I wasn't knocking Ecco, I still use it virtually daily for note taking.
But I was on EccoPro Yahoo group for several years, up until a few months
ago, and I know that most users there were very explicit about what they
expected from an "Ecco replacement". There have been a number of pitches
made to them over time by developers of various tools who felt that they
could replace Ecco, and they were all blown off because they weren't
"getting it" what the essential capabilities were.
My point was that Chandler right now can't serve as an Ecco replacement,
so in my view there isn't anything really to sync between the two and the
OSAF resources would not be well spent by developing an Ecco-Chandler sync
conduit. Do you think otherwise?
Davor
P.S. I haven't heard of slangmgh before, I was referring to
"yoursowelcomethanks". But it's cool to see that so much work is still
being done on Ecco.
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Jim Carter wrote:
Davor-
Re: [Design] Import Export supported client versions
This EccoPro group has been loyal to the peculiar features of EccoPro
through all the wish list exercises of the last decade -- including
Chandler.
Slangmgh is currently doing enhancements on the dependencies
between child and parent items, formatting of the text for transfer,
and systematic presentation of the work he has accomplished to
the group. Reportedly the Y2K bug in tickler announcements has been
taken care of.
Since EccoPro still synchronizes with Palm Devices, Skype phones, USB
memory
units, and web maps we feel fairly proud of simple survival of a 'Best
Practice' piece of software. I suspect the 3500 body count for the
EccoPro list and 350 body count for the Ecco_pro list is as large as
Chandler's current body count. I have not heard much about university
consortium activity lately.
Networked EccoPro will always be small in numbers of participants --
probably on the order of 5 to 20 users on one net -- in comparison to
what Chandler is trying to do.
Do not lightly discard a group of dedicated PIM users - they have been
waiting for Chandler for at least 5 years. They do recognize the virtues
of a tight connection to email implied in Chandler.
I submit the following list of changes - all taking place in 2007 - to
show
a rather remarkable level of activity.
Enjoy!
Jim Carter
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Usage
Extract all file from eccoext.rar to EccoPro install directory
Close ecco process
Make sure there is no process 'ecco32.exe' in taskmgr
Double click to run eccoext.exe
Now a icon will display in task notification area
Click the icon to show the main window
Feature highlight
Start minimized to tray/Close to tray/Minimize to tray
Y2K tickler problem resolved
Full mouse wheel support(Folder/Composite view/Form/Non-focus window)
Enhanced Auto-Assign Rule(Regexp/Cumulative function/Depends
relationship/LUA Script)
Item dependent relationship
Automatic put orphan item in Orphan folder
Copy without subitem/Paste Block(Reduce global pointer/items)
Copy with column/Paste with column(Exchange data with Excel freely)
Customize your own shortcut
SendTo Ecco for many other program right click menu(Firefox and Office
suite doesn't support)
Show Item Count in Folder name
Auto match To-Do's date in the item text
Support LUA Script command in Launch Tool
Item/Folder tooltip show context/folder/depends information
USB run mode
Screen Shot
Program start, a icon dispaly in task notification area
Click to display the main window
Folder tree
SendTo Menu Item
Copy without subitem menu/Paste Block/Copy With Column/Paste With Column
Check Folder Rule/Show Folder Item Count
Right click on notification area icon menu
Depends menu item
Item/Folder ToolTip
V3.0 ChangeLog
Support Paste RTF
V2.9.0.2 ChangeLog
Support Copy to HTML
Re-organizer right click menu
Bug fix
V2.9.0.1 ChangeLog
Copy to RTF
V2.9 ChangeLog
Support Copy to RTF
V2.8.0.2 ChangeLog
Eccoext
Bug fix
V2.8.0.1 ChangeLog
Bug fix
V2.8 ChangeLog
Usb Mode
Tooltip
Bug fix
V2.7 ChangeLog
Support USB run mode
Add "SendTo Ecco Default Folder" command in sendto menu
Rule
Tooltip
Bug fix
V2.6 ChangeLog
