Editing Tomboy (software)

{{short description|Notetaking application}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Tomboy
| logo                   = Tomboy logo.svg
| screenshot             = Tomboy 1.15.4.png
| caption                = Tomboy 1.15.4 running on [[Ubuntu MATE]]
| developer              = Alex Graveley and Tomboy Contributors
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q557879|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q557879|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q557879|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q557879|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]]
| programming language   = [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] 
| platform               = [[Mono (software)|Mono]]
| genre                  = [[Comparison of note-taking software|Note-taking software]]
| license                = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-only]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/t/tomboy/tomboy_1.14.1-4_copyright|title=tomboy_1.14.1-4_copyright}}</ref>
| website                = {{URL|https://projects.gnome.org/tomboy}}
| repo                   = {{URL|https://github.com/tomboy-notes/tomboy}}
}}

'''Tomboy''' is [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] desktop [[Comparison of note-taking software|note-taking software]] written for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], and [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] operating systems. Tomboy is part of the [[GNOME]] desktop environment. As Ubuntu changed over time and its [[Cloud storage|cloud]] synchronization software [[Ubuntu One]] came and went, Tomboy inspired various [[fork (software development)|forks]] and clones. Its interface is a word processor with a [[Wiki#Linking and creating pages|wiki-like linking system]] to connect notes together. Words in the note body that match existing note titles [[Automatic hyperlinking|become hyperlinks automatically]], making it simple to construct a [[personal wiki]]. For example, repeated references to favorite artists would be automatically highlighted in notes containing their names. As of version 1.6 (2010), it supports text entries and hyperlinks to the World Wide Web, but not graphic image linking or embedding.

Development of the original Tomboy software ceased in 2017. Starting in 2017 the development team rewrote the software from scratch, for ease of maintenance and installation, renaming it '''tomboy-ng'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=GNOME Wiki: tomboy-ng |url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy/tomboy-ng#Is_it_all_ready_to_go_.3F |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>  Tomboy-ng is written in [[Free Pascal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=tomboy-ng wiki: Building tomboy-ng |website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/tomboy-notes/tomboy-ng/wiki/Building-tomboy-ng |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>

==Features==
[[File:Tomboy 0.10.2 example note.png|thumb|Example note]]
Some of the editing features supported:
* Text highlighting
* Inline spell checking using GtkSpell
* [[Automatic hyperlinking]] of Web and email addresses
* Undo/redo
* Font styling and sizing
* Bulleted lists
* Note synchronization over [[Secure Shell|SSH]], [[WebDAV]], [[Ubuntu One]], or the Tomboy REST API<ref>{{cite web | url = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy/Synchronization/REST/1.0 | title = Tomboy Web, A RESTful API for Tomboy Note Synchronization | date = 2014-08-23 | access-date = 2014-09-13}}</ref> that is implemented by several server applications

==Plugins==
Tomboy supports several plugins, including:
* [[GNOME Evolution|Evolution]] mail links
* Galago/[[Pidgin (software)|Pidgin]] presence
* Note of the day (disabled by default)
* Fixed width text
* [[HTML]] export
* [[LaTeX]] math (in the package {{mono|tomboy-latex}}, not installed by default)
* Print

==Ports==
* '''Conboy''': a Tomboy port to the [[Maemo]] platform written in the [[C (programming language)|C]] language<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://garage.maemo.org/projects/conboy |title=Conboy |access-date=2009-09-16 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718043403/https://garage.maemo.org/projects/conboy |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://garage.maemo.org/projects/conboy | title = garage: Conboy - Note Taking Application: Project Info | date = September 16, 2009 | access-date = September 16, 2009 | archive-date = July 18, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718043403/https://garage.maemo.org/projects/conboy | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* '''[[Gnote]]''': a conversion of the Tomboy code to the [[C++]] language, but is not cross-platform
* '''libktomgirl''': a platform-independent library that reads and writes the Tomboy File Format<ref>{{cite web | url = https://github.com/fredollinger/libktomgirl | title = libktomgirl: An implementation of the Tomboy File Format in C++ | website = [[GitHub]] | date = October 15, 2013 | access-date = October 15, 2013}}</ref> 
* '''Tomdroid''': an effort to produce a Tomboy-compatbile notetaking app for the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] operating system.<ref>[https://launchpad.net/tomdroid Tomdroid]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://automorphic.blogspot.com/2009/04/tomboy-notes-on-android-olivier.html | title = Tomboy Notes on Android: Olivier Bilodeau Releases Tomdroid 0.1.0 | date=April 21, 2009 | access-date = January 3, 2010}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Comparison of note-taking software]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tomboy (software)}}
* {{Official website|wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy}}

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