--- Copy above this line --->
<--- Right click over a Library, and --->
<--- Add from Clipboard --->
[Clip]
[Library]
[Modal Dialog Boxes]
[Wrapper]
H="Clipbar"
The Clipbar is a customizable Toolbar with icons on it that resides under NoteTab's main Toolbar beneath the main program menu. The Clipbar may be hidden or shown: View | Clipbar. Clipbars may also be opened by using the Clip code command ^!OpenClipbar "Name". You may have as many Clipbars as your system will hold.
See "Using and Creating Clipbars" in Help for additional information.
[Clip]
[Clipbook]
[Code]
[Command]
[Favorites]
[Macro]
[Memory]
[Menu, Main (or Menubar)]
[Library]
[Resources]
[Toolbar]
H="Clipbook"
This is the window that appears on the left (or right depending on your options) of the NoteTab window when you press F4. The Clipbook displays the list of Clips available in the currently-selected "Clipbook Library". The name of this Library is shown on the combobox on top of the list; by clicking the down arrow icon of the combobox you can see a list of the available Libraries. A different Library is chosen by clicking on its name; it will become the focused Clip Library and its own list of Clips will be displayed. See Help | Help Topics | Find | Clipbook for much more information about the Clipbook.
[Clip]
[Clipbar]
[Combobox]
[Favorites]
[In-Context Clipbook]
[Input Control]
[Libraries Bar]
[Library]
[Memory]
[Resources]
[Toolbar]
H="Clipbook Repository"
This Web site is where many user Clipbooks are stored for use by the general NoteTab public.
http://www.notetab.com/library.htm
(If you do not have Open Quick Links checked under Tools, hold your cursor over the URL above and double click. If you do have it checked, just double click. Your default browser will be opened to the Clipbook Repository.)
H="Code"
Code is a system of symbols, letters, or words with specific meanings, used for composing statements requiring brevity as in the system of symbols and rules used to represent instructions to a computer. Think of it as a type of shorthand.
In programming, code is a term used for both the statements written in a particular programming language - the source code, and a term for the source code after it has been compiled and made ready to run in the computer - the object code.
To code is to write programming statements - that is, to write the source code for a program.
[Compile]
[Conditional Command]
[Conditional Statement]
[Language]
[Script]
[Source Code]
[Validate]
H="Combobox"
A combobox is a cross-breed between an Edit box and a List box. Most frequently, it resembles an Edit box with an arrow-down button on the right side. The small edit box on top of NoteTab's Clipbook List is a combobox, as is the "In-Context Clipbook" which appears in NoteTab when you press the Escape key button. When it is clicked, a list of options is expanded for the user to select. NoteTab uses comboboxes in its wizards as well.
[Console]
[Dialog]
[In-Context Clipbook]
[Input Control]
[Wizard]
H="Command"
In NoteTab's Clip language, a command does what it is told to do. It does a job; e.g., opens a document or selects a line. NoteTab's commands start with ^! (which is one way you can identify it as a command).
[Command Statement]
[Conditional Command]
[Conditional Statement]
[Expression]
[Function]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax]
[Syntax Error]
[Syntax Highlighting]
[Variable]
H="Command Statement"
A command statement is used in NoteTab Clips in a line of code to combine ^!commands, %Variables%, and ^$Functions$ to carry out various tasks. A command is just the ^!command. A command statement is the whole line that starts with the command.
Example:
^!Set %Fname%=^##
The set command is followed by a variable to be set and the ^## places the current file with its full directory name and extension into the variable for use in the SetClipboard command line below.
^!Close "^$GetAppPath$Test.otl"
The close command is follow by a function to get the NoteTab home folder path and closes the open file "Test.otl" in that path.
^!SetClipboard ^$GetFileText(^%Fname%)$
The SetClipboard command is follow by a function that gets the text from the file that was set in the set command line above and sends this text to the Clipboard to be pasted to a new document.
[Command]
[Conditional Command]
[Conditional Statement]
[Expression]
[Function]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax]
[Syntax Error]
[Syntax Highlighting]
[Variable]
H="Command-line"
This is information passed on to another application. This information, or data, tells the other application to do something. The most common command-line is simply one to open a program. This can be done from the Windows Start button or from many programs like NoteTab. In NoteTab's Clip language you simply put the command characters, ^! in front of your command-line. For instance, ^!C:\Windows\Notepad.exe will open Notepad. Note that there is NO space between the command characters and the command-line.
[Shortcut]
H="Compile"
The process to translate a program written in a human readable programming language into a set of instructions readable by a computer. This work is done by a special computer program called a compiler. The compiler knows how to make the language into instructions that the computer can understand. Computers differ a lot in the way instructions are understood, therefore the compiler gives a (well-needed) interface between a more general human readable programming language and computers.
[Code]
[Interpreter]
[Language]
[Script]
[Source Code]
H="Conditional Command"
This is a command that performs a test on data stored in a variable against a fixed parameter and then uses the result as a switch to one of two possible labels to go to.
Example:
^!IfSame "Value1" "Value2" True [ELSE False]
Whatever is in value 1 is compared with value 2. Value 1 or 2 may be a variable. If they are the same, the script will jump to the True label. If not, then the script goes to the False label, if designated by the writer. If the optional second half is not used, the script goes to the next line.
[Command]
[Command Statement]
[Conditional Statement]
[Expression]
[Function]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax]
[Syntax Error]
[Syntax Highlighting]
[Variable]
H="Conditional Statement"
The conditional statement is a command statement that compares two pieces of information and causes the Clip to go to one label or another depending on how the information compares. (The command may also be written to either go to one label or else just to continue in the script from the point it has reached.)
Example:
^!IfTrue ^$IsOutlineDoc$ Next Else Skip_3
The command IfTrue goes to the label "Next" if the value of the ^$IsOutlineDoc$ function is 1. If it is zero, then the command skips over the next three lines, which is what the label "Skip_3" tells it to do. ^$IsOutlineDoc$ is a function that returns a 1 if the current document is an outline document and a zero if it is not.
[Command]
[Command Statement]
[Conditional Command]
[Expression]
[Function]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax]
[Syntax Error]
[Syntax Highlighting]
[Variable]
H="Console"
In a Windows environment, "console" is most often used to refer to a DOS window. This usage comes up if you're a Windows programmer. When you use Microsoft's Visual C++ to write a program, you have to declare what kind of program it will be. Most of the choices have to do with creating GUI programs or libraries. But one option that's still available is what Microsoft calls a "console application", meaning one that's run from the DOS command line.
[Dialog]
H="Control, Shift, and Alt Characters"
These are keyboard shortcut keystroke sequences which involve holding down the shift key and/or the control key while pressing another keyboard key. For example, Control+S activates the Save function for your current file. Shift+6 precedes "p" for a carriage return, which is the token: ^p. Alt+0133 (on the number pad) gives the Windows ANSI Character 133 "à". There are 32 control characters in the ASCII character set. These do not normally print and are now used mostly for formatting text.
[Carriage Return]
[Escape Code]
[Non-printing Characters]
[Paragraph]
[Token]
H="Cursor"
In text editors, a cursor is a visual mark that is seen in an open file; it indicates where text can be typed, pasted or inserted. The cursor moves as text is typed; if text is pasted, the cursor will move to the end of the pasted text block. The keyboard may also be used to move the cursor. In a graphical user interface (GUI) there will also be a mouse cursor to show where the mouse is on the screen.
[GUI]
H="DHTML"
DHTML is an acronym for Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language, an extension of HTML that gives the web page author more control over the layout of the web page. It makes it possible for the web page to interact directly with the user instead of having to contact the server.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[CSS]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[SSI]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="DUN"
This is a feature in Windows 95,98,NT,2000. It allows the user to establish a way of connecting to another computer via a modem, most often an ISP. The user enters the phone number, user and passwrod information, and other connection information (usually provided by the ISP). The user then uses the connection to connect to a remote computer and do such things as surf the internet, check e-mail, share files, etc.
[Browser]
[Client]
[Internet]
[ISP]
[Modem]
[Server]
[WWW]
H="Data"
Information ("data") is what is entered into a program for processing. It is also the term for the results of a program that are given back to the user, either displayed on the screen or printed out.
H="Debug"
A tool and/or method used to find problems in hardware and software. In most cases, it is used to refer to software programming problems. NoteTab includes a debug command that allows extra control over Clips while they are being developed to make it easier to find problems.
H="Decrypt"
Decryption is the process of unscrambling a message or file so that
the intended recipient can read it. This often involves a "KEY" that
gives information on how to make the message readable. Without
the correct "key", one cannot unlock the message. Sort of like the
idea of a super-secret decoder ring in a box of cereal.
[Encrypt]
H="Delimited Text"
Text separated by a unique character is called "delimited text". Often a comma (,) is used, but other characters such as | % ; ~ and even tabs, and blank lines are used in particular routines. By separating the text, the delimiter creates fields of data that can be used by other programs such as a database or spreadsheet. For example, an address list could have Name,Address,City,State,Zip,Phone,Email with one line for each person; the different elements are separated by commas. A file with variable data separated by commas is often referred to as a CSV file (Comma Separated Variables).
[Array]
[Field]
[Variable]
H="Dialog"
Normally, this refers to a window that appears to request information from the user. An example in NoteTab is the Replace Tool (Search | Replace).
