From: kenclatham  <clatham1@t...>
Date: Sat May 18, 2002 4:41am
Subject: Re: Mega Wiki and Shadow and DBK5

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "arskillings72212" <bob.skillings@A...>
wrote:
> Ken,
> 
> This is great, exactly what I was looking for to extend my usage of 
> SP !
> 
> I've been using SP for some time now, but I've only read about DBK5 
> in this forum and haven't had the time to get it/learn it/figure
out 
> how to make it work with SP.
> 
> Could I bother you for a more detailed description on how to make
SP 
> and DBK5 work together in the way you describe below ?  Be a great 
> item to add to the Shadow_Tips forum.
> 
<snip>

Actually, I already have.  If you look in the Tips group for March and
the title "SP origin strings and Linker", I tried to give a complete
run down there.

It is an example using Linker, which allows a slightly different
method of linking that MegaWiki, but I think those that preceeded me
in the idea had come up with a way to attach the markers using
MegaWiki.

(check the referenced members and their postings of the few weeks
preceeding my addition to the tips group in the archives here.)

I did promise a follow-up to my tips post, which I never delivered
because after  all that tinkering... (1) I don't think it applies to
the more popular MegaWiki (2) It just didn't turn out to be that
useful.

The rest of the stuff about launching DBK5 from SP is in the SP manual
and pretty obvious without it...

Ken

P.S. DBK5 is much easier to get to know (than DBK4), now that CESD has
revamped all the options screens into a single tabbed interface by
area of the program they affect.  If you're really new to it, do NOT
play with "Views" until you're comfortable, they can mess with your
mind if you're not sure of how they work.  On the other hand, they're
*really* powerful once you get used to them...

From: jledesma28  <jledesma28@y...>
Date: Sat May 18, 2002 4:33pm
Subject: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors

Hi folks,

I finally decided to purchase Linker instead of running MW due to the 
learning curve involved on MW but right after I installed it, I've 
gotten nothing but Fatal Error,left and right, I also installed Trap 
Weaver based on the recommendations of the programmer, which help but 
nonetheless, it continues. running a clie n610c os4, with fonthack 
for clie, afterburner, dbk5 and a number of other programs but can't 
figure it out, any ideas. please.

From: just1dash  <just1dash@y...>
Date: Sat May 18, 2002 10:08pm
Subject: Re: Any news on Handera?

Except that moving to a Sony is not really an 'upgrade'.  The Handera 
supports two expansion slots, both of which are industry standards.  
Where are the Memory Stick GPS receivers, modems, ethernet cards, 
barcode readers, Wi-Fi cards, etc?  All of these are availabe for 
Compact Flash and you can use a SD card for extra memory at the same 
time in a Handera.

Still, I won't upgrade from my TRGpro until the right color device 
comes along (CF support is a must).  Unfortunately, the Handera API 
is keeping many developers from fully supporting it. Maybe Handera 
will fix things with a color ARM device this year that meets the OS 
5.0 hi-res standard. Too bad that the new Sharp Zaurus isn't Palm OS -
- Linux is cool, but the difference in currently available software 
looms large.

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "Kevin Giberson" <kevin@g...> wrote:
> yes, sony is sony, but sony is soooo cool too!  since sony will 
likely win this battle, what about just focusing on more sony 
integration, and all the handera users think about upgrading to a 
color sony unit in the near future...?  ; )
> 
> kevin

From: just1dash  <just1dash@y...>
Date: Sun May 19, 2002 2:58am
Subject: Re: Eureka!

Just curious, but if you are implimenting this as part of GtD, aren't 
most of your ToDos undated anyway?  And wouldn't you be going over 
these lists on a regular basis?  Or did you mention that this is 
mostly for a 'waiting for' list from subordinates?

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., Learned <learned@v...> wrote:
> > 
> > Might be useful...but, a person would still have to go back into 
> > shadow to have the date updated after they complete a 
task...dunno...
> 
> Actually the way I am proposing it, that is the ONLY todo link I 
would
> have coming out of Shadow, so I would be managing all the rest of my
> todos within shadow and therefore the date issue would not be a 
problem.
> 
> If you are using this as YATD (Yet Another ToDo) in addition to 
others
> linked out of Shadow, you're right. That's part of what I want to 
> avoid by just doing all my todos within Shadow.

From: just1dash  <just1dash@y...>
Date: Sun May 19, 2002 3:10am
Subject: Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors

Are you linking to specific text or to a record?  Linker has worked 
fantastically for me when linking to a record or just an app, but the 
one time I experimented with linking to specific text I also got a 
fatal error.  Not sure what the problem was, but since my usage is 
always to link to records (probably 90% to or from Shadow) or apps, I 
never bothered playing anymore with it.

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "jledesma28" <jledesma28@y...> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I finally decided to purchase Linker instead of running MW due to 
the 
> learning curve involved on MW but right after I installed it, I've 
> gotten nothing but Fatal Error,left and right, I also installed 
Trap 
> Weaver based on the recommendations of the programmer, which help 
but 
> nonetheless, it continues. running a clie n610c os4, with fonthack 
> for clie, afterburner, dbk5 and a number of other programs but 
can't 
> figure it out, any ideas. please.

From: jledesma28  <jledesma28@y...>
Date: Sun May 19, 2002 9:07pm
Subject: Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors ? ***JUST1DASH

JUST1DASH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE YOUR USE OF LINKER AND 
SHADOW AND IF YOUR USING YOU'RE STANDARD DATEBOOK OR DBK5 OR ACTION 
NAME....yeah, I tried linking to text records but it always gave a me 
fatal error, I'll try it with the other two option, I wonder if 
people have the same problem with Megawiki, the thing is, is that its 
got a huge learning curve, I wish it would be a bit more user 
friendly.. anyway, let me know about the Linker, because I keep 
hearing great things..

thanks in advance

george

From: Kevin Giberson  <kevin@g...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 2:35am
Subject: Re: Re: Any news on Handera?

interesting concept from a few of the companies, but i, like most, don't use most of those other devices with the compact flash, and didn't with my handspring either...thought i would, but found i didn't in time.  more memory for regular use seems to be what most want, and the memory stick for sony i like since it is smaller than the others.  and as for "industry standards", not sure i have seen one in this market yet.  i'm sure in the years to come these pdas will do so much more without added bulk, but until then...i love my color sony, and shadow of couse!
kevin

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: just1dash 
  To: shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 3:08 PM
  Subject: [shadow-discuss] Re: Any news on Handera?


  Except that moving to a Sony is not really an 'upgrade'.  The Handera 
  supports two expansion slots, both of which are industry standards.  
  Where are the Memory Stick GPS receivers, modems, ethernet cards, 
  barcode readers, Wi-Fi cards, etc?  All of these are availabe for 
  Compact Flash and you can use a SD card for extra memory at the same 
  time in a Handera.

  Still, I won't upgrade from my TRGpro until the right color device 
  comes along (CF support is a must).  Unfortunately, the Handera API 
  is keeping many developers from fully supporting it. Maybe Handera 
  will fix things with a color ARM device this year that meets the OS 
  5.0 hi-res standard. Too bad that the new Sharp Zaurus isn't Palm OS -
  - Linux is cool, but the difference in currently available software 
  looms large.




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

From: Learned  <learned@v...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 2:54am
Subject: Re: Eureka!

