TOMBOY(1)

📦 version 1.15.9, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 TOMBOY 💖

okay bestie, sit down, we're talking about tomboy — a simple note-taking application for Gnome, straight out of the GNOME User's Manuals section. she's a whole vibe and she's about to organize your entire brain, no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

tomboy — a simple note-taking application for Gnome. that's it, that's the girl. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tomboy [OPTION] ...

literally just her name and whatever options you're feeling today. she'll handle the rest. 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so this manual page documents briefly the tomboy command. briefly!! we're keeping it cute.

Tomboy 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. the way she just quietly holds your entire life together 😭

Tomboy's usefulness lies in the ability to relate notes and ideas together, using a WikiWiki-like linking system. yes bestie, your notes link to each other like a little gossip network of ideas. iconic. 🔥

When run without any options, the Tomboy note menu appears in the Gnome Panel's notification tray area. Selecting a note from the menu displays the note's spatial window. so she just... lives up there in the tray, waiting for you, minding her business. main character energy fr fr. 👑

Changes to notes are saved automatically. 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. no save button, no panic, no stress — she's got you. ✨

Global keybindings exist to allow fast access to Tomboy notes and dialogs. These keybindings are set in GConf (see below) and may be activated from any application. any application!! she's everywhere. she's that girl. 💖

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with options starting with two dashes (`--`). A summary of options are included below. so like, the standard deal. let's go. 💅

  • --new-note — create and display a new note. fresh note, fresh start, fresh me. 🌸
  • --new-note TITLE — create and display a new note with the title given. you name her, she becomes her. ✨
  • --open-note TITLE/URL — display the existing note matching TITLE or URL. yes bestie, she'll find it. 🔍
  • --note-path [PATH] — load/store note data in this directory. pick where all your lil thoughts live. 📁
  • --start-here — display the "Start Here" note. the classic. the origin story. ⭐
  • --panel-applet — launches Tomboy as a panel applet. heads up though: this feature is not meant for users, but must be utilized only by gnome-panel. so like, back away slowly, this one's not for us. 🙈
  • --search TEXT — searches notes for the specified TEXT and opens the Search All Notes window with the search text. 🔎
  • --highlight-search TEXT — search and highlight TEXT in the opened note. spotlight, but for your words. 🌈
  • --help — show summary of options. she'll explain herself. 🫶
  • --version — show version of program. 💜
  • --debug — turn on debugging output. for when you need the ✨lore✨. 💀

🧚 GCONF SETTINGS 🧚

Tomboy has several preference settings stored in GConf. Changes to Settings are applied instantly to any running Tomboy instance. instant!! no restart, no waiting, no drama. A summary of the GConf settings and their purpose are described below.

  • /apps/tomboy/global_keybindings/open_start_here — global X keybinding for displaying the "Start Here" note. the default keybinding is <Alt>F11. 🎀
  • /apps/tomboy/global_keybindings/show_note_menu — global X keybinding for displaying the Tomboy applet's note menu. the default keybinding is <Alt>F12. 🌸
  • /apps/tomboy/global_keybindings/create_new_note — global X keybinding for creating and displaying a new note. ✨
  • /apps/tomboy/global_keybindings/open_recent_changes — global X keybinding for opening the recent changes dialog. 🦋
  • /apps/tomboy/global_keybindings/open_search — global X keybinding for opening the note search dialog. 🔍

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

go visit, bestie. she's worth it. 🫶

😭 BUGS 😭

Please send bug reports to the Tomboy mailing list (tomboy-list@beatniksoftware.com) or enter them in the Gnome Bugzilla bug tracker (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Tomboy). found a lil glitch? tell the girlies, don't suffer in silence. 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Alex Graveley <alex@beatniksoftware.com>

This manual page was originally written by Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this beauty shipped as part of the gnome manuals, dated October 14, 2004. yeah, she's an elder icon and she still ate. 💅✨🎀💖
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