 wmpinboard
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 things TO DO
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 things perhaps TO DO
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 - add random tilting mode (command-line-switchable) plus the ability to
   manually change it for a particular note

 things I'm NOT going TO DO
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 - Make wmpinboard pop up any external windows.  Why?

     There's a variety of comprehensive programs for keeping notes out there,
     offering this functionality but being rather heavy-weight since they
     are linked against one GUI library or another (CoolNotes or KNotes come
     to mind).  On the other hand, I couldn't find a WM-conforming reminder I
     could omnipresently stick to my desktop anywhere, so I wrote wmpinboard.
     I wanted it to be small, neat, easy to use, and yet useful in a way.

     I hope that's about what the program is currently like.  And I'd prefer
     to keep it like that rather than inflate it by linking against a GUI
     library--eventually, the note editing code would outweigh the rest of
     the application by a factor, and people would probably still create
     notes mostly shorter than 60 characters.  If you restrict your memos
     to keywords and abbreviations, that's quite a lot.

     I want wmpinboard to remain an applet in that it doesn't open up external
     windows and use (even if just temporarily) additional desktop space.
     I explicitly wrote it to have something omnipresent at a fixed position
     on my desktop.  I find it preferable to have the notes pop up in place
     rather than somewhere else on the screen.

     Personally, I use other programs for larger notes too; wmpinboard
     has been designed for things smaller in size and greater in urgency,
     it's in no way meant to be a comprehensive knowledge base application
     of any kind.

     Summing up, I think a dock applet should be small both regarding its
     on-screen representation and the ressources it uses.  That's why I
     don't intend to add any pop-up dialogs or similar things to wmpinboard.

 - Add an alarm feature.

     After some contemplation I've come to the conclusion that adding
     something like this is really beyond the scope of wmpinboard.

 - Render rough sketches of the notes' contents in pinboard view.

     Judging by my personal experience, the notes' texts tend to cover them
     uniformly due to the limitation in size, so doing this would invariably
     result in just a mess of dark blobs.


Further suggestions?  Mail to <gomar@mindless.com>.