On Thu, 16 May 2002 15:47:56 -0400 (EDT), Jeff Mitchell wrote:
>Define "next item"; item with the closest next due date from
>the
>item with the latest checked status and a target date? So if you
>have a
>file that has 3 parents, and each of those has 5 children, and each
>of
>those has children.. like this:
>
>File: Staff
>-----------
>Jeff
>.        Project 1
>.        .        Task 1
>.        .        Task 2
>Mark
>.        Project 1
>.        .        Task 1
>.        .        Task 2
>.        Project 2
>.        .        Task 1
>Jim
>.        Project 1
>.        .        etc....
>
>If Mark -> Project 1 -> Task 2 was checked, you would want a
>todo
>link created from Jeff -> Project 2 -> Task 35 created, because it
>happens
>to have the next date?
>
>That doesn't seem to make sense.
>
>At a sublevle basis, as in the Next Item filter/hilight we
>already
>have, that makes sense. In which case, you'd like it so that the
>items
>normalyl hilighted with "Next Step" actually get linked?

What I am suggesting is one link from File Staff with the next due 
date anywhere in the file as the link date. That is my trigger to go 
check out File Staff to see what's happening.
-- 
220, 221 ... whatever it takes
learned@t... on 5/19/2002

From: Learned  <learned@v...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 3:23am
Subject: Re: Re: Eureka!

On Sun, 19 May 2002 02:58:04 -0000, just1dash wrote:
>Just curious, but if you are implimenting this as part of GtD, 
aren't
>most of your ToDos undated anyway?  And wouldn't you be going over
>these lists on a regular basis?  Or did you mention that this is
>mostly for a 'waiting for' list from subordinates?

I now have files for each of my subs, as well as all major meetings 
and projects...while undated todos works great in theory, when I have 
committed deadlines, I need to know when they are and balance between 
them. All in all, I'm up to about 25 lists, not all of which need to 
be checked frequently...I can manually set the date each time I 
review it in a tickler for the next review, but it would just be 
easier to know the earliest due date in each list.
-- 
220, 221 ... whatever it takes
learned@t... on 5/19/2002

From: cfralick_2000  <cfralick@i...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 4:19am
Subject: Coloured Background

Does the coloured backgound work without the mixed resolution 
preference being checked?

From: Russ & Ling  <rnlnero@y...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 7:16am
Subject: Re: Coloured Background

No.  If you're not in mixed resolution mode, the col-bg feature is turned
off (at least for Sony devices) because it crashes the Clies.  Supposedly
it's a bug in Sony's PalmOS, but I see other apps (HandyShopper,
PocketQuicken) having that and not crashing...so it appears others found a
way around the bug.  (A not too subtle attempt at appealing to Jeff's
programmer pride to entice him to fix that :-)

Ling

----- Original Message -----
From: "cfralick_2000" <cfralick@i...>
To: <shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:19 AM
Subject: [shadow-discuss] Coloured Background


> Does the coloured backgound work without the mixed resolution
> preference being checked?
>

From: Samuel J. Radcliffe  <samr@g...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 0:51pm
Subject: RE: idea: ShadowHack linker ?

I understand about the question marks. In my Piki setup, I use

link=%s

without any "centered dots" or anything else bracketing %s

...Sam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: smasters@a... [mailto:smasters@a...]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:20 PM
> To: shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [shadow-discuss] idea: ShadowHack linker ?
>
>
>
> Sorry, the file didn't transfer over too well. Those question marks are
> actually the "centered dot" (extended shift, tap in grafiti). Your Piki
> works okay? Is there anything else in preferences that I could be missing?
> Thanks again.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
>
>                     "Samuel J.
>
>                     Radcliffe"           To:
> <shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
>                     <samr@g...        cc:
>
>                     .com>                Subject:     RE:
> [shadow-discuss] idea: ShadowHack linker ?
>
>
>                     05/17/2002
>
>                     05:17 PM
>
>                     Please
>
>                     respond to
>
>                     shadow-discus
>
>                     s
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm no expert. The Megawiki suite is so rich, but IMO the documentation is
> a
> bit sketchy on setting up these Piki file lists. I would try removing the
> ?'s from link=?%s?
>
> ...Sam
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: smasters@a... [mailto:smasters@a...]
> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 4:46 PM
> > To: shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [shadow-discuss] idea: ShadowHack linker ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Samuel Radcliffe wrote:
> >
> > My Piki entry is:
> >
> > ··+ SHADOW DB @type=Coog prefix=ShadP- link=%s
> >
> > Sam,
> > I'm new to MegaWiki. I've been able to set up links to Shadow following
> > your previous post, thank you very much. Very cool.
> > Now for Piki. I can't get anything to work. When I try a Piki
> Config like
> > your above I get nothing from Piki. If I try to follow the sample
> > and use "
> > ??+ ShadowPlans @ type=Coog creator=Coog prefix=ShadP- link=?%s?"
> > ShadowPlans shows up in Piki, but when I choose it I get the "items not
> > found" dialog box. Can you help with this? TIA.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > P.S. my full Piki config
> >
> > Piki Config
> >
> > ··+ Apps
> > ??+ ShadowPlans @ type=Coog creator=Coog prefix=ShadP- link=?%s?
> > ??---
> > ??^
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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From: jledesma28  <jledesma28@y...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 2:15pm
Subject: Task List and Progress Bar and with Date

Hi, 

Is this possible cuz I can't figure it out,despite reading several 
post and manual...

You know when you have a list and the next due date, shows like this:

1[] EXAM 1                       5/20 +33 -->  
                                 

so far so good, right, ok but the       5/20 +33 -->  
looks very compressed, its too clogged up there, is there a way to I 
guess left justify it a bit more towards the left so it does not look 
as tight as it does, that would be neat cuz all the option are easily 
accessible especialy when in hi-res view..

thanks in advance
george

From: PocketGoddess  <jen@p...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 2:18pm
Subject: Clie Jog Dial

At the time I just wasn't interested in the debate on how to set up jog
dial support, and now I'm kicking myself. I've played around with it a
bit, and like some of the things you did, except for one. When I click
on a parent that has children, I would much rather expand the list for
easy viewing of all of the subtasks, with another click taking me to the
details screen-- instead of immediately going there. 

Does that make any sense? When using the jog dial I am much more
interested in viewing than editing. When editing, I'm much more likely
to use the stylus and keyboard than the jog dial.

Jen

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From: jledesma28  <jledesma28@y...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 2:21pm
Subject: Linker and SP

Hi folks,

what's the right way to setup a link using LINKER from within SP, 
New Text Link
New Record Link
or to the App.

in order to prevent Fatal Errors.

thanks

From: just1dash  <just1dash@y...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 8:59pm
Subject: Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors ? ***JUST1DASH

I am using DateBk5.  I have Linker set up to insert a '>>' symbol at 
the end of the trigger text.  Other people may prefer the tag to 
bracket the text on both sides.  I usually just use the last part of 
the last word in a record as the trigger and add a space to the end.  
This way I can just tap the space between the word and the >> to jump 
to the link.   Narrowing the text of the trigger prevents accidental 
link jumps when you tap anywhere in a word or record just to edit it.

Typically, I am linking to a specific record in Shadow, or perhaps a 
link back to an appointement in DateBk5.  You just choose 'record 
link' and then do a search for some word in the record you are 
looking for.  Once found, just tap the record and the link is set.  
My most frequent usage is a daily repeat appointment that is merely a 
link to a Shadow 'Table of Contents' file from which I access all of 
my frequently used action lists.  Actually, the event includes two 
links -- the other goes to a quick 'capture' list for writing items 
down quickly to sort out later. 

Note that once you have set a Linker link, all text that is the same 
and includes the link trigger will go to the linked event.  For 
instance, let's say you have an ongoing list of issues to discuss 
with someone name 'Robertson'.  If you set a trigger such 
as 'Robertson >>' and link it to the parent record of this list in 
Shadow, anyplace you then type "Robertson >>' will also serve as a 
link to the same record.

