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NoteLab was designed for my needs for mathematical note taking. However, it can be used for any note taking.  Here are some of its biggest features:

  • is freely available under the GNU GPL

  • runs on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, and Solaris

  • saves notes as a SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) images, an open industry standard. As such, any SVG reader, not just NoteLab, can be used to view saved notes.

  • can export notes to a rastered or vectored image (the PNG, JPEG, BMP, SVG, SVGZ, and many other formats are supported)

  • has a graphical preferences manager used to specify your pen and paper preferences

  • has a graphical memory manager that allows you to specify the amount of system memory NoteLab is allowed to use

  • smooths strokes in real time as they are written

  • supports printing of notes

  • uses a abstracted rendering system. That is, if notes are exported to an image or printed, they look exactly as they appear on the screen

  • allows any part of the notes to be resized, moved, deleted, and have their line width and color changed at any time. NoteLab sees a page as a collection of strokes that can be manipulated, not as a grid of colored regions, like some paint programs

  • uses screen rendering optimizations to allow for responsive note taking

  • uses custom designed graphical elements specifically designed for tablet PCs

  • supports wide rule, college rule, and graph paper with customizable paper color

  • supports command line switches that allow for the customization of NoteLab at startup

  • supports zooming of notes such that notes don't become "pixelated" as one zooms in. Curves drawn on the page look smooth at any zoom level

  • uses custom icons

  • supports cutting, copying, and pasting of strokes
Copyright © 2006 Dominic Kramer
kramerd AT iastate.edu