Feature request: textbuffer in side pane for notes about page

[Jaap Karssenberg]

To use Zim as a novel-writing tool, an awesome feature would be a simpler version of this: http://www.zim-wiki.org/wiki/doku.php?id=side_notes_for_pages, only looking at using Zim as a Linux alternative to yWriter rather than Scrivener.

Basically, it would be an extra textbox that sits in (for example) the bottom pane. It could be plain text, similar to the 'scene description' box in yWriter. The main use of it for writers would be to add a small 'scene synopsis' and/or general notes on required edits.

(Bonus feature: the ability to export the notes for an entire chapter into a single html document?)

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Attached a plugin that will add a simple text buffer to the side pane. Stores the note as a text file attachment.

- Supports autosave, but not as robust as the main buffer (did not check error handling etc)
- No formatting support in this buffer --> need substantial work to make that possible
- No integration for search / find / etc.

Please report bugs in this plugin in comments below.

To install drop this file in "zim/plugins" source folder and restart zim, enable from preferences dialog.

[Siana Blackwood (sianablackwood)]

Thanks :-). I've been using it for a few days now and haven't encountered a problem yet.

I added a (very small) modification to the plugin.

self.textview.set_wrap_mode(gtk.WRAP_WORD)

I have no idea if it was the best spot or not, but in my file it's after line 118 and it seems to be working okay.

[pvanb (p-vanbreugel)]

Hi, I tried to get this to work, I copied the file to /usr/share/pyshared/zim/plugins (I am on Ubuntu 13.04), but after restarting I don't see this plugin in the preference dialog. Any ideas?

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Try running "zim -D" maybe there is an error when loading the plugin.

And check "which zim" to make sure you are not running from a
different install location.

In case of doubt try putting the plugin in
"~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/zim/plugins" that folder is
always checked by zim.

Regards,

Jaap

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:30 PM, pvanb <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi, I tried to get this to work, I copied the file to
> /usr/share/pyshared/zim/plugins (I am on Ubuntu 13.04), but after
> restarting I don't see this plugin in the preference dialog. Any ideas?
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