NAME

       nodau - simple console notetaking program

SYNOPSIS

       nodau <OPTION> [DATA]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the nodau command.

       nodau is a simple console notetaking program.

   OPTIONS:
       help   print this message

       list [SEARCH]
              list notes, accepts optional search term

       new <NAME>
              create new note, <NAME> must be unique

       encrypt <NAME>
              encrypt a new or existing note

       decrypt <NAME>
              decrypt an existing note

       edit <NAME>
              open an existing note for editing

       append <NAME>
              when piping data from stdin, append it to any existing data instead of overwritting

       show <NAME>
              display an existing note

       del <SEARCH>
              delete a note/notes, accepts name or search term

       rename <OLD> <NEW>
              rename an existing note

   SEARCH TERM:
              search  terms  with spaces do not need to be inside "quotes". One exception to this
              convention is rename, in which speaces are used as delimiter between old  name  and
              new  name.  In such case use "quotes" in either argument to denote spaces in note's
              name.
              <NAME>          name of a note, list will search for names similar to the term, del
              will delete only an exact match
              t@<DATESTRING>  matches notes created at a given date/time
              t-<DATESTRING>  matches notes created before a given date/time
              t+<DATESTRING>  matches notes created after a given date/time

   DATE STRING:
              <DATESTRING> can be made of any typical date format such as:
              dd/mm/yy
              dd, mm, yyyy hh:mm

   EDITING:
              By  default  nodau  will  use the EDITOR environment variable to edit notes, simply
              edit the file as usual, nodau will save the note to it's database when you exit the
              editor. If EDITOR is not set the nodau builtin editor will be used.
              Use of the builtin editor can be forced by setting `force_builtin_editor = true' in
              the nodau config file.  Alternatively, the external_editor config  setting  can  be
              set  to  use a specific editor regardless of the EDITOR environment variable value.
              `force_builtin_editor = true' takes  precedence  over  EDITOR  and  external_editor
              settings.
              The  builtin  editor  accepts  standard printable characters, enter, and backspace.
              There is no support for moving the cursor with the arrow keys or mouse. To exit the
              editor  and  save  the  note, create a new line with only a dot (.) on it, or press
              escape.

   ENCRYPTION:
              Encrypting a note will apply DES encryption to the note using a passphrase which is
              requested  from  the  user  during the process.  The passphrase is then required to
              decrypt, edit, or read the note. Decrypting a note will restore the note  as  plain
              text, and the passphrase will no longer be required for access.

   CONFIGURATION FILE:
              The  nodau  config  file  is  located at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nodau/nodau.conf which is
              typically ~/.config/nodau/nodau.conf.

              The following config settings are currently in use:

              SETTING                    VALUES                DEFAULT
              external_editor            name of a text editor executable (vim, nano,etc).
              force_builtin_editor       true or false         false
              import_old_db              true or false         true
              edit_autocreate            true of false         true

              If import_old_db value is true or not set, nodau will import notes from  the  0.2.x
              database to the 0.3.x database.

AUTHOR

       This  manual page was modified by Lisa Milne <lisa@ltmnet.com> from an original written by
       Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> for  the  Debian  system  (but  may  be  used  by
       others).

                                            April 2012                                   NODAU(1)