Note also that you can only initiate a link from an editable field.  
ToDos are only editable in place in DateBk5 in the 'list view', so to 
jump from a ToDo in Split Screen you have to open the details 
dialogue first (datebook items are editable in place, though).  Same 
applies for Shadow, of course:  you have to jump FROM the details 
dialogue or the mini-editor. I would guess that this is the same for 
Megawiki.

Noted your follow-up post.  Sorry for the slight delay, but I only 
check this list via internet every few days. 

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "jledesma28" <jledesma28@y...> wrote:
>  JUST1DASH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE YOUR USE OF LINKER AND 
> SHADOW AND IF YOUR USING YOU'RE STANDARD DATEBOOK OR DBK5 OR ACTION 
> NAME....

From: vjornes  <vjornes@y...>
Date: Mon May 20, 2002 11:25pm
Subject: Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors

> --- In shadow-discuss@y..., "jledesma28" <jledesma28@y...> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > I finally decided to purchase Linker instead of running MW due to 
> the 
> > learning curve involved on MW ...

Probably too late for you, but just thought I'd throw in my 2c.  The 
documentation for MW is quite daunting and makes the whole thing seem 
much harder than it really it is.

Essentially its just a case of assigning a stroke to your launcher to 
fire up "Linki" and adding the following to the MW plus screen:

ID: Coog
Tags: @ (or whatever you prefer)
Taps: 1
Linki: Shdw (or anything you can remember)
Type: FindStart
Everything else leave as default settings.

Thats it!  (If you don't have a launcher or Hackmaster installed then 
you have to install them first - MW author recommends X-Master and 
Easylaunch which are both freeware).
Anyway, that'll link you to any item.  To just link to a database use

ID: Coog
Tags: ~ (or whatever you prefer)
Taps: 1
Linki: Shdw (or anything you can remember)
Type: dBName
DB prefix: ShadP-


Now if you want to use pikki, thats something else!!!!

From: George Ledesma  <jledesma28@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 1:43am
Subject: **JUST1DASH, thanks for your insight

Thanks jus1dash, it makes total sense, I tried it and worked out ok, now I have another problem, everytime I link something between dbk5 and shadow, I'm getting a FATAL Error, causing a soft reset everytime,  do you use thinkdb as part of your program list, I do, and I heard there's a bug with the palm os find and thinkdb, so I got findhack, which stops individuals apps from being searched, tried that, excluding thinkdb being searched and still nothing, fatal errors, any ideas.
 
thanks again
  just1dash <just1dash@y...> wrote: I am using DateBk5.  I have Linker set up to insert a '>>' symbol at 
the end of the trigger text.  Other people may prefer the tag to 
bracket the text on both sides.  I usually just use the last part of 
the last word in a record as the trigger and add a space to the end.  
This way I can just tap the space between the word and the >> to jump 
to the link.   Narrowing the text of the trigger prevents accidental 
link jumps when you tap anywhere in a word or record just to edit it.

Typically, I am linking to a specific record in Shadow, or perhaps a 
link back to an appointement in DateBk5.  You just choose 'record 
link' and then do a search for some word in the record you are 
looking for.  Once found, just tap the record and the link is set.  
My most frequent usage is a daily repeat appointment that is merely a 
link to a Shadow 'Table of Contents' file from which I access all of 
my frequently used action lists.  Actually, the event includes two 
links -- the other goes to a quick 'capture' list for writing items 
down quickly to sort out later. 

Note that once you have set a Linker link, all text that is the same 
and includes the link trigger will go to the linked event.  For 
instance, let's say you have an ongoing list of issues to discuss 
with someone name 'Robertson'.  If you set a trigger such 
as 'Robertson >>' and link it to the parent record of this list in 
Shadow, anyplace you then type "Robertson >>' will also serve as a 
link to the same record.

Note also that you can only initiate a link from an editable field.  
ToDos are only editable in place in DateBk5 in the 'list view', so to 
jump from a ToDo in Split Screen you have to open the details 
dialogue first (datebook items are editable in place, though).  Same 
applies for Shadow, of course:  you have to jump FROM the details 
dialogue or the mini-editor. I would guess that this is the same for 
Megawiki.

Noted your follow-up post.  Sorry for the slight delay, but I only 
check this list via internet every few days. 

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "jledesma28" <jledesma28@y...> wrote:
>  JUST1DASH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE YOUR USE OF LINKER AND 
> SHADOW AND IF YOUR USING YOU'RE STANDARD DATEBOOK OR DBK5 OR ACTION 
> NAME....


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From: jledesma28  <jledesma28@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 2:02am
Subject: Help with SP, DBK5, and Linker, I'm going nuts people, it so frustrating

Hi, I'm new to the group and I'm so impressed with some the power 
users here that its amazing, I only hope to get a little bit of 
knowledge that is channeled thru this group, so thanks...Ok check it 
out folks, need your collective help to decipher what's going on here 
everytime I link something between dbk5 and shadow(using Linker), I'm 
getting a FATAL Error, causing a soft reset everytime. I go in and 
set the link fine, no problem, then when I tap the find key to insert 
the other linked item, while its searching it crashes all the time 
usually when the records is going thru thinkdb(newest version) but 
other times it just crashes and I don't know why, didn't try MW cuz I 
got intimidated and I already paid for Linker but I don't care, I 
just want to able to start linking items and getting the benefit but 
so far I've been unsuccessful.. why I don't know, its driving me mad 
folks, I read on the shadow-tips that Thinkdb had a global find bug 
but it had been fixed on the new release(which I have)so here goes 
George and trys FindHack at palmgear and I select thinkdb to be 
excluded from the global search and nothings, the problem persists 
again and again but I don't know but I don't want to give up, running 
with a clie 610c with os 4, using switchhack,afterburner,dbk5,shadow 
plan,daynotz, and just general stuff...I'm begging at this point, its 
probably something simple but to an amateur, the solution has been 
extremely evasive, what else, i even turned hires off for Linker app.
My pref on Linker are as follows: 
Left  >   Right >

Put link tags at end of field is checked off
Jump from popup list and save back links are also checked off
--------------------------------------------------------------------
It says FATAL ALERT
        FATAL EXCEPTION

Please folks, I'm almost there but not quite yet.



thanks in advance

From: jledesma28  <jledesma28@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 2:09am
Subject: vjornes thanks Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors

Thanks for Vjornes, I appreciate that short tutorial, I'll try right 
away since I'm not getting Linker to work properly

From: roberto_tores  <roberto_tores@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 3:32am
Subject: Feature request: saved views/templates

Since many people use the same custom view settings on many lists, it
would be agreat adition to have the following.

The ability to create custom views, name them and store them as
templates  .  Then the user would be able to select from these views 
when creating a file or to set it as default just as if they where one
of the normal views (tasklist, note...).

This would really be great since users would not have to be setting
the same custom view settings each time they create a new outline of
the same type.

Roberto.

From: cfralick_2000  <cfralick@i...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 5:47am
Subject: Feature request! Status indicator.

I am so sure this has been requested but I am too lazy to try to 
figure out how it might have been previously asked so I'm going to 
ask it anyway. Is there anyway to show the status of a task list from 
the main list view. So when I go into Shadowplan, I can just look at 
the list of tasks/projects and see an indicator of the amount 
finished. ie 80% or even a graphical representation. 

Clark

From: Russ & Ling  <rnlnero@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 7:29am
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

I think Jeff is already working on multiple custom views.  It's been a few
days since he posted, I hope he's just working furiously on Shadow and not
sick or something.

