As a (very!) satisfied MemPad (By Horst Schaeffer) user I knew this program, but did not see the need for it.
A few days ago I got curious, and downloaded a copy (see below!)
My first impressions are very positive (used on a W10 system):
• Uses its own file format, but each page can be mirrored to an external text file. (Also: existing textfiles can be virtually mirrored into minipads page hierarchy)
• Selectable Unicode/UTF-8/UTF-16
• Global search generates a list of all results (One of the few things I was missing in MemPad)
• Can listen to windows clipboard - so all clips (made with a user selectable keyboard short-cut) are appended to a minipad page (Note 1)
• 'Templates' can insert clips from a selectable list - also in external programs, and they can contain keypresses (like Tabs and arrows) so forms can be filled
• 'Reminder' Calendar function triples as 1: an alarm Clock and 2: a To-Do list (I use 'Date Reminder' by Horst Schaeffer - and miss being able to make date alarms go off at a specific time)
• Calculator page for simple (and advanced) calculations are (IMHO) more friendly than Windows Calculator
In short: For the next month it will live in my system tray for testing, and already looks like it has earned a permanent place as a supplement to MemPad
(Note 1) BUG: I found one...: I cannot get the 'Watch Clipboard' function to work - But the 'Auto Record' (which also copies/appends clipboard content) works
BAD LINK:
The link in the database entry ( http://www.nebulasoft.cn/minipad2/downl ... nipad2.zip ) leads to nowhere...
Please update link to https://web.archive.org/web/20140926170 ... nipad2.zip
(On the Wayback Machine there are 3 newer captures - but they just lead to 'Error 404' pages)
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This is my first post in this forum, but I have lurked to find inspiration since 2012.
In the near future I expect to add a few tricks to the MemPad discussion - I think that many are not aware of how versatile this unassuming little program is for those who write a lot on many different topics.
A few days ago I got curious, and downloaded a copy (see below!)
My first impressions are very positive (used on a W10 system):
• Uses its own file format, but each page can be mirrored to an external text file. (Also: existing textfiles can be virtually mirrored into minipads page hierarchy)
• Selectable Unicode/UTF-8/UTF-16
• Global search generates a list of all results (One of the few things I was missing in MemPad)
• Can listen to windows clipboard - so all clips (made with a user selectable keyboard short-cut) are appended to a minipad page (Note 1)
• 'Templates' can insert clips from a selectable list - also in external programs, and they can contain keypresses (like Tabs and arrows) so forms can be filled
• 'Reminder' Calendar function triples as 1: an alarm Clock and 2: a To-Do list (I use 'Date Reminder' by Horst Schaeffer - and miss being able to make date alarms go off at a specific time)
• Calculator page for simple (and advanced) calculations are (IMHO) more friendly than Windows Calculator
In short: For the next month it will live in my system tray for testing, and already looks like it has earned a permanent place as a supplement to MemPad
(Note 1) BUG: I found one...: I cannot get the 'Watch Clipboard' function to work - But the 'Auto Record' (which also copies/appends clipboard content) works
BAD LINK:
The link in the database entry ( http://www.nebulasoft.cn/minipad2/downl ... nipad2.zip ) leads to nowhere...
Please update link to https://web.archive.org/web/20140926170 ... nipad2.zip
(On the Wayback Machine there are 3 newer captures - but they just lead to 'Error 404' pages)
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This is my first post in this forum, but I have lurked to find inspiration since 2012.
In the near future I expect to add a few tricks to the MemPad discussion - I think that many are not aware of how versatile this unassuming little program is for those who write a lot on many different topics.
Statistics: Posted by TxT-man — Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:43 am