Ubuntu Manpage: NixNote2 - An open source Evernote client.

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NAME

       NixNote2 - An open source Evernote client.

SYNOPSIS

       nixnote2 [command] [options]

DESCRIPTION

       NixNote  is  an  open  source  clone  of Evernote. Evernote is a collection of software and services that
       allows users to collect, sort, tag and annotate notes and other miscellaneous information.  Data  may  be
       stored locally and/or synchronized with Evernote servers so they can be accessed by other clients.

COMMANDS

start <options>
Start NixNote normally. If not specified, this is the default option."

start options:

--accountId=<id>
The ID of the account to use upon startup. Each account has an ID number assigned to it.
Look under File/Accounts for a list of accounts. If not specified, it defaults to the
last used account.

--enableIndexing
Enable background indexing thread. This can be useful in doing a total database
reindex, but can also cause performance issues.

--disableEditing
Place notes in a read-only mode by default.

--dontStartMinimized
Ignore user settings and do not start minimized.

--forceSystemTrayAvailable
NixNote will only show a system tray if it can ensure the window manager can handle it.
This option forces NixNote to try and show a tray icon.

--help or -? or --? or help
Display command line options.

--openNote=<lid>
Start NixNote and show this specific note on startup.

--startMinimized
Start NixNote in a minimized state by default.

--syncAndExit
Do a sync with Evernote and exit NixNote. Synchronize with Evernote. If not running,
NixNote will do a sync and exit without showing the GUI.

sync <options>
Synchronize NixNote with Evernote.

sync options:

shutdown
If running, ask NixNote to stop.

shutdown options:

--accountId=<id>
The ID of the account to use. Each account has an ID number assigned to it. Look under
File/Accounts for a list of accounts. If not specified, it defaults to the last used
account.

show_window
If NixNote is running nad minimized, raise the window.

show_window options:

query <options>
Query the NixNote database.

query options:

--search=<search_string>
Search string. The search syntax is the same as the graphical interface uses to search.

--delimiter=<delimiter_string>
Report column separation string. If not specified | is used as the separator.

--noHeaders
Do not display column headers with the results.

--display=<display_string>
"Output format for the results. This can be customized by using <field><padding><:>"

Display String Fields:
%i : Display note identifier.
%t : Display note title.
%n : Display notebook name.
%g : Display the note's tags.
%c : Display the creation date.
%u : Display the date the note was last updated.
%e : Show if the note is synchronized with Evernote.
%s : Show the source URL.
%a : Show the author.
%x : Show if the note has a todo item.
%r : Show the note's reminder time.
%v : Show the time the reminder was completed.

<padding>
Any numeric number specifying the minimum number of characters for a result.

<padding>:
Any numeric number specifying the minimum number of characters for a result.
Anything longer than this value is truncated.

readNote <options>
Read the text contents of a note."

readNote options:

--id=<id> : The ID of the note to be read.

deleteNote <options>
Delete a specic note.
deleteNote options

--id=<note_id>
Note ID to delete.

--noVerify
Do not perform a verification prior to deleting the note.

emailNote <options>
Email a note. Any attachments will also be sent. In order to use this feature, the SMTP settings
must be specified under Edit/Preferences.

emailNote Options:

--to:<email_address>
The recipient of the email. For multiple recipients, use this parameter multiple times."

--cc:<email_address>
The carbon copy recipient of the email. For multiple recipients, use this parameter
multiple times."

--bcc:<email_address>
The blind carbon copy recipient of the email. For multiple recipients, use this
parameter multiple times.

--subject=<subject>
Subject of the email. If not specified the note title is used.

--note=<text>
Additional comments to be added to the beginning of the note

--ccSelf
Send a copy to yourself.

addNote <options>
Add a note via the command line.

addNote options:

--title=<text>
The title of the note to be created.

--notebook=<notebook_name>
The notebook to place the note into. If no notebook is given, the default notebook
is used.

--tag=<tag_name>
Assign this particular tag to this note. For multiple tags, use multiple --tag
statements. If a tag does not exist it will be created.

--created=<creation_date>
The date the note was created. It should be in the format of YYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ where
YYYY is the year, MM is the month, DD is the day, HH is the hour, MM is the minute,
and SS is the second. For example, 20151201T1302Z would be December 1, 2015 at
1:02pm. All times are GMT time. If omitted, the current date is used.

--updated=<creation_date>
The date the note was last updated. It should be in the format of YYYMMDDTHHMMSSZ
where YYYY is the year, MM is the month, DD is the day, HH is the hour, MM is the
minute, and SS is the second. For example, 20151201T1302Z would be December 1, 2015
at 1:02pm. All times are GMT time. If omitted, the current date is used.

--accountId=<id>
The ID of the account to use upon startup. Each account has an ID number assigned
to it. Look under File/Accounts for a list of accounts. If not specified, it
defaults to the last used account.

