Organize Your Life with CherryTree
Searching and Linking
Now, how can you create a link from one node to another? In the Edit menu, click Insert/Edit Link. You'll be prompted to provide a name, and then in the following dialog box, click To Node and then the relevant node. It's also possible to link to specific parts of a node, known as anchors. To try this, click Edit | Insert Anchor in the menu and then enter a name. This places an anchor symbol inside the node, where the cursor currently is, but it doesn't add any text. When you now go to Edit | Insert/Edit Link and chose To Node, you'll see that you can optionally choose an anchor inside the node you select (if one exists).
After you've been using CherryTree for a while and have built up lots of information, you may find it hard to pinpoint specific bits of info (although a well thought-out structure helps here). Under the Search menu you'll find two especially useful menu items: Find in Node Content and Find in All Nodes Content. As the names suggest, the first performs a search only on the currently selected node, while the latter searches through all nodes. You can perform especially complicated searches using regular expressions, and search forward and backward. Note that you can perform find and replace operations via the Search menu also – again, either in a single node or across all nodes.
Saving, Importing, and Exporting
When saving your nodes via File | Save, you're given a few choices: SQLite or XML format, with optional password protection. Note that CherryTree extracts password-protected documents into a temporary directory when you're editing them, so if the app crashes, it may leave that temporary directory open for viewing. Ultimately, this means CherryTree is fine for storing non-supercritical passwords (e.g., web forum logins) on single-user machines, but for really serious passwords (like online banking) a dedicated password manager is arguably a better choice.
If you take a look at the Import menu (Figure 4), you'll see that CherryTree can suck in data from an impressive range of sources, including many other note-taking apps and services, such as NoteCase, Gnote, and Zim. The variety of export formats is smaller, but you can save your work as PDF or HTML. It's also possible to dump all nodes into separate plain text files or output everything to a single file. You can even select a bunch of nodes and create a separate CherryTree document from them via Export | Export to CherryTree Document.
So that's CherryTree. I've explored all of its main features, and you can see just how useful it is compared with plain text files or web-based note-taking apps. You can find out more in the "Saving, Importing, and Exporting" box and in the app's manual (Figure 5). If you end up using CherryTree to organize your whole life, drop us a line and let us know!
Infos
- CherryTree: http://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/
« Previous 1 2
Buy this article as PDF
(incl. VAT)
Buy Linux Magazine
Subscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters
Support Our Work
Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.
News
-
Linux Servers Targeted by Akira Ransomware
A group of bad actors who have already extorted $42 million have their sights set on the Linux platform.
-
TUXEDO Computers Unveils Linux Laptop Featuring AMD Ryzen CPU
This latest release is the first laptop to include the new CPU from Ryzen and Linux preinstalled.
-
XZ Gets the All-Clear
The back door xz vulnerability has been officially reverted for Fedora 40 and versions 38 and 39 were never affected.
-
Canonical Collaborates with Qualcomm on New Venture
This new joint effort is geared toward bringing Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core to Qualcomm-powered devices.
-
Kodi 21.0 Open-Source Entertainment Hub Released
After a year of development, the award-winning Kodi cross-platform, media center software is now available with many new additions and improvements.
-
Linux Usage Increases in Two Key Areas
If market share is your thing, you'll be happy to know that Linux is on the rise in two areas that, if they keep climbing, could have serious meaning for Linux's future.
-
Vulnerability Discovered in xz Libraries
An urgent alert for Fedora 40 has been posted and users should pay attention.
-
Canonical Bumps LTS Support to 12 years
If you're worried that your Ubuntu LTS release won't be supported long enough to last, Canonical has a surprise for you in the form of 12 years of security coverage.
-
Fedora 40 Beta Released Soon
With the official release of Fedora 40 coming in April, it's almost time to download the beta and see what's new.
-
New Pentesting Distribution to Compete with Kali Linux
SnoopGod is now available for your testing needs