In my ongoing quest to find a Linux program to replace the functionality of AskSam (essentially a free format database with good search capability) that I used to use on Windows, I've come across Treepad for Linux. It isn't perfect, but I'd like to descibe it briefly / partially and ask if anyone is aware of similar programs that might be closer to my ideal.
In general, the GUI consists of two panes, side by side. The one on the left is a tree control that serves as an index to records which consist primarily of text. The pane on the right is a fairly primitive text editor that can view and edit the content of any record. The search capability is sort of intermediate--it can search both record titles and record content combined (good), but, afaict, it does not have any boolean capability (not so good). A good solution for me would be something similar, that is: * a two pane GUI with a tree control on the left that chooses records from a database (possibly a document database) * in interface to and an editor of my choice that would display and allow editing the text content of any record * boolean search that searches the titles and text of all records--possibly indexed for speed Any suggestions, either to actual programs, or to search terms that might help? I've searched for document databases, but they typically do not include a tree control. I have some other requirements, but meeting these would be a good start. (Obviously, I could potentially write a program to do this, but I'm not up to that at this point in time.) Thanks! Randy Kramer