[Console]
[Combobox]
H="Directory"
A directory, also called a "folder," is where Windows stores your files. It is a way to help keep your files organized. In Windows Explorer, each small yellow folder you see is a directory. A directory may have subdirectories within it and they, too, can have subdirectories.
H="Drag and Drop"
A method used to move/copy files or text from one place to another. In NoteTab, you can highlight text and click on it with the left mouse button while holding the button down. The highlighted text may be dragged to another part of your document and released ("dropped"), or dropped into another document by dragging the text to the other document and releasing the mouse button.
You can also drag a file from Windows Explorer into NoteTab's main edit window and drop it to open the file. Multiple files can be done like that. If you drag the file to the Taskbar and momentarily hold it over NoteTab's icon button on it NoteTab will come to the front and you can then drop it.
Files may also be moved or copied from one fole to another in Windows Explorer using drag and drop. If you hold down the Shift key when doing it the file will be moved, otherwise it is copied. You will see a plus sign by the mouse pointer when copying.
[Taskbar]
[Treeview]
[Windows Explorer]
H="Dynamic"
A web server can send a page that is tailored to the users needs based on the users browser or his preferences which could be obtained by using a web form. It extends HTML having the ability to use a scripting language to produce remarkable effects. The web page is considered dynamic, because the results can change on demand depending on the variables which is unlike a standard HTML document.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[HTML]
[PERL]
[Script]
H="EBCDIC"
EBCDIC is the acronym for "Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code". It's a character set like ASCII, except whereas ASCII is a 7-bit code, EBCDIC is an 8-bit code. Briefly stated, a 7-bit code is one that defines 128 code points, each of which is defined to represent a character. EBCDIC, an 8-bit code, defines 256 characters. For the most part, IBM (and clone) mainframe computers use EBCDIC character sets, while the rest of the computing world uses ASCII and, more recently Unicode. NoteTab can work with EBCDIC files.
H="Edit Window"
In computer applications, this is the program window one sees where editing operations can be performed. In NoteTab, it is the large window you see that contains the text, perhaps more technically called an input control.
[Edit Window]
[Fixed Width (Pitch) Font]
[Font]
[Format]
[Properties]
[Variable Width (Pitch) Font]
H="Encrypt"
Encryption is the process of making a message unreadable, using
a special calculation that replaces characters with other
characters, and even scrambles their order to make it harder for
others to decipher. A simple form of encryption would be shifting
letters one space to the right so that A=B, B=C, and so on. The
only way to make sense of the message is to know the key, and to
shift the right direction, the correct number of spaces.
[Decrypt]
H="Escape"
A term used to tell a scripting or programming language not to use the next code as a one of its internal codes. A common place one might see the term used is in Regular Expressions. It allows the script writer or programmer a means to use the code as a regular character instead of what it is used for in the scripting or programming language.
[Code]
[Escape Code]
[Regular Expression]
[Language]
[Script]
H="Escape Code"
An escape code is a Character or String of characters interpreted by Programming Languages, and output devices like Printers and Monitors, to signify that the character following or wrapped by the escape code is to be interpreted differently than it otherwise would be.
When sent to a printer or monitor, Escape Codes are used to perform such functions as line feeds, carriage returns, and other printer/monitor specific commands.
In HTML Every character of the Latin-1 character set can be represented by a three digit escape code, beginning with "&#" and ending with a semicolon. For the less-than symbol, the escape code is <. Thus because the "less than" character has an otherwise special significance in the HTML Programming Language the inequality "A<B" can be written with the escape code for less-than as A<B
[Control, Shift, and Alt Characters]
[HTML]
[String]
[Non-printing Characters]
[Token]
H="Embedded"
Placing something into a file to improve the file's function, like a special instruction. An SSI is placed into an HTML file as a special message to the HTML server to add information to the HTML file. A Clip programmer can "embed" Clip commands into a document Template to add something to the resulting document that can only be known when the template is openend, such as the current date or time. An HTML image tag "embeds" an image into the displayed document.
[Clip]
[HTML]
[Template]
[SSI]
H="Event"
An occurrence or happening of something in relation to a program. In NoteTab, some of the Clips you may have seen are events such as OnOpen and OnClipboardChange. Each event is waiting for programmed instructions to activate it; the event then acts according to what it is programmed to do.
[Clip]
H="Execute"
To start something is to execute it, i.e., to make it happen or work. When you start up NoteTab, you execute it. Clips are also executed; that is, the user causes them to run or to start.
[Subroutine]
H="Expression"
An expression is a string of characters that is used by a program. In NoteTab, expressions are in the scripting language and are parts of functions and commands.
[Command]
[Command Statement]
[Conditional Command]
[Conditional Statement]
[Function]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax]
[Syntax Error]
[Syntax Highlighting]
[Variable]
H="Favorites"
Favorites in NoteTab is the term used to define your favorite or most used directories and files. Some programs refer to it as Projects. You can access your Favorites from NoteTab's main menu.
You can add documents, directories, and use wildcards like *.txt in your Favorites menus. One Category may be set as the default.
The Favorites view of Quick List (F6) is controlled by what you have in the Favorites Categories. You need to go to Favorites | Categories to edit it off the main menu.
It is best to use your Favorites feature sparingly if you are using a computer not having a lot of resources. Long and large Favorite Categories can use a lot of memory up causing you problems.
See NoteTab's Help file "Favorites Dialog Box" for more information.
[Clipbar]
[Clipbook]
[Library]
[Menu, Main (or Menubar)]
[RAM]
[Resources]
[Toolbar]
[Quick List]
H="FTP"
File Transfer Protocol (FTP), is a method of transferring files to and from other computers, usually via an internet connection. This is used to transfer the web pages you have designed to your web host, so the world can see your handywork. Newer browsers support both sending and receiving files via FTP, but there are also programs to do this, that give more control of the process, such as WSFTPLE and CuteFTP.
[DUN]
[ISP]
[Internet]
[Modem]
H="Field"
In dialog boxes, fields are areas where text can be placed or selected. In wizards, fields are the white areas that pop up when a Clip is executed. In text files, fields are the particular items of information, such as the names, addresses and phone numbers in an address book, and would be separated in the file by what are called delimiters.
[Delimited Text]
H="Filter"
In NoteTab filters are used to aide in opening and saving files. When used to open files in the file open dialog they allow only certain files to be seen in the dialog and likewise in the save dialog, Favorites, and Quick List.
The purpose for using the file filters is to help make it easier to choose what file you want open. For instance, if you have the file filter set to *.txt only .txt files in the open dialog will be seen in the dialog making it easier for you to find which file you are looking for.
Other programs and areas of filtering is in Windows Explorer when you sort by name or type and in image editors that make filter in or out certain colors. In short, a filter displays things differently than what they would normally appear.
[Dialog]
[Mask]
H="Fixed Width (Pitch) Font"
A fixed width or monospaced font is one where every character has the same width like an old-fashioned typewriter. NoteTab uses only fixed width fonts in its main editing window so that strings of text with the same number of characters will be the same length, rectangular blocks of data can be marked out and columns of data stay aligned. Typical fixed width fonts are Courier, Terminal, Andale Mono and so-called "Typewriter" and "Console" fonts.
[Edit Window]
[Font]
[Format]
[Input Control]
[Properties]
[Variable Width (Pitch) Font]
H="Focus"
The part of your program's window that has your program's "attention" is where the focus is. This is where your next action (keyboard, mouse click, whatever) will be detected by the program. Just because a particular part of an application is in view does not necessarily mean it is in focus. For instance, if you have your Clipbook open (the Clipbook is the panel on the left side of NoteTab that appears/hides by using the F4 function key) and you click in an open document in the window to the right of the Clipbook, the open document will have the focus. If you click on a spot in your Clipbook (that does not execute a Clip) like a blank spot, then the Clipbook will have the focus, specifically that blank spot. Generally speaking, it is where your cursor is.
However, if you click on a Clip in the Clipbook (thus executing it), the focus may change depending on what the Clip does. Similarly, if you click on an icon on the Toolbar the focus will be there at the time you click it, but may leave once the command is executed. For example, if you click on the New Document icon, the focus is briefly on the icon as you click, but switches to the document window when it opens.
H="Folder"
[Directory]
H="Font"
A font is a complete set of type of one size and face, and usually refers to the entire family of letters (and numbers, punctuation, etc.) of a particular shape or design. There are two main categories: bitmap or raster. Scalable or outline fonts: while scalable fonts are usually more desirable (because the size can be adjusted while maintaining proportions and smooth edges), bitmap fonts are required for raster devices, such as computer monitors and dot matrix printers. Software such as Adobe Type Manager (ATM, for PostScript Type 1 Fonts) and Microsoft's TrueType (for its TrueType Fonts) can convert scalable fonts to bitmap fonts.
NoteTab Pro differs from NoteTab Standard and NoteTab Light in its usage of fonts. NoteTab Pro uses only fixed width fonts (sometimes called "OEM Fonts"); NoteTab Standard and NoteTab Light can use any TrueType Fonts, whether variable or fixed. The reason difference is caused by the different input controls used.
