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- From: paul@seer.demon.co.uk (Paul Lynch)
- Subject: Re: What is the purpose of Librarian 3.0 notebooks ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec10.224610.1839@seer.demon.co.uk>
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- Organization: P & L Systems
- References: <62701@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 22:46:10 GMT
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- In article <62701@mimsy.umd.edu> alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) writes:
- > What problem are notebooks attempting to solve?
- > Is there any on line documentation about them, or
- > do you need the $50 user manual.
- >
- > the service jot in notebook just seems to copy the current
- > document into ~/Library/Notebooks and index it.
- > Why is that any better than just indexing the original doc
- > (and saving a copy)?
- >
- > It uses a cp -r command - and dont try the service from a
- > Stuart window where $cwd = home directory. it never stops.
- >
- > Is there some nice use for this or is this the rationale for
- > the new preferences ability to turn off services?
-
- It's just an updated version of the old Jot demo. You either find the
- idea of having a free-text database exciting, or you don't, basically. I
- open a new Edit window to type in notes, and then jot the selection to
- Notebook; some old letters I jot away before I purge that directory.
-
- Paul
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