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From: Chris Ridd on 13 May 2010 02:22 On 2010-05-12 22:02:43 +0100, zoara said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >> The iWork apps for iPad can do this, so I think that makes it >> official. Well, depending on the country you're in having iPads etc. > > Is that a private API or can developers make use of it? Supposedly public, as things like OmniGraffle are using it on the iPad. I doubt Omni have had special dispensation from Apple to use some private API. OTOH I can't see anything obvious in the 3.2 API diffs documentation. -- Chris
From: zoara on 13 May 2010 05:07 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > wrote: > > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hmm - righto. One might have thought that someone might have > > > > > written > > > > > an app that'll write to the standard notes file that gets > > > > > synched. > > > > > But > > > > > if not, so it goes. > > > > > > > > That's a thought, but I wouldn't know. I'd be interested if you > > > > discover > > > > that one does exist, though... > > > > > > <shrug> > > > > > > If I could find one, I'd not be asking here. > > > > You have more clues to go on than when you started, though. > > Do I? Perhaps not, then. I do, but I'm only casually interested - not enough to go Googling. > > The path of > > the file they're written to is probably worth plugging into Google, > > for > > instance. > > <puzzled> Really? Why's that, then? Presumably software that writes to that file will be mentioned on the same page as that file's path is mentioned. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 13 May 2010 09:51 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > wrote: > > > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell > > > > > <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hmm - righto. One might have thought that someone might > > > > > > have > > > > > > written > > > > > > an app that'll write to the standard notes file that gets > > > > > > synched. > > > > > > But > > > > > > if not, so it goes. > > > > > > > > > > That's a thought, but I wouldn't know. I'd be interested if > > > > > you > > > > > discover > > > > > that one does exist, though... > > > > > > > > <shrug> > > > > > > > > If I could find one, I'd not be asking here. > > > > > > You have more clues to go on than when you started, though. > > > > Do I? > > Perhaps not, then. I do, but I'm only casually interested - not enough > to go Googling. I changed my mind. Googling - with the path name as a search term - led me to this page: http://j.mp/c2C4fJ, which in turn led me to PhoneView. Hopefully it will work for you; here's their page on syncing notes: http://j.mp/aF6Tig Costs money though. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 13 May 2010 09:51 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-12 22:02:43 +0100, zoara said: > > > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> The iWork apps for iPad can do this, so I think that makes it > >> official. Well, depending on the country you're in having iPads > > > etc. > > > Is that a private API or can developers make use of it? > > Supposedly public, as things like OmniGraffle are using it on the > iPad. I doubt Omni have had special dispensation from Apple to use > some private API. Ooh, shiny. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Rowland McDonnell on 14 May 2010 08:37
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > wrote: > > > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hmm - righto. One might have thought that someone might have > > > > > > written > > > > > > an app that'll write to the standard notes file that gets > > > > > > synched. > > > > > > But > > > > > > if not, so it goes. > > > > > > > > > > That's a thought, but I wouldn't know. I'd be interested if you > > > > > discover > > > > > that one does exist, though... > > > > > > > > <shrug> > > > > > > > > If I could find one, I'd not be asking here. > > > > > > You have more clues to go on than when you started, though. > > > > Do I? > > Perhaps not, then. I do, but I'm only casually interested - not enough > to go Googling. <shrug> You've got the clues to go hunting with your nose; you've given me one clue that I can apparently use to find something useful. I have Googled for the path in question. /Library/Mail/Mailboxes/Notes.mbox and ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/Notes.mbox/Messages And I've not found any mention of an application to do what I want. And now - well, short of spending a day looking through thousands of hits, I don't see any good way to sniff out what I want. Oh yes I've tried a few variations on the above themes, adding terms that seemed useful. No joy. <http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/Notes.mbox/Me ssages&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=9DF&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:offi cial&start=20&sa=N> <http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=1GF&r ls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&q=%2FLibrary%2FMail%2FMailboxes%2FNote s.mbox&btnG=Search> > > > The path of > > > the file they're written to is probably worth plugging into Google, > > > for > > > instance. > > > > <puzzled> Really? Why's that, then? > > Presumably software that writes to that file will be mentioned on the > same page as that file's path is mentioned. I find that it's not at all usual for software authors to go into any kind of detail like that on the Web pages they put up about their software. I can't think of any software that I use which tells me about the files it writes to in that kind of detail on the `download page' - not even LaTeX stuff, which *does* contain that kind of information in the files you download (if only because LaTeX stuff is mostly human-readable computer-interpretable ASCII text...) Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |