Notebook Utility

Description

Simplistic note tracker with text-based user interface based on JavaScript and Node.js.

Hope you will enjoy using it!

Installation

In order to install the command line interface make sure both Node.js and npm are installed by typing the following commands on your command line:

npm -v
node -v

The command below will install the note tracker globall, so you could access your notes from any place in your system:

npm install -g notebook-utility

Usage

Notebook utility can be invoked with the following command:

notes

The screen area is split into three zones. The top left area is where your notes will be shown. The are on the right shows all you need to know in order to interact with the note tracker.

Along with arrow keys you can use vi-style K and J keys to navigate through the list. Below you'll find the table of all shortcuts and what they do:

Shortcut	Description
K / J	Move curson one entry up/down.
M	Enter an interactive mode where you'll be able to move the highlighted note up/down to arrange your notes.
D	Delete the currently highlighted note.
C	Clear the note tracker.
A	Add a new note at the current position.
S	Save changes.
Q	Save changes and quit.

Note: Currently, there is a known problem that causes clicking "Cancel" while adding a new note add the note nonetheless if the input field was not empty. It comes upstream but be sure we are working on fixing it.

Theme

Notebook utility supports simple themes. Theme is specified in JSON format and is stored in assets/theme.json file. Below is the table of all options and what they do. All color values can be specified as 'default' for the default color, as a color name (for example, 'red'), or as a hex value.

Property	Description
border	true to show border, false otherwise
borderColor	Border color
backgroundColor	Background color
focusColor	Highlight color for notes
selectedColor	Highlight color while moving notes
textColor	Text color
scrollbarColor	Main color for the scrollbar mark
scrollbarBGColor	Background color for the scrollbar mark
scrollbarMarker	Scrollbar mark to display current position, can be any symbol

License

Software is available under the terms of the MIT License.