How to install Tomboy Notes Taking App in Windows XP/7/8/8.1
What is Tomboy Notes ?
Tomboy Notes is a great notes taking application that is available for free of cost. It is the default notes taking application in most of the GNU/LINUX distributions.
Features :
- Notes Synchronization
- Offline Notes
- Export to HTML
- Links to other Notes
- Font Styling & Sizing
- Export to Wordpress / Blogger (with add-in)
- Automatically open the notes on specified date & time (with add-in)
- Table of Contents (with add-in)
- Install the latest .Net Framework (4.0 , at the very least) in your system
- Download & Install GTK# for .Net
- Download the Gtk+ 2.x all-in-one bundle 2.24.10 or newer and extract it (e.g. to C:\GtkPlus)
- Create an Environmental Variable named 'TOMBOY_PATH_PREFIX' with the value set to your GTK+ Extraction directory followed by /bin. For e.g. C:\GtkPlus\bin. You can create an Environmental Variable by 'Start Menu' -> Right Click 'Computer' -> Select 'Properties' -> 'Advanced System Settings' -> 'Advanced' tab -> 'Environmental Variables'
- Now restart your system
- Then download and install the Tomboy Notes for Windows
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Gtk+ 2.24.10 bundle |
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Environmental Variable for TOMBOY_PATH_PREFIX |
That did take some work to get it installed, but you finally have it here.
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