GNOTE(1)

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💖 GNOTE(1) — the GNOME user's manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, welcome to GNOTE(1), straight out of the GNOME User's Manuals collection. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

gnote — a simple note-taking application for Gnome. yes that's the whole name section, she's short and she's iconic 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gnote [OPTION] ...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, this manual page documents briefly the gnote command. brief but make it cute 💅

Gnote is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and Unix. Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day. lowkey it's giving "second brain but make it cozy" 🧠✨

Gnote's usefulness lies in the ability to relate notes and ideas together, using a WikiWiki-like linking system. the way that one note links to another note and suddenly your whole brain is connected?? ate.

When you run it with no options at all, either a Search All Notes window or the Gnote note menu appears in the notification tray area, depending on configuration. Selecting a note from a list in Search All Notes or from the menu from notification area displays the note's spatial window. 👀

Changes to notes are saved automatically. no save button, no panic, no crying 😭 Links to URLs, files, and other notes are detected as you type. Rich editing such as highlighting, bold, italics, undo/redo, and variable font sizes are supported. it's giving word processor but unbothered 💅

Global keybindings exist to allow fast access to Gnote notes and dialogs. These keybindings are set in GSettings (see below) and may be activated from any application. so you can summon your notes from literally anywhere, main character energy fr fr 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with options starting with two dashes (--). A summary of options are included below. yes bestie, two dashes, not one, we are not doing that today 🙈

  • --background — Run Gnote in background. it just vibes quietly in the back, no window drama 💤
  • --help — Show summary of options. your little cheat sheet, obsessed 🎀
  • --highlight-search TEXT — Search and highlight TEXT in the opened note. spotlight moment for TEXT ⭐
  • --note-path PATH — Specify the path of the directory containing the notes. tell it where your note stash lives 📁
  • --new-note — Create and display a new note. blank page, fresh start, new era ✨
  • --new-note TITLE — Create and display a new note with the title given. same thing but she already has a name 🏷️
  • --new-window — Open a new window. because one window is simply not enough 🪟
  • --open-note TITLE/URL — Display the existing note matching TITLE or URL. yes, TITLE or URL, both are valid, don't come for me 🔍
  • --search — Open the search all notes window with the search text. go find that one note you wrote at 2am 🌙
  • --shell-search — Run Gnote as GNOME Shell search provider. she works behind the scenes for the Shell now, humble queen 👑
  • --start-here — Display the "Start Here" note. your lil welcome mat 🫶
  • --version — Show version of program. receipts, periodt 🧾

🎀 GSETTINGS SETTINGS 🎀

Gnote has several preference settings stored in GSettings. Changes to Settings are applied instantly to any running Gnote instance. no restart, no waiting, instant glow-up ⚡ You can use DConf-Editor to view all settings and see their descriptions. go peek, it's giving behind-the-scenes documentary 🎬

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

💀 BUGS 💀

Please enter bug reports in the GNOME issue tracker (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnote/-/issues). found a lil glitch? tell the devs, not me, I'm just the messenger 🫡

👑 AUTHORS 👑

  • Hubert Figuiere <hub@figuiere.net>
  • Debarshi Ray <debarshir@src.gnome.org>
  • Aurimas Cernius <aurisc4@gmail.com>
This manual page was originally written by Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>. Adapted to Gnote by Hubert Figuiere and Aurimas Cernius

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one ships under the gnome umbrella and it's dated April 7, 2009 — yes she's been serving notes since 2009 and she's still slaying 🦋 take a note, literally, and go be your most organized self 💜

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