[Edit Window]
[Fixed Width (Pitch) Font]
[Format]
[Input Control]
[Properties]
[Variable Width (Pitch) Font]
H="Format"
In text editors like NoteTab when you change any of the properties of a document you would be formatting it, changing it in some way. It is usually visible to the user and would include things like the font, word wrap, alignment, and text color.
Storage media like a hard drive or floppy disks are also formatted so that they can be read or written to. Most of them all come pre-formatted today, but user my wish to format a disk. when a disk is formatted all the data is erased on it.
[Edit Window]
[Fixed Width (Pitch) Font]
[Font]
[Input Control]
[Properties]
[Variable Width (Pitch) Font]
H="Freeware Software"
Freeware is software programs that there is no charge for and does not quit working after a certain period of time.
You can try out Fookes Software by downloading trial version of it from http://www.fookes.com/products.htm
[Registered Software]
[Storage Media]
[Shareware Software]
[Trial Software]
H="Full Path"
Computers need to know where to find files. Just as you would give somebody your address so they would know how to get to your house, computers need a way of knowing how to find where files are located. This is done by providing the computer with "paths." An example of a path to a file is C:\Program Files\NoteTab Pro\Readme.otl. The "direct path" is without the file name, whereas the full path includes the file name.
H="Function"
In NoteTab, functions are part of the Clipbook scripting code and perform certain tasks. Unlike commands (which execute a task), functions return a value of some type which could be numbers or letters. NoteTab offers a variety of functions to do different things such as return a selection, calculate equations, return certain parts of a selection, or return what is on the Clipboard. You can also write your own functions to perform specific tasks.
[Command]
[Command Statement]
[Conditional Command]
[Conditional Statement]
[Expression]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax]
[Syntax Error]
[Syntax Highlighting]
[Variable]
H="Function Attribute"
A function attribute is that part of a function which defines what the function is to do. For example, in the string function ^$StrCopy("String";Index;Amount)$ ...the String is any form of text, Index is the position in the string, and amount is the amount of text to copy. String, Index, and Amount are function attributes.
H="GAWK"
GAWK is a free version of AWK made by the GNU project. NoteTab has commands available in its scripting language to support GAWK. For more about the GNU project, see http://www.gnu.org
[AWK]
[Script]
H="GREP"
GREP is an acronym for Global Regular Expression Print. Originally a command from the UNIX operating system, a system like Windows or Linux, command and also a utility available for Windows and other operating systems. GREP is used to search one or more files for a given character string or pattern and, if desired, to replace the character string with another one.
[AWK]
[GAWK]
[Regular Expression]
[Wild Cards]
H="GUI"
Graphical User Interface, or GUI, is an interface that uses windows, icons, pull-down menus, pictures, etc. For example, Windows 95/98/NT are GUIs, as opposed to DOS which is a Command Line interface. Also that part of a Windows program that is visible to the user (its interface) is called the program's GUI, as opposed to the routines that do the core data processing.
[Interface]
[Command]
[Command-line]
[Shortcut]
H="Glitch"
This is a "slang" word commonly used to refer to a tiny bug or malfunction in a program's operation. Generally it is used when the bug is more of an annoying problem that does not interfere too greatly with the program's overall functions. An analogy might compare a scratch, and a cut needing stitches; the scratch is a glitch, while the cut needing stitches is a serious program error. Beta testing is the period of time when a programmer invites selected testers to use a new program, for the specific purpose of discovering and eliminating glitches before the program is released (hopefully "glitch-free") to the general public.
[Bug]
[Workaround]
H="HTML"
HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language and is the set of "markup" symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser. The HTML codes tell the Web browser how to display a Web page's words and images for the user. The individual codes are referred to as elements (but are commonly referred to as tags). There are different types of HTML code such as: ASP, CGI, CSS, DHTML, PHTML, SHTML, Style Sheets, XHTML, XML.
[Attribute]
[ASP]
[CGI]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[Internet]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[SSI]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="Hash"
A hash is a method of translating data, to access it faster, to encrypt it, or to make it easier to incorporate into some constraints.
Hashes can be complicated formulas, look-up tables, or just plain array indexes.
[Array]
[Decrypt]
[Encrypt]
[MD5]
[ROT13]
[RSA Data Security]
H="Hard Line Break"
The same as a carriage return (CR/LF).
[Carriage Return]
H="Header"
The items listed in Clipbook Libraries are called Headers. It is simply the title of the Clip (Clip name) without the Clip information. Notice the difference between a Header and a Heading.
[Heading]
H="Heading"
In Outlines, these titles are called Headings or Topics. For clarity's sake, we like to refer to a Heading as the Topic name and the body of text in the Topic Edit window the contents of the Topic. Notice the difference between a Header and a Heading.
[Header]
[Outline]
[Topic]
H="Hexadecimal"
Hexadecimal describes a base-16 number system. That is, a numbering system containing 16 sequential numbers as base units (including 0) before adding a new position for the next number. The hexadecimal numbers are /*represented by 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F. Two hexadecimal digits can represent eight binary digits, or a byte (or 8 binary digits).
[ASCII]
[Binary]
[Character Set]
H="Highlight"
Highlighting indicates that area of a file that is defined by use of the mouse, an icon tool or keyboard shortcuts. For example, when using a mouse left-click and hold the left mouse button at the point where the highlighted area begins; while still holding the left mouse button down, move the mouse to the end of the chosen text area. Then release the mouse. The highlighted area changes color to "highlight" it for better viewing.
[Select]
[Syntax Highlighting]
H="Hyperlinks"
A specially formatted text that, when clicked, instructs a program to take you somewhere else, to where the hyperlink is targeted. When used in reference to the Internet, a hyperlink normally opens another web page. In NoteTab, a hyperlink can take you to another place in the same document or specific Topic in an Outline. Hyperlinks can also open files or take you to different topics in an Outline. Internet hyperlinks (the familiar http:// Internet URL) in a document in NoteTab can be used to launch your Web browser and have it open directly to the URL's page on the Web! You will know NoteTab's document hyperlinks when you see them because they have [ square brackets ] around them. Read [Readme.otl] found in your main NoteTab folder for detailed information on Hyperlinks.
[- Using Hyperlinks]
H="INI File"
An INI (or .ini) file is a plain text file used by computer programs to store configuration settings and other related information. By convention, INI files always have the extension ".ini". Since the content is plain text, INI files are easy to read and even edit, if needed. NoteTab stores its settings by default in an INI file in the NoteTab program directory. It is where your different NoteTab options are stored. NoteTab Clips can be made to create Clip-specific INI files to store settings and data.
H="ISP"
ISP is an acronym for Internet Service Provider, a company that offers dial-up or direct connection from your computer to the Internet. Most ISPs additionally provide a package of related services, such as email or web hosting.
[Browser]
[Client]
[DUN]
[Internet]
[Modem]
[Server]
[WWW]
H="In-Context Clipbook"
This is a NoteTab feature that is useful for working with the Clipbook. To invoke it, press the ESC key when your cursor is in a document. A box will appear with a drop-down menu. The Clips of your active Library will be listed in the drop-down menu. Choosing the Clip you need will activate that Clip; it's a "keyboard way" to use your Clips without using the mouse. The In-Context Clipbook will work even if your Clipbook is hidden or closed (toggle F4 and press ESC to try it).
[Combobox]
[Console]
[Dialog]
[Wizard]
H="Input Control"
An input control is a graphical user-interface element (a window generated and drawn on screen through programming code) in which you type, format, and display text. Most programs have one of more input controls. For example, the address field in your browser is a type of input control. In NoteTab, for instance, it would be a document edit window or a combobox like above the Clips in a Clipbook Library.
[Clip]
[Clipbook]
[Code]
[Combobox]
[Edit Window]
[Font]
[Fixed Width (Pitch) Font]
[Format]
[Interface]
[Library]
[Properties]
[Variable Width (Pitch) Font]
H="Instance"
When one copy of a program is running, it is called a single instance of it. Some programs can have two or more copies of the program running at the same time -- thus, "multiple instances".
[Multiple Instances]
H="Integer"
A number without a fraction part, such as 1, 2, 42, or 1000000. An integer can be signed to make clear whether it's positive or negative: +1, -3. No sign always indicates positive.
H="Interface"
An interface is a device that creates a connection, providing any necessary translations. An interface can be either software or hardware. It can connect a user with his/her computer, a computer to another computer or network, two pieces of hardware, or even two software programs. A "User Interface" is the part of a program that is visible to the user, where the user enters data and sees the results displayed.
[GUI]
H="Internet"
The internet is the result of the Department of Defenses efforts in the 1960's to facilitate communications between various computers. It was originally called DARPANET, then changed to ARPANET. It was designed to be able to pick up the slack if one node failed. This is the basis of what we call the WEB. NOTE: Al Gore did not invent it, as he once claimed recently.
[Browser]
[Client]
[DUN]
[ISP]
[Modem]
[Server]
[WWW]
H="Interpreter"
An interpreter is a routine, that is to say a specific set of expressions, or group of routines that reads lines of code from a file and executes them one at a time. While a Compiler converts the whole code into instructions that the computer can understand before running that code, an Interpreter converts just one line at a time, executing it before reading the next one. Thus, interpreted languages are slower than compiled ones, since the code is being compiled while the program is run. The NoteTab program works as an interpreter for Clip code.
