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Stuff

2010-10-05T13:48:42Z

Porg: + == Export a Freemind map/tree-branch as taxonomy (vocabularies, terms) to a CMS ==

= PDA =
Up to 18. 2. 2004 nobody in the forum seems to have FreeMind running on a PDA. It should be possible because there are Java-VMs for the Palm and Pocket PC platform (e. g. [http://superwaba.sf.net SuperWaba]) and there is JRE for Linux-based PDAs. If you succeed, please write about it here.

* A [[FreeMindPDA]] SuperWaba version is under development by [http://olliver.family.gen.nz/vik.html Vik Olliver], which is incomplete but Open Sourced, so feel free to improve on it.
* Workaround: FreeMind Data on PalmOS: use an xsl sheet to transform to ShadowPlan format (see http://www.codejedi.com ) then sync the ShadowPlan file generated to PalmOS device. You can even edit on the PalmOS device and then transform back to FreeMind on the desktop. (Taken from a tip by David Keltie on the [[freemind-users mailing list]])
* Yet another workaround can be found in [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1044300&forum_id=22101 this thread] .
* And another: I am using [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Emacs_and_EmacsWikiMode_on_PDAs Emacs my Pocket PC] (yes, really works fine!) and [[Import and export to Emacs and Wikipedia-outlines]]
* [http://eringal.com/pocketfreemind/ Pocket Freemind] runs on Pocket PC/Windows Mobile devices, and supports the Freemind file format natively. Requires the .NET Compact Framework version 2.0

I created XSLT files to translate to/from ShadowPlan Desktop XML format. You can get them from the ShadowPlan Yahoo! Group.
Jules ( http://www.knightnet.org.uk )

A new application "FreeYourMind" for an PDA outliner that runs on a Windows-PDA and uses the FreeMind data format can be found unter [http://peterschmidt.name/].

Hyperlinks

2010-06-02T18:37:04Z

Porg: /* Protocols */

FreeMind supports having one hyperlink per node, linking to web pages, mail addresses, and to local files.

==Limitations==
* Opening of hyperlinks that contain various custom protocols such as "onenote://" and "outlook://" is unsupported. An example error message upon an attempt to open the hyperlink: "java.net.MalformedURLException:unknown protocol:". See also [[#Protocols]].

==Implementation==

Making hyperlinks work fine on all the supported platforms including Microsoft Windows, Max OS X and Linux is technically tricky, requiring dedicated code for each group of platforms.

{| {{Table style}}
|+ Methods
! Class
! Method
! Description
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/freemind/main/FreeMind.java FreeMind]
| openDocument
| Opens the given URL in a browser or using the appropriate service of the operating system, using the browser command appropriate for the operating system.
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freemind/freemind/freemind/modes/ControllerAdapter.java ControllerAdapter]
| loadURL
| Takes an URL as a string, checks whether it is relative or absolute, and whether it ends in ".mm", and opens it as a mind map, centers the target node if the URL is of the form "#nodeID", or forwards the URL to the openDocument method.
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/freemind/main/Tools.java Tools]
| urlGetFile
| A heuristic workaround.
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/freemind/main/Tools.java Tools]
| fileToUrl
| Converts a file to URL, working around Java issues.
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/freemind/main/Tools.java Tools]
| isAbsolutePath
| Tells whether the given string path is absolute or relative. For non-Windows, it decides based on whether the path starts with a file separator. The logic picked depends on the operating system. Used in the loadURL method.
|}

==Cases==
{| {{Table style}}
|+ Cases of hyperlink paths
! Type
! Case
! Example Path
! Note
|-
| Local file
| Unix path
| "/folder/some more/file"
|
|-
| Local file
| Windows drive path
| "C:\Users\User Joe\file"
|
|-
| Local file
| Windows network path
| "\\hostname\folder\file"
| Following is broken in 0.9.0 beta 18.
|}

==Browser commands==
The various default browser commands per operating system:
Source: [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freemind/freemind/freemind.properties?view=log freemind.properties].
* default_browser_command_windows_nt = cmd.exe /c start "" "{0}"
* default_browser_command_windows_9x = command.com /c start "{0}"
* default_browser_command_mac = open {0}
* default_browser_command_other_os = xdg-open {0}

==Protocols==
Users are requesting that FreeMind supports various protocols that are currently unsupported. These include the following:
* "onenote://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2306014&group_id=7118&atid=107118] -- for Microsoft OneNote
* "mid://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1738366&group_id=7118&atid=307118] -- for messages
* "notes://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1763220&group_id=7118&atid=357118] -- for Lotus Notes
* "svn://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2102800&group_id=7118&atid=357118]
* "outlook://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2102800&group_id=7118&atid=357118]
* "message://" -- Email helper protocol call on Mac OS X

There is a patch fixing the issue for all the protocols: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1889293&group_id=7118&atid=307118 Support for arbitrary URIs]<br>
''Would be nice if someone wrote an instruction on how to apply this patch!''