Ling

----- Original Message -----
From: "roberto_tores" <roberto_tores@y...>
To: <shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:32 AM
Subject: [shadow-discuss] Feature request: saved views/templates


> Since many people use the same custom view settings on many lists, it
> would be agreat adition to have the following.
>
> The ability to create custom views, name them and store them as
> templates  .  Then the user would be able to select from these views
> when creating a file or to set it as default just as if they where one
> of the normal views (tasklist, note...).
>
> This would really be great since users would not have to be setting
> the same custom view settings each time they create a new outline of
> the same type.
>
> Roberto.
>
>
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From: Roberto Torres  <roberto_tores@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 10:47am
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

But I think he was working on multiple custom views
for a single List.

What I am talking about it global views you can store
and reuse as templates on new and existing lists.  
Just like you use templates in Word and Excell.  

This way if you use the same custom settings for
differnt lists (like many people do) you would not
have to reenter the information, just select a
template.




--- Russ & Ling <rnlnero@y...> wrote:
> I think Jeff is already working on multiple custom
> views.  It's been a few
> days since he posted, I hope he's just working
> furiously on Shadow and not
> sick or something.
> 
> Ling
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "roberto_tores" <roberto_tores@y...>
> To: <shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:32 AM
> Subject: [shadow-discuss] Feature request: saved
> views/templates
> 
> 
> > Since many people use the same custom view
> settings on many lists, it
> > would be agreat adition to have the following.
> >
> > The ability to create custom views, name them and
> store them as
> > templates  .  Then the user would be able to
> select from these views
> > when creating a file or to set it as default just
> as if they where one
> > of the normal views (tasklist, note...).
> >
> > This would really be great since users would not
> have to be setting
> > the same custom view settings each time they
> create a new outline of
> > the same type.
> >
> > Roberto.
> >
> >
> >
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> > shadow-discuss-unsubscribe@egroups.com
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> >
> >
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> >
> >
> 
> 
> 


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From: Russ & Ling  <rnlnero@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 11:33am
Subject: Re: Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors ? ***JUST1DASH

just1dash, got a question for ya...

It sounds like Linker is using the Global Find to query Shadow and store the
return record information for future linking.  Knowing that Shadow only
returns the record number in the list (among other things), what happens
when you subsequently move that item up/down in the hierarchy (and thus
change the record number)? Would Linker now goes to the wrong item?  Just
curious...

Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "just1dash" <just1dash@y...>
To: <shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:59 PM
Subject: [shadow-discuss] Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors ?
***JUST1DASH


> I am using DateBk5.  I have Linker set up to insert a '>>' symbol at
> the end of the trigger text.  Other people may prefer the tag to
> bracket the text on both sides.  I usually just use the last part of
> the last word in a record as the trigger and add a space to the end.
> This way I can just tap the space between the word and the >> to jump
> to the link.   Narrowing the text of the trigger prevents accidental
> link jumps when you tap anywhere in a word or record just to edit it.
>
> Typically, I am linking to a specific record in Shadow, or perhaps a
> link back to an appointement in DateBk5.  You just choose 'record
> link' and then do a search for some word in the record you are
> looking for.  Once found, just tap the record and the link is set.
> My most frequent usage is a daily repeat appointment that is merely a
> link to a Shadow 'Table of Contents' file from which I access all of
> my frequently used action lists.  Actually, the event includes two
> links -- the other goes to a quick 'capture' list for writing items
> down quickly to sort out later.
>
> Note that once you have set a Linker link, all text that is the same
> and includes the link trigger will go to the linked event.  For
> instance, let's say you have an ongoing list of issues to discuss
> with someone name 'Robertson'.  If you set a trigger such
> as 'Robertson >>' and link it to the parent record of this list in
> Shadow, anyplace you then type "Robertson >>' will also serve as a
> link to the same record.
>
> Note also that you can only initiate a link from an editable field.
> ToDos are only editable in place in DateBk5 in the 'list view', so to
> jump from a ToDo in Split Screen you have to open the details
> dialogue first (datebook items are editable in place, though).  Same
> applies for Shadow, of course:  you have to jump FROM the details
> dialogue or the mini-editor. I would guess that this is the same for
> Megawiki.
>
> Noted your follow-up post.  Sorry for the slight delay, but I only
> check this list via internet every few days.
>

From: Russ & Ling  <rnlnero@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 11:41am
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

Ah, I see.  You can already do something like that for new lists.  Create a
new list, name it "Foo Template" or some such, set your custom view and
preferences, and save without any records.  When you need to create a new
list with the same view and preferences, just pop up the right-hand-side
list menu on "Foo Template" and hit duplicate.  Can't apply that to existing
lists, but there might be limited value in that, if most lists end up having
multiple item views anyway.

Ling

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberto Torres" <roberto_tores@y...>
To: <shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [shadow-discuss] Feature request: saved views/templates


> But I think he was working on multiple custom views
> for a single List.
>
> What I am talking about it global views you can store
> and reuse as templates on new and existing lists.
> Just like you use templates in Word and Excell.
>
> This way if you use the same custom settings for
> differnt lists (like many people do) you would not
> have to reenter the information, just select a
> template.
>

From: spamaccount055  <spamaccount055@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 11:47am
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

That feature would rock!

Please Jeff implement that one, I two am tired of selecting the same
custom settings over and over.  The feaute would give the program more
flexibility and ease of use.

Att.

B. Rogers


--- In shadow-discuss@y..., Roberto Torres <roberto_tores@y...> wrote:
> But I think he was working on multiple custom views
> for a single List.
> 
> What I am talking about is global views you can store
> and reuse as templates on new and existing lists.  
> Just like you use templates in Word and Excell.  
> 
> This way if you use the same custom settings for
> differnt lists (like many people do) you would not
> have to reenter the information, just select a
> template.
oo.com

From: d5syl  <syl@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 1:30pm
Subject: Problem with pasting a note

Shadow 2.2.1, Palm 505

I have been moving some text from a web page into Shadow notes using 
WordSmith as an intermediate stop.  

The text is copied from a web page into a Word document, then moved 
to the Palm and opened in WordSmith.  Sections/paragraphs of the 
document are then copied and pasted into various notes in a Shadow 
list.  Every so often when I do the paste into the Shadow note 
nothing happens.  In other words, clicking on the paste icon does not 
paste the text on the clipboard.  The same clipboard contents can be 
pasted into a normal Palm memo.  

Sometimes I can copy and paste a portion, the first paragraph, for 
instance, or a sentence or two, but sometimes I can't easily find a 
subset that is paste-able.  

The paragraphs are 150-1000 characters and the problem does not seem 
to be size related.  The vast majority of the text pastes fine (over 
200K characters) but I've had a dozen examples of this problem.

Any suggestions?

Don Sylwester
syl@s...

From: mcgowinwt  <mcgowinwt@a...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 1:46pm
Subject: Linking with Act (I'm new at this)

I am VERY new at this, so please bear with me. I think I can link 
Shadow with Act 2000 on my desktop, but I want to see if anyone else 
has done it before I try. Currently my palm to-do list is linked with 
Act. Do I just link Shadow to my palm to do program, thereby using it 
as a "conduit" to Act?

If anyone else has any suggestions, comments, etc., I'm all ears.

From: Anthony Schellenberg  <aschell2000@h...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 3:50pm
Subject: Shadowy thoughts

I am really looking forward to seeing the custom filters and multi-custom's 
comming up soon. Of course there are a million other things I'm waiting for 
;)

Items I'd really like to see moved up the list are:
1. Auto-import.  I would use this a ton more than new from.  It would 
dramatically improve the integration between Shadow and Dbk5
2. Send to.  This would make moving stuff around so much more user friendly.
3. Tags. I'm kinda sad to see that tags have fallen off of the numbered 
development list.  At one point it sounded like it was close to being next 
up. Oh well, someday ;)

We all know how much effort your pouring into making Shadow the best of the 
best (even though it is already!)  Thanks for all your hard work!