[Clip]
[Compile]
[Parser]
H="Key"
A key is the portion of the Windows Registry that can contain subkeys and values. The values contain the actual information stored in the Registry. An example of a Registry key would be:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup
NoteTab's scripting code is able to read and write to the Windows Registry. See Help under Clip Language - Windows Registry and Shortcuts for more details.
Keys are also used in ini files. NoteTab marks the sections of an ini file with square brackets. Underneath the section headers are the keys and their values. See Help under Clip Language - Variables for more details.
[Value]
[Variable]
[Windows Registry]
H="Keyboard Shortcuts"
Keyboard shortcuts are done by pressing a combination of keys instead of using the mouse. You may have noticed that some of the letters on menus (like: File, Edit) have an underscore. In NoteTab, if you press ALT plus F and then W (ALT+F W) it will bring up the New Outline dialog. ALT tells NoteTab to focus on the main menu. You will notice the F has an underscore under it and then also the W in New Outline on the menu. All three combined is the keyboard shortcut. (See "Keyboard Shortcuts" in NoteTab's Help.)
Some standard Windows keyboard shorts are:
Ctrl+A (Select All)
Ctrl+C (Copy)
Ctrl+V (Paste)
Ctrl+X (Cut)
There are many more listed in the following Window's file:
[C:\Windows\General.txt::Using Accessibility Shortcuts in Help^ib]
[Menu, Cascading]
[Menu, Content]
[Menu, Control (or System)]
[Menu, Main (or Menubar)]
H="Label"
A label is used in programming and scripting languages to set a point that tells the routine where to go in the program. It is like the name of a city or a street address. They can be named anything the programmer desires. In NoteTab they are preceded by a colon, for example, these are labels:
:Label
:True
:False
:Paste
NoteTab also provides some predefined labels, which have a special meaning.
(See "Clip Language - Labels" in Help for additional information.)
H="Language"
In computer terms, a language is what programs and scripts are written in. Just like a spoken language, programming languages have "words" that represent something. Programmers sometimes refer to the programs they write (or parts of it) as code. Some programming languages are Machine code, COBOL, BASIC, C, C+, C++, and Pascal.
[Compile]
[Script]
[Source Code]
H="Library"
A Library is a file containing one or more Clips. Libraries are stored in the Libraries folder and have the ".clb" extension. Libraries are viewed in the Clipbook. Some examples: AutoCorrect, HTML, and Utilities are Libraries.
Each library can have up to about 5440 Clipbook items, and you can have up to 5440 libraries.
[Clip]
[Clipbar]
[Clipbook]
[Input Control]
[Libraries Bar]
H="Libraries Bar"
A button bar that appears at the bottom of the NoteTab screen, just above the Taskbar or Status bar depending on configurations. It may be toggled on/off by checking the "View | Libraries Bar" menu. Buttons can be stacked by right clicking on the Library Bar and selecting the appropriate option.
[Clip]
[Clipbar]
[Combobox]
[In-Context Clipbook]
[Library]
H="Line"
The text you see across the screen in the edit window (the large window in NoteTab) is on lines, or rows. Lines are numbered sequentially from top to bottom beginning with line one. However, the row and line numbers are different depending on whether Word Wrap is on or off. If you view the line numbers from the View menu and toggle Word Wrap on/off you will see this. NoteTab does not consider the final blank line in a document as part of the document when referring to line numbers. Thus, if there is a blank line at the end of the document, the total number of lines will be one less than the number of rows.
[Row]
H="Link"
Link normally describes what as known as a URL to connect one web page from another or to go to from an eMail program. They are used by double or single clicking directly over it. An example of a link is http://www.notetab.com/upgrade.htm. It can be double clicked on while holding the Ctrl key down if you are using NoteTab Pro. (If you have "Open Quick Links" checked under the Tools menu you can simply double click over it without the use the of Ctrl key.
[Browser]
[Internet]
[ISP]
[Modem]
[URL]
[WWW]
H="MD5"
MD5 is a hashing (translating data) method used in encrypting data. MD5 hashes, together with RSA's public key technology dominate the Internet community for serious encryption.
[Decrypt]
[Encrypt]
[Hash]
[ROT13]
[RSA Data Security]
H="Macro"
Generically, a pre-configured series of actions stored inside an item that may be invoked with a keystroke or mouse click. In NoteTab, the term "Clip" is used to denote these individual items that range from simple text snippets all the way to sophisticated programs. The term "macro" is generally used in NoteTab to describe keyboard macros and Toolbar commands.
(Search in Help under "Macro" for examples.)
[Clip]
[Script]
H="Mailing Lists"
Mailing lists on the Internet (eMail) normally come in two forms: announcement and discussion lists.
Announcement lists are normally meant as a one way eMail list from the person making the announcement to the subscribers. Some of them allow the subscriber to reply to the announcement. When so, the reply goes to a specific address with one or a few people receiving it such as the one that sent the message and/or a support person or team. Other announcement lists do not give a means for replying and sometimes they give an eMail address for asking questions or giving feedback but do not reply.
Fookes Software has such a list. If you want to be on the notification list for Fookes Software updates and new products, sign up for it at http://www.fookes.com or http://www.notetab.com in the lower left border area. You can unsubscribe an eMail address from there as well.
Discussion mailing lists, on the other hand, are made up of people who voluntarily subscribe to it and is used for interactive discussion normally dealing with certain main subjects. These type of lists are normally for discussion to help others do things like use NoteTab. They are "users helping users" type list.
The following are various discussion mailing lists. They were created and are moderated by Jody Adair. The Fookes Software (www.fookes.com) mailing lists are not affiliated with Fookes Software. Eric Fookes (the author and owner of the company) replies to some messages, time permitting. Jody Adair (Software Support) created and moderates the lists (with help from Cindy at times) and answers what mail he can. Jody's comments are his own and not always correct. ;) His comments do not necessarily reflect the views of Fookes Software.
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using the eMail address below the list name(s). Please do not send Clips, RegExp, Perl, or other script question or scripts to the NoteTab Basic List. There are breif information about what the lists are used for at:
http://www.notetab.net/html/maillist.htm
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Happy Tab'n, Clip'n, Edit'n, Test'n, &...
Jody Adair
http://www.notetab.net
H="Mask"
A mask is a type of filter that allows the inclusion or exclusion of certain characters. NoteTab uses masking in its Clip code so you can limit the input of what you want to allow and disallow in a wizard input field. See Help under Clip Language - Masked Input Fields and also Clip Language - Clip Wizard and Fields for more detailed information.
[Field]
[Filter]
[Wizard]
H="Memory"
Windows has basically three types of memories: Random Access Memory (RAM), Virtual Memory (your hard disk), and a small section of RAM used for storing Windows object handles. When Windows runs out of system resources, it may have plenty of RAM left, but it runs out of space for storing handles. This is often when funny things start happening like the tab bar displaying blank tabs, or the Toolbar showing no icons.
Only libraries open in the Clipbook window will occupy RAM. The more items, and the larger the Clips, the more RAM it uses up. Running Clips that create variables will take another chunk from RAM. Closing the Clipbook window will free several handles which occupy the third type of memory.
Large amounts of Favorites and long lists slow down the loading of NoteTab and use up a fair amount of RAM.
A large Undo limit size. What is considered large is largely dependant on how many documents you open. Should rarely be a problem if you open less than 50 documents at a time.
A large number of Libraries on the button bar would also take up extra resources. Each button requires a Windows handle. Tools on the Toolbar and the Clipbar also use the mentioned handles.
Display problems is usually the first visible sign of being low on the resources it takes to paint the different objects in a window. Sometimes, a better video card with more memory can help or better drivers.
[Clipbar]
[Clipbook]
[Favorites]
[Library]
[RAM]
[Resources]
[Toolbar]
H="Menu"
Menus in computers are not much different from what they are at a resturant. They can be a simple menu with everything under one main menu or there can be sub-menus under each other as well. There a number of different types of menus in the computer world. some of them are listed below.
[Menu, Cascading]
[Menu, Content]
[Menu, Control (or System)]
[Menu, Main (or Menubar)]
H="Menu, Cascading"
A sub-menu which extends ("slides") out normally off another menu. For example, go to File | Reopen. When you click Reopen, a cascading menu appears showing the most recent files that NoteTab has used.
H="Menu, Content"
Generally, a menu that changes in response to the content in which it is invoked. Specifically, in Windows 95, Windows NT 4, and later. It is the menu of commands that is brought up via mouse right-click (all windows and bars) or Shift+F10 (window that's currently in focus. NoteTab has many different shortcut menus, each dedicated to the pertinent window or bar. However, the main shortcut menu (the one for your documents) is fully customizable! See "Options | Shortcut Menu" in Help for more information.
H="Menu, Control (or System)"
On the top of Windows programs, there is a bar across the top which is called the Titlebar. There is a menu on it accessed by right clicking over the Titlebar. This menu is the Control (or System) Menu. On the left hand side of the Titlebar is an icon which can be left or right clicked in NoteTab to display the same menu.
H="Menu, Main (or Menubar)"
The bar that is near the top of most programs (usually just under the program's Titlebar) is called the main menu, or the menubar. What is listed on the main menu will vary from program to program. Some of the frequently seen menus are: File, Edit, View, and Help.
