LectureNotes - RCOS Final Talk

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LectureNotes

Adam Lloyd

May 1, 2009

Adam Lloyd LectureNotes

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OverviewProgressFuture workThanks

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Overview

Summary

LectureNotes is a solution for students wishing to createhigh-quality, usable electronic notes during lectures.

Major Goals

I Efficient entry.

I Maintenance of ”semantic data” in notes.

I Adaptation to varied note-taking styles.

I High-quality output.

I Easy and effective searching.


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Progress

I Note-taking interface in progress.

I Some work on output done.

Challenges

I Easily customizable editor.

I Simple, effective, and WYSIWYG.


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Editor customizablilty

SolutionEach type of notes element is a Python class.

I Element

I BranchElement

I SectionI DefinitionI TheoremI Example

I LeafElement

I HeadingI PlainTextI Term


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I Element

I BranchElement


I LeafElement



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I ElementI BranchElement


I LeafElement



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I LeafElement



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I LeafElementI HeadingI PlainTextI Term


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Custom element example

class MyCustomBranch(BranchElement):name = "Custom Branch"tag_name = ’custom_branch’accel_key = ’c’

class MyCustomLeaf(LeafElement):name = "Heading"tag_name = ’heading’accel_key = ’h’


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Editor interface

WYSIWYG solutionUsing XML/CSS and WebKit (pyWebKitGtk).(Not yet.)


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Future work

I Finish up editor.I Diagrams, figures, etc.I Mathematical formulae.

I Improve customizability (especially styling).

I Implement search interface.

I Implement organization interface.

I Output to other formats (LATEX, HTML).

I Automatic organization.

I Phone and camera integration.


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Releases

I Code in SVN soon.

I First release when basic features are implemented.

I Feature-complete release by fall.


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Thank you!

I Sean O’Sullivan

I Professor Moorthy

I Feedback providers

More information

I Code and wiki:http://code.google.com/p/lecture-notes/

I Development blog:http://lecture-notes-dev.blogspot.com/


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