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From: Tim McPike  <tim@t...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 4:42pm
Subject: goback function stopped working

Suddenly, the "goback" function (to return to Shadow after going to a linked
ToDo) stopped working.

Any suggestions?  I've forgotten if this is a Shadow function or if I've
somehow disabled a Palm OS feature?  Thanks

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From: smasters@a...
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 4:56pm
Subject: Re: goback function stopped working

It's on the 3rd page of Shadow Preferences, "return to shadow after goto".
Just checked and mine still works even though I'm using McPhling and
EasyLaunch. Hope this helps.

Scott


                                                                                                                   
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Suddenly, the "goback" function (to return to Shadow after going to a
linked
ToDo) stopped working.

Any suggestions?  I've forgotten if this is a Shadow function or if I've
somehow disabled a Palm OS feature?  Thanks

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From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:27pm
Subject: Re: Coloured Background

On Mon, 20 May 2002, cfralick_2000 wrote:

> Does the coloured backgound work without the mixed resolution 
> preference being checked? 

	"col-bg" on List Preferences turns the ledger style background on
and off; it works in mixed/high res, and it works in low-res with high res
assit turned OFF. (A bug in the Clie OS will crash the unit when high res
assist is on, and you draw in the background, so I've made the option
a do-nothing when HRA+low-res active)

		jeff

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circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
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-- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_

From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:28pm
Subject: Re: Coloured Background

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Russ & Ling wrote:

> No.  If you're not in mixed resolution mode, the col-bg feature is turned
> off (at least for Sony devices) because it crashes the Clies.  Supposedly
> it's a bug in Sony's PalmOS, but I see other apps (HandyShopper,
> PocketQuicken) having that and not crashing...so it appears others found a
> way around the bug.  (A not too subtle attempt at appealing to Jeff's
> programmer pride to entice him to fix that :-)

	"Programmer-fu" :)

	I'd be all over it, were it not for the immense todo-list I have
(the one on the website is a *subset*, and its overwhelming as is :)

	I'm tempted to hire someone to do support mailbox for me, to give
me back a few hours a day and get more done. But I don't know how to find
someone to do a good job cheaply :)

		jeff

--
"It's murder out there. You can't even travel around in your own micro
circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
sending *ME* down here to play games.... Who does he calculate he is?"
-- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_

From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:30pm
Subject: Re: Task List and Progress Bar and with Date

On Mon, 20 May 2002, jledesma28 wrote:

> Is this possible cuz I can't figure it out,despite reading several 
> post and manual...
> 
> You know when you have a list and the next due date, shows like this:
> 
> 1[] EXAM 1                       5/20 +33 -->  
>                                  
> so far so good, right, ok but the       5/20 +33 -->  
> looks very compressed, its too clogged up there, is there a way to I 
> guess left justify it a bit more towards the left so it does not look 
> as tight as it does, that would be neat cuz all the option are easily 
> accessible especialy when in hi-res view..

	What do you mean? More spacing between columns? Move somewhere
else?

		jeff

--
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circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
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From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:33pm
Subject: Re: Clie Jog Dial

On Mon, 20 May 2002, PocketGoddess wrote:

> At the time I just wasn't interested in the debate on how to set up
> jog dial support, and now I'm kicking myself. I've played around with
> it a bit, and like some of the things you did, except for one. When I
> click on a parent that has children, I would much rather expand the
> list for easy viewing of all of the subtasks, with another click
> taking me to the details screen-- instead of immediately going there.

	That would break the rules of consistency -- if pushing while
showing some items opens details, then it always should. Having it work
one way sometimes, another way in other times, is a sure way to confuse
people and annoying your UI'sense.

> Does that make any sense? When using the jog dial I am much more
> interested in viewing than editing. When editing, I'm much more likely
> to use the stylus and keyboard than the jog dial.

	How would you collapse the item?

	I suppose I could add push-and-rotate do expand and collapse; push
and roll down to expans, push and roll up to collapse?

		jeff

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From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:36pm
Subject: Re: Help with SP, DBK5, and Linker, I'm going nuts people, it so frustrating

On Tue, 21 May 2002, jledesma28 wrote:

>  Hi, I'm new to the group and I'm so impressed with some the power 
> users here that its amazing, I only hope to get a little bit of 
> knowledge that is channeled thru this group, so thanks...Ok check it 
> out folks, need your collective help to decipher what's going on here 
> everytime I link something between dbk5 and shadow(using Linker), I'm 
> getting a FATAL Error, causing a soft reset everytime. I go in and 
> set the link fine, no problem, then when I tap the find key to insert 
> the other linked item, while its searching it crashes all the time 
> usually when the records is going thru thinkdb(newest version) but 
> other times it just crashes and I don't know why, didn't try MW cuz I 

	Tried disabling your other hacks? (ie: "FindHack" is known to have
some issues and crashes). Perhaps it depends on the version of ThinkDB or
the like that you have? (Or other app)

		jeff

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circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
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-- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_

From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:37pm
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

On Tue, 21 May 2002, roberto_tores wrote:

> Since many people use the same custom view settings on many lists, it
> would be agreat adition to have the following.
> 
> The ability to create custom views, name them and store them as
> templates  .  Then the user would be able to select from these views 
> when creating a file or to set it as default just as if they where one
> of the normal views (tasklist, note...).

	Coming :)

> This would really be great since users would not have to be setting
> the same custom view settings each time they create a new outline of
> the same type.

	Yep; I'm intending on adding 3 more custom definitions, so you can
have Custom1 through Custom4, and you can name them what you like. I'm
intending on making them in-list though, and not global (so that if you
beam a list, the details go with it).

	It is sort of tempting to make it global, though.

		jeff

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circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
sending *ME* down here to play games.... Who does he calculate he is?"
-- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_

From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:38pm
Subject: Re: Feature request! Status indicator.

On Tue, 21 May 2002, cfralick_2000 wrote:

> I am so sure this has been requested but I am too lazy to try to 
> figure out how it might have been previously asked so I'm going to 
> ask it anyway. Is there anyway to show the status of a task list from 
> the main list view. So when I go into Shadowplan, I can just look at 
> the list of tasks/projects and see an indicator of the amount 
> finished. ie 80% or even a graphical representation. 

	In the file selection screen?

	I've been considering replacing the "20/30" text with the normal
Shadow progress bar icon, so its mroe visual. Put it over on the right,
instead of the file size.

		jeff

--
"It's murder out there. You can't even travel around in your own micro
circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
sending *ME* down here to play games.... Who does he calculate he is?"
-- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_

From: PocketGoddess  <jen@p...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:49pm
Subject: RE: Clie Jog Dial

>	That would break the rules of consistency -- if pushing while
>showing some items opens details, then it always should. Having it work
>one way sometimes, another way in other times, is a sure way to confuse
>people and annoying your UI'sense.

It doesn't have to, does it?

IF there are children that are not visible, press to expand.

If all children visible, press to edit.

This could even be a pref (oh No!!)  :)  In fact that would be the best
of both worlds, considering collapse-- just like you have a pref to use
the mini-edit or not, you could have "press to edit" or not-- and if
not, then a press would expand if things are hidden, or collapse if
everything is visible. That would be brilliant!!

>	How would you collapse the item?

I generally wouldn't need to do that, since you very nicely made a
single touch of the jog dial go down a whole screen (thank you for not
making me go line by line!!)

>	I suppose I could add push-and-rotate do expand and collapse;
push
>and roll down to expans, push and roll up to collapse?