[Favorites]
[Shortcut menu]
H="Modal Dialog Boxes"
A Modal window or dialog box stays on top until the user dismisses it by clicking on one of its buttons or closing it. Examples are Windows Error-Message boxes, and NoteTab wizards and info boxes. When a window is not Modal, it is said to be Modeless.
[Modeless Dialog Boxes]
H="Modeless Dialog Boxes"
Unlike modal dialog boxes, you do not need to close modeless dialog boxes in order to access other parts of the program. Examples are the Find and Replace dialog boxes used in NoteTab.
[Modal Dialog Boxes]
H="Modem"
Modem stands for Modulator/Demodulator. It takes information from a computer on one end and prepares it for transmission via phone line (Modulator), and the receiving computer's modem translates it back into something the computer can use (Demodulator).
[Browser]
[Client]
[DUN]
[Internet]
[ISP]
[Server]
[WWW]
H="Multiple Instances"
When one copy of a program is running, it is called a single instance of it. Some programs can have two or more copies of the program running at the same time -- thus, "multiple instances". NoteTab has an Option to allow multiple instances; it is found under View | Options, then clicking on the General tab. Instances does not mean exactly the same copy but another one open. Each instance can have many different settings than the others, different files loaded, etc. So, in all fairness, an instance does not necessarily mean a copy of it.
[Instance]
H="Multilevel Viewing"
See:
[Treeview]
H="Non-Printing Characters"
Characters that are not seen by the user. They are typically used by programs to pass formatting information on to other devices such as printers, scanners, and monitors that is not desirable for the user to see. NoteTab can show some non-printing characters from the View menu with the use of symbols to represent them. Other non-printing characters are used locally within the program such as a Keyboard delete, and the navigation keys. When those are pressed they send control characters to the program to tell it what needs to be done.
[Carriage Return]
[Control, Shift, and Alt Characters]
[Paragraph]
[Token]
H="Outline"
A NoteTab file made up of one or more entries. Each entry consists of a Title (Heading) and its contents which can be text of any size. Outlines are displayed in two windows, the left one being the list of Headings, while the right window displays the content of the selected Topic. Outline files have the ".otl" extension.
Each Outline document can have up to about 5400 headings.
[Heading]
[Topic]
H="PERL"
PERL is a programming language suitable for many computing tasks, with a special focus on dealing with all kinds of text. The name stands for Practical Extraction and Report Language. The PERL language uses a combined compiler/interpreter concept so it is able to syntax-check a program before running it. On the Internet, PERL is one of the most widely-used languages for writing CGI-scripts. Originally written (by Larry Wall) for UNIX machines, it was ported to numerous computer platforms including DOS and Windows. NoteTab has built-in commands to work with a PERL interpreter.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[Dynamic]
[Script]
[Language]
H="PHTML"
PHTML is an acronym for Preprocessed Hypertext Markup Language which is a HTML-embedded scripting language that is processed by the webserver prior to sending to the web browser. The scripts can therefore be written once and run on any webserver that has PHP installed on it, including Netscape servers, Apache and its derivatives, IIS, or any other webserver that supports CGI-BIN. The scripted elements are replaced by HTML prior to sending to the web browser.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[SHTML]
[SSI]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="Panel"
In NoteTab, "panel" is used to indicate the visible parts of a window. Panels are what the Clipbook and Quick List are in; also, the smaller window of an Outline.
H="Paragraph"
Unlike a spoken language (when written), NoteTab defines a paragraph as a single line that contains data up to the first hard line break (CR/LF) it encounters. One way to see it easily is to turn off Word Wrap (Ctrl+W). Each long line you see is a paragraph. With Word Wrap on, each paragraph may display several lines on your screen just as in a printed paragraph.
With Word Wrap off, those lines turn into one line that may run beyond the viewable screen to the right; of course, you may view the entire long line by sliding the scroll bar at the bottom of the window to the right. If a long line contains a hard line break (CR/LF), the line will be broken at that point.
To demonstrate, press Ctrl+W now.
To toggle back, press Ctrl+W again.
[Carriage Return]
[Control, Shift, and Alt Characters]
[Non-printing Characters]
[Token]
H="Parameter"
A Parameter is information entered into a command line to control how a command functions.
Example:
^!ShowHeadings True
ShowHeadings can display or not display headings from the headings list on the left in the text of an outline. True is a parameter to show headings; False is a parameter to not show them.
H="Parser"
Often confused with the Interpreter itself, the Parser is a routine that takes code statements and breaks them apart so the Interpreter can use them. For example, the NoteTab statement "^!Info Hello!" will be parsed into "^!Info" and "Hello". The Interpreter then knows that it has to display an info-box and that the text should be "Hello!"
[Interpreter]
H="PasteBoard"
PasteBoard is a NoteTab feature that allows the user to capture text from any application such as a browser or e-mail program. The PasteBoard is a specially identified NoteTab document. Unlike the Widows Clipboard which keeps only the most recent single item you capture, NoteTab's PasteBoard receives what you copy to the Windows Clipboard each time you copy something and appends it to the end of the PasteBoard document.
Examples of the PasteBoard's usefulness include sequentially saving bits and pieces of text from several documents, or creating an Internet URLs bookmark file by copying the URLs from interesting sites you want to save.
(See PasteBoard in Help.)
H="Pixel"
Short for PICture ELement. The smallest cell, or unit of an computer-based image or of the computer screen. Simply spoken, images inside a computer consist of a large but finite number of dots. For each dot, the computer knows where in the image it is placed, and what color it has. These dots are called "pixels". So, a 320x240 image is 320 pixels in width and 240 pixels in height. The dots are actually squares. You can see this with a graphic program / image viewer. When the image is magnified many times larger than the original you will clearly see the little squares from which the image is made.
The range of colors that can be represented in each pixel is set by the "color depth", a pixel represented by a single binary digit can be either black or white, one represented by a byte (8 binary digits) can have 256 different colors, one represented by 32 binary digits can have many millions of different colors.
[Button]
H="Predefined Variable"
Predefined variables may be used in different parts of a script or program. NoteTab uses predefined variables in a special way to represent characters that are reserved for the scripting code itself. NoteTab also uses predefined variables for some specific characters that cause problems when trying to paste those characters into a document from a script or when a script is run using them. NoteTab includes several predefined variables for your convenience in writing Clips. (See "Clip Language - Variables" in Help for a complete listing.)
[Array]
[Variable]
H="Program File"
The heart or brains of a software program is referred to as the program file; it usually ends with the .exe extension. It is the first file to open when launching a program and is usually the largest of all the program's files.
H="Prompt"
A prompt is a window that pops up when a program (or part of a program) needs to give information or receive it. In NoteTab, there are prompts that may be written in the scripting language to give information, to receive it (such as a text input by the user), or to ask for a decision to be made by pressing a button.
[Brackets]
[Wizard]
H="Properties"
Some programs like Netscape or Internet Explorer refer to their Options as properties. In NoteTab's scripting code, "properties" refers to the attributes in a function. Disk files have properties as well.
[Edit Window]
[Fixed Width (Pitch) Font]
[Font]
[Format]
[Input Control]
[Variable Width (Pitch) Font]
H="Quick List"
The Quick List in NoteTab can be accessed from the Tools menu off the main menu. You can open the Quick List by pressing F6 or by pressing Alt+T and Q. Additionally, you can click on Tools and then Quick List from the main menu. It may also be access from the Toolbar or Shortcut menu if you configure NoteTab that way.
The Quick List window can be used to display four types of content:
1. Opened documents (Documents)
2. Favorites list (Favorites)
3. Files in a directory (Disk Files)
4. Clip Assistant
Each of the above serve a different purpose, but in short, they allow you to get to lists quickly with the exception of the Clip Assistant which aides in Clip writing.
[Favorites]
[Menu, Main (or Menubar)]
H="RAM"
RAM is an acronym standing for "Random Access Memory." It is oftentimes mentioned in system requirements for programs and seen normally represented by something like 64MB RAM. It is the most common type of memory used in computers and other devices such as video cards and printers. One byte (eight bits or one character) is retrieved anywhere in the memory without reading the preceeding information or bytes. It is very fast because of that; it can be directly accessed at "random."
A common held myth about RAM is that if a computer has a lot of it and Windows reports a lot of resources free that it must mean there cannot be a low resource condition. However, the truth is, RAM is only one section of memory and the other sections may be very low way before RAM is low.
[Binary]
[Clipbar]
[Clipbook]
[Favorites]
[Memory]
[Library]
[Resources]
[Toolbar]
H="ROT13"
ROT13 (from Rotate 13) is a superficial way to encrypt data in order to hide the data from casual observers. It converts back to readable form using the identical method.
ROT13 substitutes a character 13 positions up the alphabet to encrypt a character, and the same again to decrypt the result.
For example (mono-space):
y z a b c ... l m n o ... (letters)
25 26 1 2 3 ... 12 13 14 15 ... (position)
| | | | | | | | |
l m n o p ... y z a b ...
12 13 14 15 16 ... 25 26 1 2 ...
The mathematical hash (translate data) for lower case letters:
Substitute = ((Original - 96 + 13) MOD (26)) + 96
[Decrypt]
[Encrypt]
[Hash]
[MD5]
[RSA Data Security]
H="RSA Data Security"
RSA Data Security, Inc owns the RSA algorithm (code) commonly used in public key encryption, by Netscape, Internet Explorer, Pretty Good Privacy, for example, when connecting to a secure server (URLs starting with "httpS").
