[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Import/export from Memo app - key is data fields, not fonts and formatting

[Scott Gruby]

On Dec 5, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Cooper Marcus wrote:

> Could I put in a vote for getting the CURRENT version of MemoPad to  
> work, period?! Aren't we still stuck with the 100% CPU, slow typing  
> bug? Or are there users out there who are not experiencing this  
> bug? If so, any tips on how you got MemoPad to behave properly?
>

I have not seen this with the current version. Please provide as much  
information to support as possible so that the issue can be  
reproduced and we can try to fix it.

Thanks.

>
>
>
> On Dec 5, 2005, at 7:58 PM, Scott Gruby wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 5, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Eric Sinclair wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 5, 2005, at 3:04 PM, John Faughnan wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1. Change to a plain text file format (XML, whatever) so I can  
>>>> work with it
>>>> using a text editor.
>>>> 2. Adopt a well known open source database format for the  
>>>> notebook files
>>>> (MySQL, whatever).
>>>> 3. Add a separate (command line?) import/export utility.
>>>> 4. Rewrite the memo client to support import and export.
>>>> 5. Adopt the same file format for the memos as is used for iPod  
>>>> Notes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think adaptors could be easily written for 5 if 3 or 4  
>>> supported option 1 (if you follow me).  This is basically the  
>>> approach taken by Jeff of ShadowPlan, and then there are XSLT  
>>> transforms available.
>>>
>>> For number 2, SQLlite is baked into Tiger, isn't it?  I don't  
>>> know how good the VARCHAR support is in SQLlite, but it might  
>>> make the path a bit simpler.  Once there, 3 or 4 become more  
>>> straightforward to accomplish by the community, provided the  
>>> schema is sane and documented.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Just to chime in here; we are taking all the feedback and  
>> evaluating it to see where we will go next with the MemoPad app.
>>
>> Personally, I'm a fan of StickyBrain; it's free form nature and  
>> flexibility is ideal for my use. They do have a conduit which  
>> syncs one "folder" of memos as it has the ability to have folders  
>> inside of folders which the Palm doesn't have. If you need a  
>> solution now, I'd say take a look at StickyBrain. In the long  
>> term, we are working on ways to improve the MemoPad application.
>>
>> --
>> Scott Gruby
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>> Mark/Space, Inc.
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