That would be confusing/difficult to do, at least for me-- I think. I'm
not very "ept" in the first place (OK, so I'm actually inept) when it
comes to physical things-- i.e. I'm one of the people who has problems
with unintentional dragging/reordering of my lists, and it's gotten
worse with Hi res on the Clie. I think that trying to move the wheel
up/down while pressing would be difficult, even if Sony made it possible
to program it that way.


Jen

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From: cfralick_2000  <cfralick@i...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:52pm
Subject: Re: Coloured Background

Jeff,

I really don't want to waist any of your time, but I am totaly 
confused. 

I have tried these set ups on version 2.2.1:

on = checked, off = not checked

HRA = on
Shadown = off
col-bg = on

No effect!
_________________
HRA = on
Shadow = on
col-bg = on

No Effect!
_________________
HRA = off
col-bg on

No Effect!
_________________
Mixed-res = on

Effect!

Is this right?
I am still trying different setup at this time.

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., Jeff Mitchell <support@s...> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 May 2002, Russ & Ling wrote:
> 
> > No.  If you're not in mixed resolution mode, the col-bg feature 
is turned
> > off (at least for Sony devices) because it crashes the Clies.  
Supposedly
> > it's a bug in Sony's PalmOS, but I see other apps (HandyShopper,
> > PocketQuicken) having that and not crashing...so it appears 
others found a
> > way around the bug.  (A not too subtle attempt at appealing to 
Jeff's
> > programmer pride to entice him to fix that :-)
> 
> 	"Programmer-fu" :)
> 
> 	I'd be all over it, were it not for the immense todo-list I 
have
> (the one on the website is a *subset*, and its overwhelming as is :)
> 
> 	I'm tempted to hire someone to do support mailbox for me, to 
give
> me back a few hours a day and get more done. But I don't know how 
to find
> someone to do a good job cheaply :)
> 
> 		jeff
> 
> --
> "It's murder out there. You can't even travel around in your own 
micro
> circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
> sending *ME* down here to play games.... Who does he calculate he 
is?"
> -- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_

From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 9:55pm
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Russ & Ling wrote:

> I think Jeff is already working on multiple custom views.  It's been a few
> days since he posted, I hope he's just working furiously on Shadow and not
> sick or something.

	This last weekend was, in Canada, "Victoria Day Weekend", which is
to say we had Monday off. Your history for the day is that Canada is still
a "Commonwealth" country (meaning it was once a colony of Great Britain),
and until not long ago (30 years ago?) we honoured the Queen and all that
jazz. So we honour Victoria's birthday in the typical Canadian fashion.. a
weekend of heavy drinking and barbeque.

	This weekend I spent driving around in Quebec, to blow off some
steam with family and friends :) (Montreal is a lot like Toronto, but with
many beautiful old churches and sites. Its very European..)

		jeff

--
"It's murder out there. You can't even travel around in your own micro
circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
sending *ME* down here to play games.... Who does he calculate he is?"
-- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_

From: cfralick_2000  <cfralick@i...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 11:10pm
Subject: Re: Feature request! Status indicator.

Sounds great! 


--- In shadow-discuss@y..., Jeff Mitchell <support@s...> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, cfralick_2000 wrote:
> 
> > I am so sure this has been requested but I am too lazy to try to 
> > figure out how it might have been previously asked so I'm going 
to 
> > ask it anyway. Is there anyway to show the status of a task list 
from 
> > the main list view. So when I go into Shadowplan, I can just look 
at 
> > the list of tasks/projects and see an indicator of the amount 
> > finished. ie 80% or even a graphical representation. 
> 
> 	In the file selection screen?
> 
> 	I've been considering replacing the "20/30" text with the 
normal
> Shadow progress bar icon, so its mroe visual. Put it over on the 
right,
> instead of the file size.
> 
> 		jeff
> 
> --
> "It's murder out there. You can't even travel around in your own 
micro
> circuits without permission from 'Master Control Program'. I mean,
> sending *ME* down here to play games.... Who does he calculate he 
is?"
> -- Peter Jurasik as Crom, _Tron_

From: Roberto Torres  <roberto_tores@y...>
Date: Tue May 21, 2002 11:17pm
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

Dear Jeff:


Please consider making these views global as this
would really save steps and inproove usage of Shadow
paln for many users.

An option could be to make the views per list as you
say, but to include an option in the menu to have the
global saved views.

Again I recommend you to stronly consider this as
templates are one of the most popular features of
desktop software.  Also DateBK 5 and Tought Manager,
contain global templates/views.

Thanks,

Roberto.




--- Jeff Mitchell <support@s...> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, roberto_tores wrote:
> 
> > Since many people use the same custom view
> settings on many lists, it
> > would be agreat adition to have the following.
> > 
> > The ability to create custom views, name them and
> store them as
> > templates  .  Then the user would be able to
> select from these views 
> > when creating a file or to set it as default just
> as if they where one
> > of the normal views (tasklist, note...).
> 
> 	Coming :)
> 
> > This would really be great since users would not
> have to be setting
> > the same custom view settings each time they
> create a new outline of
> > the same type.
> 
> 	Yep; I'm intending on adding 3 more custom
> definitions, so you can
> have Custom1 through Custom4, and you can name them
> what you like. I'm
> intending on making them in-list though, and not
> global (so that if you
> beam a list, the details go with it).
> 
> 	It is sort of tempting to make it global, though.
> 
> 		jeff
> 
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> in your own micro
> circuits without permission from 'Master Control
> Program'. I mean,
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> 
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From: Mike Frazure  <mfrazure@c...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 0:49am
Subject: Shadow & Outlook advice needed

I am beginning to use Outlook as a contact manager (it meets my needs).  I also use Shadow and linking to Outlook via the standard Palm 4 applications works without a hitch.

However, the Palm applications are not robust enough to pick up many of the fields I use in Outlook Contacts.  Does DateBk4 or another application provide more mapping to Outlook fields?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Mike


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From: FJK Privat  <fjk@k...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 5:11am
Subject: AW: Shadow & Outlook advice needed

>However, the Palm applications are not robust enough to pick
>up many of the fields I use in Outlook Contacts.  Does DateBk4
>or another application provide more mapping to Outlook fields?

That depends upoon your sync software. IntelliSync - while
expensive, frequently crashing - does AFAIK the best job here
and you can map every field individually to meet your needs.

HTH, Franz-Josef

From: kenclatham  <clatham1@t...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 5:10am
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "spamaccount055" <spamaccount055@y...>
wrote:
> That feature would rock!
> 
> Please Jeff implement that one, I two am tired of selecting the same
> custom settings over and over.  The feaute would give the program
more
> flexibility and ease of use.
> 
> Att.
> 
> B. Rogers
> 
> 
> --- In shadow-discuss@y..., Roberto Torres <roberto_tores@y...>
wrote:
> > But I think he was working on multiple custom views
> > for a single List.
> > 
> > What I am talking about is global views you can store
> > and reuse as templates on new and existing lists.  
> > Just like you use templates in Word and Excell.  
> > 
> > This way if you use the same custom settings for
> > differnt lists (like many people do) you would not
> > have to reenter the information, just select a
> > template.
> oo.com

There is a long standing solution to this that is almost as easy...

Create a file category called "Template", set your settings for a file
and save it with this category.

Then all you have to do is copy the list to the name you want and
change the category.  I think this was posted in Shadow-Tips (haven't
checked)

I dare say that if Jeff does this, it will probably be implemented
using this ability, just hidden under a menu with your "templates" in
them.