For a description of the terms used, see
http://www.pgp.org and http://www.rsasecurity.com/.
[Decrypt]
[Encrypt]
[Hash]
[MD5]
[ROT13]
H="Registry"
[Windows Registry]
H="Registered Software"
Software programs come in various types. Some of these are called shareware, trial, freeware, and registered versions.
A registered version of software is normally used when a product has been purchased although some freeware programs can be (or be required to be) registered due to the programmer or company's request.
[Shareware Software]
[Storage Media]
[Trial Software]
[Freeware Software]
H="Regular Expression"
Regular Expression, or regexp for short, is a powerful means to search for something in a (text) file. Unlike the common search for a group of distinct characters, or a word, or just a group of words, regular expressions lets you define PATTERNS to search for.
Some examples of regexp search would be:
-- all strings containing any of the letters in the range from "a" to "e" appearing exactly at the 3rd position in the string;
-- all words of an arbitrary length but with exactly the character "d" at the end;
-- all strings that start with a number.
Regexp uses an approach similar in some ways to the wild cards mechanism used to match multiple files, but it is much more powerful and therefore a little bit more difficult to use and understand. NoteTab's Find and Replace dialogs provide a check box to indicate that the search entry given should be treated as a regular expression.
(See "Regular Expressions" in Help.)
[AWK]
[Escape]
[GAWK]
[GREP]
[Wild Cards]
H="Relative Path"
A path to a file is said to be relative when it is a partial path, in which the root directory or HTML address is missing. An example of a relative path is:
..\My Files\MyLetter.txt
In Windows ".\" refers to the current directory, "..\" to the parent directory.
This type of path, very common in HTML, can only be used in a context where the program that is going to access the file already knows the location of the root directory for that file. It is like being told "the address is 2629 Elm Street". That's fine, if you already know what city we are talking about.
This opens up the focused document that is on the disk. When you edit a file the editing is done in a temporary document. When Reload is executed the temporary file is discarded and the disk file is loaded in its place.
H="Resolution"
In computer terms, "resolution" measures how many single details a given graphical output device (computer screen, printer) can show or an input device (scanner, digital camera) can acquire. Specifically, resolution means how many single dots are used to resemble a given area. In the computer world, a common unit for resolution is dpi: Dots Per Inch. A typical monitor has a resolution of 72 dpi, which means it uses 72 x 72 dots (pixels) in 1 square inch of screen space.
H="Resources"
The term is frequently used to describe how much internal memory (RAM) a program has to work with. Some programs are real "resource hogs" because they use a lot of internal memory when running. Low resources can cause problems like icons not displaying correctly, slow searches, program crashes, errors, and lock-ups. Note that Windows allocates limited amounts of memory to resources and these problems can occur on computers with large amounts of RAM and lots of free disk space.
[Clipbar]
[Memory]
[RAM]
[Resources]
[Toolbar]
H="Row"
A row in NoteTab refers to each line in the document including the very last line.
[Line]
H="SHTML"
SHTML is an acronym for Server-parsed Hyper Text Markup Language and is contained in a type of HTML file (.SHTML). The files contain information that is specific to the web server it is on. The commands are non-standard in the sense they need to be interpreted by the Web Server where they reside. These non-standard commands are replaced by standard HTML (or text) before it is returned to the web browser so it may process it.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SSI]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="SSI"
SSIs (Server Side Includes) are special instructions embedded in HTML documents, which instruct the server to replace it (the SSI) with special information before sending the page to the client (browser). Things like the file's date, or size, or a special error message, or even an entire external file.
SSIs _look_ like HTML because they are enclosed in HTML comment tags:
<!--#command parameter="attribute" -->
and are usually mentioned in HTML literature, but are not normally sent to the client, and thus are not real HTML. Even if they squeak through (the server will ignore them if SSI is disabled) the browser just sees them as comments. Unlike commented out Java_Script, the browser will not know what to do with SSIs.
Real HTML tags tell the CLIENT (browser) how to parse the document
AFTER it arrives at the destination. SSIs tell the SERVER how to
parse a document BEFORE sending it to the client.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="Screen Object"
Screen objects are those things that appear on your monitor screen when certain program tasks are invoked; examples include the Find tool or an Information box.
H="Script"
Some programs have a type of language built into them that allows the user to direct the program to do specific things. A script is a way for the user to "talk" to the program. NoteTab uses the Clipbook language which enables users to make very powerful Clips to perform a variety of tasks. Examples might include launching programs, creating text templates, cleaning up e-mails for re-posting, and automating the process of creating HTML for Web pages. Some other scripting languages are: AppleScript, JAVASCRIPT, PERL, and VBScript.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[Clip]
[Code]
[Interpreter]
[Macro]
[PERL]
[Dynamic]
[Source Code]
[Language]
H="Second Window"
In NoteTab you can view two different documents side by side by using the Second Window feature. When used in reference to HTML browsers, it describes a situation where you can have another browser window open without actually launching another copy of the browser. An example would be when you see another window pop up after clicking on a Web link.
H="Security Wrapper"
[Wrapper]
H="Select"
This term refers to an area of a file that one wants to copy or edit.
[Highlight]
H="Settings"
Settings are what you use to configure the way you want a program to appear or execute. You "set" an option to your preference so that the program will operate a certain way, or give you a feature that it offers. In NoteTab, most settings are changed through View | Options. Settings may be set only for the current document or the current session or may be saved in an INI file or in the Windows Registry.
H="Server"
Web "servers" are like waiters at a resturant, he brings the food to you or "serves" it. In the computing world, servers are programs that "serve" information. For example a web server serves HTML files to the broswers or clients. You receive eMail from a mail server.
[Browser]
[Client]
[DUN]
[Internet]
[ISP]
[Modem]
[WWW]
H="Shareware Software"
Software programs that allow potential customers to try it out before they buy it. Normally, the software will quit working after a certain amount of time, usually 30 days. Sometimes certain features will be disabled after a certain amount of time. Some shareware comes with disabled versions and is sometimes considered crippleware. Other shareware may have a lot of screens pop up a lot with certain messages asking you to buy the product, telling you how long you have left to buy it, a long length of time may be noticed when shutting down and so on. Those types of shareware programs are often considered "nagware." Shareware is synonymous with trialware or trial version.
You can try out Fookes Software by downloading trial version of it from http://www.fookes.com/products.htm
[Registered Software]
[Storage Media]
[Trial Software]
[Freeware Software]
H="Shortcuts"
Shortcuts are made in Windows to open programs or send information to a program. (See Windows Help under "Shortcut" for more information.)
[Command-line]
H="Single Instance"
[Multiple Instance]
H="Source Code"
The commands, functions, variables, operators and the like that a program is written in is called the source code. It is taken from the whole set of codes available in a programming language. If you open an HTML document in NoteTab you will see the HTML source code, or plainly source. This source code is translated by Browser programs into the Web Pages which you see in your browser. NoteTab was written with Borland-Delphi which is heavily based on the Pascal programming language. The Borland-Delphi compiler is then used to translate that source code into the actual NoteTab program.
[Code]
[Command]
[Compile]
[Function]
[Language]
[Script]
[Validate]
[Variable]
H="Status Bar"
The status bar is generally located at the bottom of the program window to display information or tips. If you move your mouse around to different points on NoteTab's window, you will see the status bar text change to give you helpful information.
H="Storage Media"
Any device such as CD disks, floppy disks, magnetic tape, and zip cartridges used to hold electronic information. Software programs are somtimes sold on such devices or giving away. Many people put their import information and programs onto such media so that in the case of thei computer crashing or getting a virus thay will not loose it all. It is suggested that you back up (make a copy on different media than your hard drive) your registered software such as NoteTab Pro or Stand (Std).
[Registered Software]
[Shareware Software]
[Trial Software]
[Freeware Software]
H="String"
A string is a group of one or more characters. It may contain numbers, letters or control characters and may or may not make words /* e.g "1234", "ab45g", "the cat sat", "c:\dir\bath time"*/. NoteTab uses strings in the scripting language.
[Script]
H="Style Sheets"
Style sheets describe how documents are presented on screens. By attaching style sheets to structured documents on the Web (e.g. HTML), authors and readers can influence the presentation of documents without sacrificing device-independence or adding new HTML tags.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[SSI]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="Subroutine"
A subroutine in NoteTab is when a Clip uses, or executes, another Clip. The main purpose for it is to be able to write some Clip code in the called Clip that can be used repeated times. Some parts of Clips are used a number of times in many Clips. Instead of writing the code out each time only one line of code is needed in a Clip to tell NoteTab to go to the other Clips to do what it says. After the called Clip finishes what it is told to do by the Clip writer NoteTab returns to the main Clip, or the parent Clip unless an ^!Exit command is issued. A function is a special form of subroutine.
[Execute]
[Clip]
H="Syntax"
Syntax refers to the spelling and grammar of a programming language. Computers are precise machines that can only understand what they are told. The characters must be written exactly the way the computer expects to read them else it will cause an error condition. The characters are known as the syntax. NoteTab's scripting code has to be exact as well otherwise it will cause the command or function to fail.