==Tracker items==
* [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2002285&group_id=7118&atid=1006953 URLs of local files - spaces]
* Bug: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1984395&group_id=7118&atid=107118 Error opening files from network PCs in Windows]
* RFE: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2102800&group_id=7118&atid=357118 Customisable hyperlink protocols (like Firefox)]
* Bug: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2306014&group_id=7118&atid=107118 'Unknown protocol' for custom protocol hyperlinks]
* Patch: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1889293&group_id=7118&atid=307118 Support for arbitrary URIs]

==Forum entries==
* [http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=6450308 Lotus Notes hyperlink], 2009-02-17

==See also==
* [[Local hyperlink]]

==Links==
* [http://udk.openoffice.org/cpp/man/spec/uris.html URIs in UDK - Open Office]

[[Category:Development]]

Hyperlinks

2010-06-02T18:25:15Z

Porg: /* Protocols */

FreeMind supports having one hyperlink per node, linking to web pages, mail addresses, and to local files.

==Limitations==
* Opening of hyperlinks that contain various custom protocols such as "onenote://" and "outlook://" is unsupported. An example error message upon an attempt to open the hyperlink: "java.net.MalformedURLException:unknown protocol:". See also [[#Protocols]].

==Implementation==

Making hyperlinks work fine on all the supported platforms including Microsoft Windows, Max OS X and Linux is technically tricky, requiring dedicated code for each group of platforms.

{| {{Table style}}
|+ Methods
! Class
! Method
! Description
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/freemind/main/FreeMind.java FreeMind]
| openDocument
| Opens the given URL in a browser or using the appropriate service of the operating system, using the browser command appropriate for the operating system.
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freemind/freemind/freemind/modes/ControllerAdapter.java ControllerAdapter]
| loadURL
| Takes an URL as a string, checks whether it is relative or absolute, and whether it ends in ".mm", and opens it as a mind map, centers the target node if the URL is of the form "#nodeID", or forwards the URL to the openDocument method.
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/freemind/main/Tools.java Tools]
| urlGetFile
| A heuristic workaround.
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/freemind/main/Tools.java Tools]
| fileToUrl
| Converts a file to URL, working around Java issues.
|-
| [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/freemind/freemind/freemind/main/Tools.java Tools]
| isAbsolutePath
| Tells whether the given string path is absolute or relative. For non-Windows, it decides based on whether the path starts with a file separator. The logic picked depends on the operating system. Used in the loadURL method.
|}

==Cases==
{| {{Table style}}
|+ Cases of hyperlink paths
! Type
! Case
! Example Path
! Note
|-
| Local file
| Unix path
| "/folder/some more/file"
|
|-
| Local file
| Windows drive path
| "C:\Users\User Joe\file"
|
|-
| Local file
| Windows network path
| "\\hostname\folder\file"
| Following is broken in 0.9.0 beta 18.
|}

==Browser commands==
The various default browser commands per operating system:
Source: [http://freemind.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freemind/freemind/freemind.properties?view=log freemind.properties].
* default_browser_command_windows_nt = cmd.exe /c start "" "{0}"
* default_browser_command_windows_9x = command.com /c start "{0}"
* default_browser_command_mac = open {0}
* default_browser_command_other_os = xdg-open {0}

==Protocols==
Users are requesting that FreeMind supports various protocols that are currently unsupported. These include the following:
* "onenote://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2306014&group_id=7118&atid=107118] -- for Microsoft OneNote
* "mid://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1738366&group_id=7118&atid=307118] -- for messages
* "notes://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1763220&group_id=7118&atid=357118] -- for Lotus Notes
* "svn://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2102800&group_id=7118&atid=357118]
* "outlook://"[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2102800&group_id=7118&atid=357118]
* "message://" -- Email helper protocol call on Mac OS X

==Tracker items==
* [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2002285&group_id=7118&atid=1006953 URLs of local files - spaces]
* Bug: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1984395&group_id=7118&atid=107118 Error opening files from network PCs in Windows]
* RFE: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2102800&group_id=7118&atid=357118 Customisable hyperlink protocols (like Firefox)]
* Bug: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2306014&group_id=7118&atid=107118 'Unknown protocol' for custom protocol hyperlinks]
* Patch: [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1889293&group_id=7118&atid=307118 Support for arbitrary URIs]

==Forum entries==
* [http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=6450308 Lotus Notes hyperlink], 2009-02-17

==See also==
* [[Local hyperlink]]

==Links==
* [http://udk.openoffice.org/cpp/man/spec/uris.html URIs in UDK - Open Office]

[[Category:Development]]