Ken

From: kenclatham  <clatham1@t...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 5:17am
Subject: Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors ? ***JUST1DASH

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "Russ & Ling" <rnlnero@y...> wrote:
> just1dash, got a question for ya...
> 
> It sounds like Linker is using the Global Find to query Shadow and
store the
> return record information for future linking.  Knowing that Shadow
only
> returns the record number in the list (among other things), what
happens
> when you subsequently move that item up/down in the hierarchy (and
thus
> change the record number)? Would Linker now goes to the wrong item?
 Just
> curious...
> 
> Ling
<snip original>

Yes, and worse.  If you use the entire path to an item for the record
link and rearrange (even if the record number is NOT altered), the
path is changed and your link string is no longer present in the
linked ToDo.

If you read my posting in Shadow-Tips, I wrote up a method for just
getting to the file by linking to an artificial record created
specifically for the purpose of having a stable target.

As a side benefit (which I had really done *first*) you can use this
stable top level record to "up link" to a parent SP list that owns
this one.  That way you can not only jump to the sub-project from
DBK5, but then link up to the master project from there.

Been working out pretty good for me.

Ken

From: kenclatham  <clatham1@t...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 5:24am
Subject: Re: Linking with Act (I'm new at this)

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "mcgowinwt" <mcgowinwt@a...> wrote:
> I am VERY new at this, so please bear with me. I think I can link 
> Shadow with Act 2000 on my desktop, but I want to see if anyone
else 
> has done it before I try. Currently my palm to-do list is linked
with 
> Act. Do I just link Shadow to my palm to do program, thereby using
it 
> as a "conduit" to Act?
> 
> If anyone else has any suggestions, comments, etc., I'm all ears.

Generally speaking that is the intended route.  Let the conduit you
have from Act to ToDo keep them in sync.  Use SP's "New From..." to
pull in new ToDos entered in Act and you should be under control.

The Shadow desktop will allow you to build lists on your desktop and
Jeff supplies a conduit to/from it, if you've bought it...

To go directly from Act to Shadow (I'm pretty sure) would take a
custom conduit.  So that would mean that you (or Jeff) would have your
work cut out for you.

Ken

From: kenclatham  <clatham1@t...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 5:45am
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., Roberto Torres <roberto_tores@y...> wrote:
> Dear Jeff:
> 
> 
> Please consider making these views global as this
> would really save steps and inproove usage of Shadow
> paln for many users.
> 
> An option could be to make the views per list as you
> say, but to include an option in the menu to have the
> global saved views.
> 
> Again I recommend you to stronly consider this as
> templates are one of the most popular features of
> desktop software.  Also DateBK 5 and Tought Manager,
> contain global templates/views.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roberto.
> 
<snip>

I'm not sure of you're using the words "template" and "view"
interchangably here.  But I tend to take them completely differently.

As to templates (pre-formed option and record layouts used as "source"
for a new list), I posted something on that along this same thread. 
There is already a very easy way to get this, so I (for one) wouldn't
want to see Jeff put it up in the priority list.

As for views, are you talking "saved filters" or "saved casting of
items to a different record type" or both simultaneously?

I would love to see "saved filters" (which, if memory serves me, Jeff
may be on the virge of doing).

Saved "casting" into a different item type would be pretty much
useless to me.  Once I decide on a type for a record, it stays that
way (except to work-around the "doneness" of things).  I would never
care to see my grocery list with due date deltas and completion
bars...

Ken

From: just1dash  <just1dash@y...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 5:55am
Subject: Re: **JUST1DASH, thanks for your insight

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., George Ledesma <jledesma28@y...> wrote:
> 
>  Thanks jus1dash, it makes total sense, I tried it and worked out 
ok, now I have another problem, everytime I link something between 
dbk5 and shadow, I'm getting a FATAL Error, causing a soft reset 
everytime,  do you use thinkdb as part of your program list, I do, 
and I heard there's a bug with the palm os find and thinkdb, so I got 
findhack, which stops individuals apps from being searched, tried 
that, excluding thinkdb being searched and still nothing, fatal 
errors, any ideas.
>  
 It sounds like you are having stack overflow problems.  This is 
particularly a possibility if you are running a lot of hacks. This 
may be solvable with a hack called TealMemBrain (TMB) from TealPoint 
software.  This hack lets you increase the stack size for any 
application -- it solved many of these kind of problems for me (I run 
anywhere from 12-15 hacks!).

Presumably because of their power (and thus, resource neeeds?) you 
have hit on the exact two applications that used to trigger this 
problem for me all the time: Shadow and ThinkDB.  It probably isn't 
actually Linker, but stack overflows during the Find command.  Try an 
experiment: from Shadow, do a Find for a text string that you know is 
not on your device.  Keep telling it to keep looking and if your 
device is full enough, the chances are that you will get a fatal 
crash during the find, or immediately afterwards (if the Find doesn't 
crash, try doing anything in Shadow immediately afterwards and see 
what happens).  If you crash, I am pretty sure that you have stack 
problems.

I had to set TMB to a quite large stack size to cure much of this.  
However, the main cause of the stack problems were two otherwise 
excellent hacks: McPhling and EasyLaunch.  I love EasyLaunch, but 
eventually I had to trade it in for TealLaunch, as the crashes would 
consistently disappear when these hacks were removed.  Interestingly, 
for some reason they also both completely disable TMB's stack 
expansions (TMB allows you pop-up a window that displays RAM, flash 
and stack sizes), so they both cause crashes for me regardless of 
whether TealMemBrain is enabled.  EasyLaunch's developer has 
indicated that he has no idea how this happens and I was thinking of 
contacting Mike (McCollister?) about McPhling -- I would really like 
to use these hacks, but it just doesn't work for me (I test every new 
version).  By the way, at least one other poster to a TRG/Handera 
board noted similar problems.

Let us know if this helps.

From: just1dash  <just1dash@y...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 6:05am
Subject: Re: Help with SP and Linker Fatal Errors ? ***JUST1DASH

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., "kenclatham" <clatham1@t...> wrote:
> --- In shadow-discuss@y..., "Russ & Ling" <rnlnero@y...> wrote:
> > just1dash, got a question for ya...
> > 
> > It sounds like Linker is using the Global Find to query Shadow and
> store the
> > return record information for future linking.  Knowing that Shadow
> only
> > returns the record number in the list (among other things), what
> happens
> > when you subsequently move that item up/down in the hierarchy (and
> thus
> > change the record number)? Would Linker now goes to the wrong 
item?
>  Just
> > curious...
> > 
> > Ling
> <snip original>
> 
> Yes, and worse.  If you use the entire path to an item for the 
record
> link and rearrange (even if the record number is NOT altered), the
> path is changed and your link string is no longer present in the
> linked ToDo.
> 
> If you read my posting in Shadow-Tips, I wrote up a method for just
> getting to the file by linking to an artificial record created
> specifically for the purpose of having a stable target.
> 
> As a side benefit (which I had really done *first*) you can use this
> stable top level record to "up link" to a parent SP list that owns
> this one.  That way you can not only jump to the sub-project from
> DBK5, but then link up to the master project from there.
> 
> Been working out pretty good for me.
> 
> Ken

I'll have to play around with this.  I have not had a problem but I 
was already naturally using a solution very similar to Ken's.  One of 
my major usages is to link to lists and I often do this by creating a 
placeholder item at the beginning of the list to link to.  This is 
not because of any concern about shifting links, but because I need 
an item that won't be deleted at some point.  If you folks are 
correct about this behavior (and I've no reason to believe other 
wise), I could see this as a problem for some folks.  But the way 
Shadow responds to the Find seems rather odd.  Does each item in the 
list not have it's own unique record identifier?

From: Rob Clark  <robertclark@a...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 6:16am
Subject: **JUST1DASH, thanks for your insight

I just set up Megawiki and got it to work OK with SP.  In the wiki
documentation it says that if you tap too many times (like 2 when you have
it se for 1) you can cause a crash.  How many times are you tapping?  Try
tapping once and being patient.

From: kenclatham  <clatham1@t...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 6:42am
Subject: Default priority problem?

