Tomboy is an open-source desktop notetaking application for Unix-like systems written in C# using Gtk#. It uses a Wiki-like linking system to connect notes together. Tomboy is part of the GNOME desktop environment and is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Tomboy is often used for personal information management. The main principle is a notepad with a wiki-style interface. There is a main page in which the user puts all links to other pages. Words to pages that are notes automatically become hyperlinks, allowing for the management of large libraries of personal information, such as references to favorite artists that would then automatically be highlighted in e-mails containing their names. Image File history File links Tomboy linking between notes File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... A software release is the distribution, whether public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... A software release is the distribution, whether public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... It has been suggested that Maintenance OS be merged into this article or section. ... Diagram of the relationships between several Unix-like systems A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... A mind map connects ideas together visually Notetaking is the practice of writing pieces of information, often in an informal or unstructured manner. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... GNU logo The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... // Open source is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the design and production of goods and knowledge. ... A mind map connects ideas together visually Notetaking is the practice of writing pieces of information, often in an informal or unstructured manner. ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Gtk#, a GUI Toolkit, is a set of . ... Look up Wiki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... GNU logo The GNU Lesser General Public License (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation. ... Personal information management (PIM) refers to both the practice and the study of the activities people perform in order to acquire, organize, maintain, retrieve and use information items such as documents (paper-based and digital), web pages and email messages for everyday use to complete tasks (work-related and not...

Features

Some of the editing features supported:

• Highlighting text
• Inline spell checking using GtkSpell
• Auto-linking of web and email addresses
• Undo/redo
• Font styling and sizing
• Bulleted and numbered lists (under development)

Plugins

Tomboy supports several plugins, including:

• Evolution mail links plugin
• Galago/Gaim presence plugin
• Middle-click on the tray icon to paste clipboard text
• Note of the Day plugin (not installed by default)
• Fixed Width text plugin (not installed by default)
• HTML export plugin
• LaTeX math plugin (not installed by default)
• print plugin

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Windows Version

Because Tomboy uses the Mono platform, it is possible to run Tomboy on a Windows operating system. However, it is still unstable and not all the plugins avaliable on the linux version appear on Windows

See also

• Personal wiki
• Wiki software

External links

• Official Tomboy website
• Conduit - experimental tool that allows synchronizing Tomboy notes with external services
• MediaWiki interface development