Add "Paste with column" command, combine with the command "Copy with
column", you can exchange data with Excel freely, the pasted text has two
format
Add right click menu item(Click on left edge of the Window)
Item Tooltip
Bug fix
V2.5 ChangeLog
Add lots of shortcut command, see eccoext.ini
Add Show Item Info when mouse on item text, info include:
You can change the start delay time with the option
"ItemToolTipStartDelay"
V2.4 ChangeLog
Rewrite the depends relationship implementation
Add two command "Scroll Column Left" and "Scroll Column Right"
Bug fix
V2.3 ChangeLog
Add rule function
Reorganizer the rule check sequence
Rule expression now support c/c++ type comment
Add option for enable Global non-focus mouse wheel support
Bug fix
V2.2 ChangeLog
Add rule function
V2.1 ChangeLog
Add non-focus mouse wheel support
Add sumc(value[, condition]) for sum all children, please look
example.eco
Add FV(fname) to get folder value using in aggregate function
Bug fix
V2.0 ChangeLog
Add new rule function
Support item text date auto match to To-Do's folder
Add option menu item "Toggle Enable Item Auto Match"
Bug fix
V1.9 ChangeLog
Import item will trigger the rule
Item info dialog set folder will trigger the rule
Enable XP theme
Add option menu item
Add LUA function
Bug fix
V1.8 ChangeLog
Add folder checking status dialog
Add "Copy with column" menu item
Loader will check if the ecco32.exe version is 4.0.1.363
Some bug fix
V1.7 ChangeLog
Add menu enable/disable folder item count
Show open file name at window title and icon tooltip
Add lua function
Add rule flag 'C' apply rule for parent item when subitem change
Lua script now can use all module, include string, table, io, math,
debug, package, os
Add exit menu item in system menu
Mark item Done toggle now only apply to menu, not shortcut
Now possible add launch menu item with LUA Script
Some bug fix
V1.6 ChangeLog
Rule change
ItemID folder sync will be checked every time item/folder change
Folder tree now add count of self and count of all sub folder
V1.5 ChangeLog
Add config file eccoext.ini
Folder state keeps between session
Add Folder ItemID to save item ID
Add new rule flag 'S' indicate the rule should be executed when Date
Change, and it will execute when file loaded
Check All Folder command execute much faster than before
Rule value and Rule condition
V1.4 ChangeLog
Rule now support LUA language
Add testlua.exe for you test LUA script
Small change
V1.3 ChangeLog
Replaced regex engine with more roboust one, now support greedy and
non-greedy match
Item info dialog bug fix, now change ID when press PREV and NEXT button
Replace folder value prefix and postfix with '[' and ']', incompatiable
with the previous version, because the '<' and '>' character is conflict
with the bigger and smaller operator
Add two keyword in rule expression
Support operator in rule expression
Y2K bug for Recurring folder fixed
Other small bug fix
V1.2 ChangeLog
Regex support in auto assign rule
Auto assign rule set Value can be composite of normal string, Folder
value and the Regex subexp, see example
Auto assign rule edit dialog now can input more than 31 character
Append three flag for auto assign rule
Item dependent supported
Item info dialog display itemID now
Some bug fix
V1.1 ChangeLog
Keyboard shortcut problem
Split and Join item will trigger the Autoassign rule
Load warning when Ecco is running
Taskbar area icon menu is disappear when click outside
Add some auto assign rule example
Auto Assign text only 31 character limit
Restore the CTRL-LEFT CTRL-RIGHT shortcut
Feature
Y2K tickler bug fix
MouseWheel support
Taskbar icon area
New toolbar icon
Enhanced auto assign rule
Item dependent
Orphan Folder
Block Paste
Copy without subitem
SendTo Ecco Menu Item
Other feature
Contact
Please mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any suggestion
License
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expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties
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shall NOT be held liable for ANY damage to you, your computer, or to
anyone or anything else, that may result from its use, or misuse.
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