Re: comparison of gnote to tomboy is confusing.

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On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 07:54 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: 
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 22:00 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: 
> >   
> >> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Someone recently mentioned gnote as a substitute for tomboy. So I
> >>> installed it. The two programs have essentially identical man pages. If
> >>> you add gnote to your panel you get the same icon as tomboy. Executing
> >>> both of then you get the same display. But looking at the program in
> >>> the /usr/bin directory gnote is much larger. I looked at the script for
> >>> tomboy and gnote is  not mentioned. But tomboy appears throughout the
> >>> binary gnote.
> >>>
> >>> So, what is the scoop about these two programs?
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> >>> If you stick your head in the sand, one thing is for sure, you're gonna
> >>> get your rear kicked.
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> >>> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> If you do a "yum info" on both of these you'll get your answer.....
> >>
> >>     
> > I don't.. Running pinfo on both program names produces the same manual
> > pages with the only difference is the name of the command and where you
> > post bugs.
> > If you see other important information tell me what it is.
> >
> >   
> Please re-read what I wrote....  Did I write "pinfo"?   No, I wrote "yum
> info".
When you are right you are right. Something went wrong in that I ran yum
info but did not get what you got. Now I do. I don't know what went
wrong. 
> 
> So, let me do it for you....
> 
> [root@f11 ~]# yum info tomboy
> Installed Packages
> Name       : tomboy
> Arch       : i586
> Version    : 0.14.3
> Release    : 1.fc11
> Size       : 9.8 M
> Repo       : installed
> Summary    : Note-taking application
> URL        : http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/
> License    : LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and MIT
> Description: Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application which is simple
> and easy
>            : to use. It lets you organise your notes intelligently by
> allowing you
>            : to easily link ideas together with Wiki style interconnects.
> 
> [root@f11 ~]# yum info gnote
> Available Packages
> Name       : gnote
> Arch       : i586
> Version    : 0.5.3
> Release    : 1.fc11
> Size       : 1.6 M
> Repo       : updates
> Summary    : Note-taking application
> URL        : http://live.gnome.org/Gnote
> License    : GPLv3+
> Description: Gnote is a desktop note-taking application which is simple
> and easy to
>            : use. It lets you organize your notes intelligently by
> allowing you to
>            : easily link ideas together with Wiki style interconnects.
> It is a port
>            : of Tomboy to C++ and consumes fewer resources.
> 
> Now....read the "Description" from the above output....
> 
> The main thing I believe you want to know is that "(gnote)...is a port
> of Tomboy to C++ and consumes fewer resources.
> 
> OK....Is that helpful?
> 
> You can even visit http://live.gnome.org/Gnote and
> http://projects.gnome.org/tomboy/....
> 
> On http://live.gnome.org/Gnote you would see......
> 
> "Gnote is a port of Tomboy to C++.
> 
> It is the same note taking application, including most of the add-ins
> (more are to come). Synchronization support is being worked on."
> 
> OK?
> 
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