--delimiter=<delimiter>
This is a special string to use within a note. When specified, and a --attachment
parameter is specified, this string is where the attachment will appear in the note.
If not specified, the default is %%.

--attachment=<file-path>
The location of a file to attach in the note. For multiple attachments use the
--attachment parameter multiple times. If the character string specified by the
--delimiter parameter appears in the note, the delimiter string will be replaced
with the attachment. If there is no delimiter, the attachment will be appended to
the end of the note.

--noteText=<note_text>
The actual text of the note. If not specified the note will be read from stdin.
Some limited HTML is supported but not all HTML tags are supported by Evernote.

appendNote <options>
Append to an existing note.

appendNote Options:

--id=<note_id>
The ID of the existing note to append.

--noteText="<note_text>"
The text to add to the existing note. If not specified, input is read from stdin.

--accountId
The ID of the account to use. Each account has an ID number assigned to it. Look
under File/Accounts for a list of accounts. If not specified, it defaults to the
last used account.

export <options>

export options:

--output=<filename>
The output file for the exported notes.

--search="search_string"
Export notes matching the search criteria.

--id=""<id_list>"""
A list of notes ids to export. The list should be separated by spaces if more than one
is desired.

--deleteOnExport
If set, the exported notes will be deleted when the export is complete.

--noVerifyDelete
If "--deleteOnExport" is set, this will disable the verification of the deletes

backup <options>

backup options

--accountId=<id>
The account to backup. Each account has an ID number assigned to it. Look under
File/Accounts for a list of accounts. If not specified, it defaults to the last used
account.

--output=<filename>
Output file for the backup.

import <options>

import options

--accountId=<id>
Account to import into. Each account has an ID number assigned to it. Look under
File/Accounts for a list of accounts. If not specified, it defaults to the last used
account.

--input=<filename>
The file containing the NixNote export (nnex) file.

openNotebook <options>
If a notebook is closed, open it. This will allow a notebook to be searched or viewed.

openNotebook options

--accountId=<id>
Account owning the notebook you wish to open. Each account has an ID number assigned to
it. Look under File/Accounts for a list of accounts. If not specified, it defaults to
the last used account.

--notebook=<notebook_name>
The notebook to open.

closeNotebook <options>
If a notebook is open, close it. This will prevent it from being searched or viewed, but not from
being synchronized.

closeNotebook options

--accountId=<id>
Account owning the notebook you wish to close. Each account has an ID number assigned to
it. Look under File/Accounts for a list of accounts. If not specified, it defaults to
the last used account.

--notebook=<notebook_name>
The notebook to close.

signalGui <options>
Signal a running NixNote instance to perform a particular function.

--show
Show a hidden or running NixNote.

--synchronize
Start a sync with Evernote.

--shutdown
Stop NixNote.

--screenshot
Take a screenshot.

--openNote
Open an existing note. The --id=<id> option must be specified.

--openExternalNote
Open an existing note in an external window. The --id=<id> option must be specified.

--id=<id>
Id of note to open.

--newNote
Create a new note.

--newExternalNote
Create a new note in an external window.

--accountId=<id>
Account ID containing the note or the account for the new note.

EXAMPLES

       nixnote2 start --dontStartMinimized
              Start NixNote but do not start minimized.

       nixnote2 sync
              Start NixNote and do a sync with Evernote.  When complete the program will end.

       nixnote2 query --search="Classwork" --noHeaders --delimiter="<>" --display="%i%n5%t20:%a"
              Query the NixNote database.  The results of the search will be displayed without column  headings.
              The  individual  fields  will  be separated by a ""<>"".  The fields returned are the note ID, the
              notebook (padded to a minimum of 5 characters), the  note  title  (padded  to  20  characters  but
              truncated if longer) and the note's author.

       nixnote2 deleteNote id=22
              Delete note 22 from NixNote.

       nixnote2 emailNote id=13 --to=foo@bar.com --subject="My email"
              Email note 13 to foo@bar.com.  The subject will be ""My email"".

       nixnote2  addNote --title="My New Note" --notebook="My Notebook" --tag="Important Stuff" --delimiter="##"
       --attachment=/home/foo/file1.pdf --attachment=/home/foo/file2.pdf --noteText="This is my note.  The first
       attachment  will  appear  ##  <hr><br>The  second  attachment will appear at the end, because there is no
       delimiter tag for it."
              Create a new note.  There will be two files attached (one in the middle and one at the  end).   It
              will be put in ""My Notebook" and will be tagged as "Important Stuff".

AUTHORS

       NixNote2 is developed by Randy Baumgarte <randy@fbn.cx>.

       This manual page was written by Vincent Cheng <Vincentc1208@gmail.com> and Randy Baumgarte for the Debian
       project (and may be used by others).