[Command]
[Command Statement]
[Conditional Command]
[Conditional Statement]
[Expression]
[Function]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax Error]
[Syntax Highlighting]
[Variable]
H="Syntax Error"
This is like a grammatical sequence error in human language; it does not make proper sense (to the computer) and the computer cannot figure out what you want it to do. For example, to say in English, "See run Spot", is an error because we expect the verb to come last. Improperly-written syntax in a Clip will cause NoteTab to cease attempting to run the Clip to its intended conclusion.
[Command]
[Command Statement]
[Conditional Command]
[Conditional Statement]
[Expression]
[Function]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax]
[Syntax Highlighting]
[Variable]
H="Syntax Highlighting"
Syntax highlighting is the coloring of a programming language or scripting code in different colors. Different parts of the code is colored in different colors making it easier to see certain parts of the code and to help in finding errors. NoteTab Pro uses syntax highlighting for HTML documents.
At the time of this writing NoteTab 4.81 was released. Fully customizable syntax highlighting is scheduled version 5.
[Command]
[Command Statement]
[Conditional Command]
[Conditional Statement]
[Expression]
[Function]
[Label]
[Language]
[Script]
[Syntax]
[Syntax Error]
[Variable]
H="System Tray"
This is the rightmost area of the Windows Taskbar which is located at the bottom of the screen when Windows is first installed. Normally it shows the clock and maybe some other symbols (icons). You can have NoteTab also appearing there (View | Options | View). In most cases, if there is an icon in the Taskbar the associated program is currently running. Clicking your mouse (right/left buttons) on an icon will cause different effects depending on how the application is configured.
[Taskbar]
H="Tag"
A "tag" is a command used in formatting HTML documents. It is the code the author uses to tell browsers how to display text or images for the most part. They are also used make possible things like sound, movies, or downloading files when other applications or helpers are needed.
"Tag" refers to the characters we use to signify an "Element." In HTML, a paragraph is an element. <P> is the opening tag for that element, and </P> is the closing tag. The element is the whole thing: <P>text</P>.
Other examples are:
<A HREF="http://www.notetab.com"><IMG SRC="../image/diamond.gif" HEIGHT="11" WIDTH="11" HSPACE="5" BORDER="0" ALT="Link to NoteTab's home!">Check out NoteTab</A>!
<A HREF="../zip/filename.zip">Download Now</A>!
[ASP]
[CGI]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[Style Sheets]
[SSI]
[Tag]
[XHTML]
[XML]
H="Taskbar"
The Taskbar is the Windows bar that is located on the bottom of the window where the Start button is. When a program is running, you will see a button with an icon and the program's name. The Taskbar is where most programs place their buttons; however, some programs place their buttons on the very right in the System Tray. A few do not place anything anywhere; instead, they run in the background invisibly. Clicking your mouse (right or left) on a (visible) button in the Taskbar will cause different effects depending on how the program is configured.
[Drag and Drop]
[System Tray]
[Treeview]
[Windows Explorer]
H="Template"
Think of this as a stencil or form with a basic document structure that you will use repeatedly. The created template presents the basic information so you do not have to type the routine parts each time you use it. Routine, scheduled reports would be a good example.
H="Text Editing Applications"
Notepad is a Plain Text Screen Editor
Wordpad is a Rich Field Text Screen Editor
NoteTab Pro is a Plain Text/HTML Screen Editor
ClipWriter is a Program Language Specific Screen Editor
Adobe PageMaker is a Desk Top Publisher
MS Word is a Modern Word Processor
WordPerfect is a Modern Word Processor
WordStar is an Obsolete Word Processor
Line Editor:
Usage -
Pretty much obsolete now but was originally for viewing or changing data in a parameter file (.prm, .ini, .dat, .cfg, etc.), one line at a time
Features -
Displays single line of text
No diacritics
Supports uppercase only
No CR/LF capability
No printing capability
Limited search capability
Screen Editor:
Usage - Viewing or changing text one screen/page at a time (a screen/page
can have varied length)
Types of Screen Editors:
1. Plain Text
Usage -
In general, the following, but may have many other features for editing text.
Viewing and changing text in parameter files (.prm, .ini, .dat, .cfg, etc.)
Composing "Plain Text" e-mail
Generating ASCII text files (writing program source code)
Composition of Program Language Specific Source Code
Features - (may vary depending on author's bias)
Same as Rich Field Text Editor plus:
Program Language specific commands and formatting
4. Desk Top Publishing
Usage -
Same as Rich Field Text Editor plus:
Composition of Newspapers, Magazines, catalogs
Features - (may vary depending on author's bias)
Same as Rich Field Text Editor plus:
Good Graphics Support
Fair Text Support
5. HTML
Usage -
Same as Rich Field Text Editor plus:
Composition of Internet Browser viewable documents
Features - (may vary depending on author's bias)
Same as Rich Field Text Editor plus:
HTML format specific Control Characters and formatting
Graphics Support
6. Word Processor
Usage -
All of the above
Features - (may vary depending on author's bias)
All of the above Plus:
Data Base functions for mailing lists
Spread sheet functions for forms and mathematical calculation
Enhanced Printer Control
Enhanced Font Control
7. Spread Sheet.
They are also a form of text editor (albeit poor ones) and have their place among the others listed.
8. WordStar was the first word processing program that was produced for microcomputers. Many users are familiar with the WordStar Shortcut key sequences and some applications still incorporate and or emulate the WordStar sequences.
[WordStar]
H="Tilde"
The ~ character on your keyboard, usually generated by pressing SHIFT+`. While some may call it a "squiggle," it is the line over "n" in certain Spanish words like SE╤OR. It is often used as a delimiter for delimited text.
[Delimited Text]
H="Titlebar"
The uppermost strip across the top of a program. It will usually have the program's icon and name on the left side. The right side normally has the minimize, maximize, and normal buttons, but not always.
[Window State]
[Window, Maximize]
[Window, Minimize]
[Window, Normal]
H="Toggle"
Toggle means to switch to the opposite state of what the feature is set at. For example, if you press F4 it will open or close the Clipbook Library depending what state (open or closed) it is in. So, we can toggle (or switch) back and forth between the two states.
H="Token"
A token is something that represents something else. When you go to an arcade, you often purchase tokens to put in the machines, instead of using coins. When an actual character would confuse the computer (because it is a control character), a token may be used in its place. NoteTab uses the symbols ^p (CR/LF), ^t (Tab) and others for tokens.
[Carriage Return]
[Control, Shift, and Alt Characters]
[Non-printing Characters]
[Paragraph]
H="Toolbar"
A strip of icons which do things when they are pressed. When NoteTab is first installed, the Toolbar is the row of icons right below the main menu. You can hide/appear the Toolbar in NoteTab by clicking on View and then Toolbar.
[Clipbar]
[Clipbook]
[Favorites]
[Library]
[RAM]
[Resources]
H="Topic"
In NoteTab, "topic" relates to Outline headings and the contents it contains. Headings are visible in the narrow left window; they function as titles, or Topics for the text in the main window. NoteTab's Help states, "An Outline document is composed of two parts: the Headings list (or table of contents) on the left and the Contents editor window on the right."
[Header]
[Heading]
[Outline]
H="Translate"
To translate means to convert one thing to another. NoteTab really works with binary machine code. The computer does not have a clue, say, what ^!Select All means. NoteTab is programmed to know that the command means to select all the text in the document. If the command is misspelled or if the parameter is not a number or something recognized by the binary machine code, the program passes back an error code and NoteTab displays an error message related to the code.
Translate also refers to conversions of text such as changing the case or alignment of text. Examples could include replacing tabs and hard breaks with ^t and ^p or the other way around. Converting a document to HTML format or the other way around to text.
H="Transparent"
When speaking about images, we often encounter the term "transparency". It refers to the part of an image that is actually not seen, invisible to the user. Briefly, images are made up of very small squares called "pixels." Transparency may be set in an image's pixels because the author does not want that part of the image to be seen as a color. The reason for this is so there will not be a background behind or around the image. NoteTab's icons have transparent backgrounds. If they did not, you would see them with a background of a certain color and in the shape of a square.
H="Trial Software"
See [Shareware Software]
H="Treeview"
The term is used to describe multilevel viewing such as in the Windows Explorer. In it there is an hierarchical arrangement of the directories.
At the time of this writing NoteTab 4.81 was released. Treeview is scheduled for NoteTab's Outline, Clipbook, and most likely the Quick List features in version 5.
[Drag and Drop]
[Clipbook]
[Outline]
[System Tray]
[Taskbar]
[Windows Explorer]
H="Truncation"
Truncation is a mechanism used by Windows to change long file names into the short "8.3" format. (8 chars for the filename, 3 for the extension). This is used to stay compatible with DOS, because DOS isn't able to read longer file names. Most users do not need to be concerned with this as long as they work only with Windows.
Truncation also refers to the process of cutting off or shortening. For example, certain NoteTab functions operate to truncate strings.
H="UUEncode"
UUEncode is a standard way to convert non-text files, such as programs and image files, to text only characters, so that they can be transmitted via regular email. The recipient simply converts back to the original using
[UUDecode]
H="Unicode"
Unicode is a character set that has been defined to work with a very wide variety of languages. A full Unicode characters set can contain many thousands of individual characters.