Jeff,

This may get a little long but I want you to see the context of the
attempt.  I don't do this regularly and either there is something I
just don't "get", or there may be some problem here.

This is an extract of a posting over in the DBK5 group:

==========================================================
> 
> Assuming you have a number of undated, prioritized todo's:
> 
> 1. Create a SP item, with priority of 4, and link it to ToDo
database.
> The todo will properly appear in the split screen view (below 3 and 
> above 5).
>

Easy enough, done.

> 2. Switch to SP & change priority to 2. The todo will appear in the 
> right place in ToDo, but will remain in the old place in DB5 split 
> view (although the priority change does register, there's no
re-sort).
> 
> If you did the priority change in the ToDo list, however, it will 
> appear in the right place in the split view.
> 

Ok, now I'm thinking I'm not just stupid, but blind...

*How* do I change the ToDo's priority in SP.  The only option I could
find was to change the "default priority" in the Preferences screen. 
So there is no way to just change the priority, you have to delete and
recreate.

So I tried...  I think something is wrong with SP.  I went and set the
Default priority to 2 (after creating at 4) and then I deleted and
re-created the ToDo from inside Shadow.  All I got was another ToDo
with priority 4!

Ok, I'm beginning to believe my problem with "New From..." in SP runs
deeper than I first thought.  I don't know if I can be of any help
until I straighten this out.

I'm taking this over to SP and follow it up with Jeff. As to your
problem, unless you can say something to restore my sanity, sorry, I
don't seem to be able to confirm or deny it.

Ken
=======================================================
Basically, I can not get the "Default priority" in the global
preferences to change the creation priority of ToDos.  I've tried
exiting SP.  I've tried changing my (test) list and exiting it and SP.
 I've tried changing my list and selecting "Save Now" from the drop
down.

Nothing I do seems to convince SP to create the ToDo with the new
Default priority.  EXCEPT, if I change the default *before* entering
the list after a hot sync.  Just plain weird...

I will continue to search for anything else I can do for the list to
honor the new Default, but for now this is the only way I've found...

Ken

From: kenclatham  <clatham1@t...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 7:02am
Subject: Update on "New From..."

Jeff,

Something I noticed the other day while I had some free time to flail
at this....

I noticed "garbage" in the display of my appointment book entries,
*preceeding* the description.  This appeared only on the display of
appointments with SP's selection list for "New From...".  I checked
the DB with dbScan and no problems.  Everything looks ok in DBK5 and
the builtin.

Still only seeing repeat events.  But here I noticed something else. 
The next occurrance of this repeat wasn't until June 18, but you're
list showed it as 21d  (May 21), which really made me wonder...

I went and looked at the details in DBK5 and next to "Repeat: Weekly"
(actually every 2 weeks), the date May 21, 2002 was displayed.  It was
May 21st at the time.

So either that date is forced in by DBK5 and that's messing with your
mind or there is something in the standard record of a repeat you may
be overlooking.

It is a simple repeat (with note and alarm), no fancy options used in
DBK5 to create it.  In fact, it was imported on sync from Outlook
(though Chapura) if this makes a difference.

Ken

From: casonbang  <newstuff@i...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 10:28am
Subject: Re: New poll for shadow-discuss

--- In shadow-discuss@y..., shadow-discuss@y... wrote:
>   o Highres icons 

By "Highres icons" you mean the icons that show up in launcher?  Or the icons in ShadowPlan itself (aka the button bar)?

Highres launcher icons would be nice since isn't it simply a matter of adding a resource and then you're done with it?  I thought HandEra made that part pretty easy?

From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 4:47pm
Subject: Re: Feature request: saved views/templates

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Roberto Torres wrote:

> But I think he was working on multiple custom views
> for a single List.
> 
> What I am talking about it global views you can store
> and reuse as templates on new and existing lists.  
> Just like you use templates in Word and Excell.  

	This brings up an old idea I'd forgotten about; I was considering
a "New From" option on the file selection screen, where you could pick an
existing list, and then inherit its format.

	But then I realized you coudl create some base empty lists, set
upt he views you like, and put them into a category called "Templates".
Then use "Duplicate" to make copies of them, with your new filename. So
then instead of hitting "New" to create a file, you'd use Duplicate. Does
that help?

	I've not decided if I'll do global templates yet.

		jeff

> This way if you use the same custom settings for differnt lists (like
> many people do) you would not have to reenter the information, just
> select a template.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Russ & Ling <rnlnero@y...> wrote:
> > I think Jeff is already working on multiple custom
> > views.  It's been a few
> > days since he posted, I hope he's just working
> > furiously on Shadow and not
> > sick or something.
> > 
> > Ling
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "roberto_tores" <roberto_tores@y...>
> > To: <shadow-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:32 AM
> > Subject: [shadow-discuss] Feature request: saved
> > views/templates
> > 
> > 
> > > Since many people use the same custom view
> > settings on many lists, it
> > > would be agreat adition to have the following.
> > >
> > > The ability to create custom views, name them and
> > store them as
> > > templates  .  Then the user would be able to
> > select from these views
> > > when creating a file or to set it as default just
> > as if they where one
> > > of the normal views (tasklist, note...).
> > >
> > > This would really be great since users would not
> > have to be setting
> > > the same custom view settings each time they
> > create a new outline of
> > > the same type.
> > >
> > > Roberto.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 4:51pm
Subject: Re: Problem with pasting a note

On Tue, 21 May 2002, d5syl wrote:

> Shadow 2.2.1, Palm 505
> 
> I have been moving some text from a web page into Shadow notes using 
> WordSmith as an intermediate stop.  
> 
> The text is copied from a web page into a Word document, then moved 
> to the Palm and opened in WordSmith.  Sections/paragraphs of the 
> document are then copied and pasted into various notes in a Shadow 
> list.  Every so often when I do the paste into the Shadow note 
> nothing happens.  In other words, clicking on the paste icon does not 
> paste the text on the clipboard.  The same clipboard contents can be 
> pasted into a normal Palm memo.  

	Paste is more or less OS controlled. Assumign you're actually
hitting the paste icon or operation (and not missing it, due to digitizer
sloppiness or something), then it must be within size of the field being
pasted into (ie: You cannot exceed ther fields buffer or set limits). For
example, pasting 500 characters into the title text won't be allowed..
titles are currently limited to 250 characters. So it shoudl tick or beep
maybe, and at least do nothing. 

	Perhaps thats the problem?

> Sometimes I can copy and paste a portion, the first paragraph, for
> instance, or a sentence or two, but sometimes I can't easily find a
> subset that is paste-able.

	Such is life on a PDA.

> The paragraphs are 150-1000 characters and the problem does not seem 
> to be size related.  The vast majority of the text pastes fine (over 
> 200K characters) but I've had a dozen examples of this problem.

	Shadow notes are currently limited to 4k, or about 4000
characters. Pasting 200k (as in 200,000 characters) woudl take lots of
pasting.

	If you have Shadow Desktop, there are some tricks, here, too, to
do fast data loading.

		jeff

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From: Jeff Mitchell  <support@s...>
Date: Wed May 22, 2002 4:55pm
Subject: Re: Shadowy thoughts

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Anthony Schellenberg wrote:

> I am really looking forward to seeing the custom filters and multi-custom's 
> comming up soon. Of course there are a million other things I'm waiting for 
> ;)

	yeah, its hard to deal witht he request volume :)

> Items I'd really like to see moved up the list are:
> 1. Auto-import.  I would use this a ton more than new from.  It would 
> dramatically improve the integration between Shadow and Dbk5

	Did we ever nail down how we wanrted this to occur? I remember
proposing auto-import based on you sticking portions of the filename in