H="URL"
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a commonly used term that is used for an address that tells browsers where to go to on the Internet like web pages that you visit. It is basically like your home address used to receive mail, but instead of mail carriers and mail electronics are used.
[Browser]
[Internet]
[ISP]
[Link]
[Modem]
[WWW]
H="UUDecode"
UU code is a standard way to transmit non-text files via email. UUDecode is applied at the destination to convert UUEncoded files back to their original form.
[UUEncode]
H="Validate"
In relation to HTML validate refers to a method of checking the source code for errors. Generally speaking an error report is returned from HTML validators such as CSE Validator that NoteTab supports.
[HTML]
[Language]
[Source Code]
H="Value"
In a variable, a Value is what the varaible holds. Such as x=1, has a value of 1.
In the Registry, a value is what a particular registry key holds. It can be text, binary, or hexadecimal.
[Variable]
[Windows Registry]
[Key]
H="Variable"
A variable is a character, group of characters, or a symbol that represents something else. In programming terms, variables may represent a single character such as a number or letter, or they may also represent groups of them. This may be simple words or it may contain more code. In NoteTab, variables need to be told by the script writer what the variable represents, whether it is predefined or is gathered specifically from the document in use. The data contained in the variable is always used later in some part of the script.
[Array]
[Predefined Variable]
H="Variable Width (Pitch) Font"
Variable width fonts or proportional fonts use different widths for each character so that a "W" takes up more space than an "I". These fonts often look better and are very commonly used. NoteTabPro does not use variable width fonts in its main document windows.
[Edit Window]
[Fixed Width (Pitch) Font]
[Font]
[Format]
[Input Control]
[Properties]
H="Virtual Path"
A Virtual Path is the path that starts at the server's document root.
CGI scripts and SSI directives differentiate between Virtual Path, Relative Path, and Absolute Path, depending on the location of a subject file, inside or outside the document tree.
For example, on a local server with the document root of
Stands for World Wide Web and also referred to as the Internet.
[Browser]
[Client]
[DUN]
[Internet]
[ISP]
[Modem]
[Server]
H="Wild Cards"
Wild cards are used to choose one or more files at the same time by replacing parts of their names with the symbols "*" or "?". On a Windows system and on software like NoteTab that can use wild cards, the "*" stands for "any number of arbitrary characters" (even for "none at all"), and "?" stands for "just one arbitrary character". For example, "*.txt" would find all files with the extension ".txt", "??.html" would find all HTML files with names that are only 2 characters long. "*.??l" would find all files with a three letter extension and the last letter "l" -- like ".otl" or ".tpl" -- but not ".html". Always use wildcards with caution. The latter example would also find all files with the extension ".dll". Such files are often essential for the whole system.
[AWK]
[GAWK]
[GREP]
[Regular Expression]
H="Window"
Where Windows by Microsoft gets its name. They are what you see when you open a program or when a message pops up. Windows can be viewed in the normal, minimized, or maximized state generally speaking. However, some programs like NoteTab allow you to adjust the position and size of the window and save it in that state so it always opens like that.
[Settings]
[Titlebar]
[Window State]
[Window, Maximized]
[Window, Minimized]
[Window, Normal]
H="Windows Explorer"
Windows Explorer is a part of Windows that allows for file management. It is a picture if you will of all the drives, directories, folders, and files on your hard drive. In Windows 3.x it was called the File Manager, but when Windows 95 came out the name was changed to Windows Explorer. It can be a very handy aide for you in managing the files on your hard drive.
[Drag and Drop]
[System Tray]
[Taskbar]
[Treeview]
H="Window State"
The position of a window. NoteTab is able to save the position of certain windows such as the program itself and the Replace dialog. Click on the icon in the upper left corner to see Save Window State.
[Settings]
[Titlebar]
[Window]
[Window, Maximized]
[Window, Minimized]
[Window, Normal]
H="Window, Maximized"
A window that takes up the whole screen is called "maximized". This is done by clicking the button in the top right-hand corner that displays two boxes.
[Window]
[Window, Minimized]
[Window, Normal]
H="Window, Minimized"
This is a window that has been "shrunk" to a button on the Windows Taskbar. You shrink a window by clicking the button in the top right-hand corner that looks like a line. Clicking the shrunken button on the Taskbar restores the minimized window back to the state it was in before it was minimized.
[Window]
[Window, Maximized]
[Window, Normal]
H="Window, Normal"
The window state that does not take up the whole screen. This is the default size of windows for most programs.
[Window]
[Window, Maximized]
[Window, Minimized]
H="Windows Registry"
The registry is where Windows and other programs store information for later retrieval. It is not recommended that you change any information in the Registry unless you have learned how to do it. Even changing just one letter in the Registry could prevent your computer from starting up and cause you to have to reinstall Windows. Registry editing is for experienced Windows users ONLY.
[Key]
[Value]
H="Wizard"
A wizard is a program or program tool that helps the user to perform certain functions in a program. A common wizard in Windows is the "Add Printer Wizard"; it asks all of the required information, and some optional information, to help the user quickly and easily set up a new printer.
In NoteTab, wizards are easily created using the Clip syntax.
[Brackets]
[Combobox]
[Console]
[Dialog]
[In-Context Clipbook]
[Prompt]
H="Wrapper"
Fookes Software uses the term for the security wrapper for the programs used for registered customers to upgrade its various products. The wrapper requires a key to unlock and install the program if a registered version is not detected.
All Fookes Software products are listed at the following links.
http://www.fookes.com/products.htm
http://www.fookes.com/software.htm
Fookes Software freeware products are not supported, but help can be from the various mailing lists listed below.
To Subscribe to or UnSubscribe from the NoteTab Clips discussion
mailing lists send an empty post to the following eMail address.
The NoteTab Clips List
ntb-Clips-Subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To UnSubscribe send to this eMail address:
ntb-Clips-UnSubscribe@yahoogroups.com
Click on Mailing Lists below for more information and more eMail lists.
[Clip Wrapper]
[Freeware Software]
[Mailing Lists]
[Registered Software]
[Shareware Software]
[Trial Software]
H="WordStar"
WordStar key mapping is an alternate set of cursor movement and text editing commands which are executed directly from the keyboard using the Control key. Released in 1979, by Micropro International Inc., WordStar was the first commercially successful word processing software program for microcomputers and the best selling software program of the early eighties. There were no mice, function keys or ALT keys in those days, so all editing commands were executed from the standard keyboard while holding down the Control key.
To activate WordStar key mapping go to View | Options | Advanced | Key Mapping and choose WordStar from the menu.
The NoteTab Pro implemented WordStar key commands are as follows.
To invoke the following WordStar commands you must press and hold
the Control key while pressing the specified the activator key.
^ = The control key, ^S = Ctrl key plus the S key at the same time.
^S = Left
^E = Up
^X = Down
^D = Right
^R = Previous Page
^C = Next Page
^W = Scroll Up
^Z = Scroll Down
^A = Word Left
^F = Word Right
^G = Delete
^T = Delete Selected Word
^Y = Delete current line
To invoke the following WordStar commands you must press the
Ctrl+Q key combination then press the specified the activator
key.
^Q+Delete = Delete to Beginning of Line
^QD = End
^QR = Beginning of File
^QC = End of File
^Q K-9 = Set numeric bookmark
^Q 0-9 = Goto numeric bookmark
At the time of the v4.84 release the following was true:
Is suppose to But, does
^QY = Delete to End of Line (Deletes whole line)
^QS = Home (Goes back one character)
^QE = Top of Page (Goes up one line)
^QX = Bottom of Page (Goes down one line)
No more work will be done on WordStar key mapping until version five of NoteTab.
[Text Editing Applications]
H="Workaround"
A slang word often used when dealing with programming, script writing, or operation of a feature in a program. At times, something may not be functioning properly due to a bug (or glitch) in the program or there is not a feature that enables the user to do what he wishes. A method is devised at that point to be able to get to the end result desired hence the term, workaround. The problem or need is worked around by whatever means it takes to achieve the desired results.
[Bug]
[Glitch]
H="XHTML"
XHTML is an acronym for Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language and is a reformulation of HTML 4 as an application of the Extensible Markup Language (XML). XHTML is, in fact, the follow-on version of HTML 4. You could think of it as HTML 5, except that it is called XHTML 1.0.
XHTML is rapidly becoming the standard for web pages because of new technologies being made. A good example would be a cell phone with Internet access, in color, and can browse web pages. At the time of this writing the electronics industry already have achieved it and were in the final stages of testing before releasing to the public. Even before the time of this writing web pages written in XHTML could be browsed with a cell phone in a text only mode.
[ASP]
[CGI]
[CSS]
[DHTML]
[Dynamic]
[HTML]
[ISP]
[PERL]
[PHTML]
[SHTML]
[SSI]
[Style Sheets]
[Tag]
[XML]
H="XML"
XML is an acronym for eXtensible Markup Language and is a structured set of rules for how one might define any kind of data to be shared on the Web. It's called an "extensible" markup language because anyone can invent a particular set of markup for a particular purpose and as long as everyone uses it (the writer and an application program at the receiver's end), it can be adapted and used for many purposes -- including, as it happens, describing the appearance of a Web page.
