AmbleLink Notepad Basic Edition

Features

• The application will read and write text files on the SD card (which in turn can be accessed from a personal computer).
  • The application, when reading a file from the SD card, automatically detects whether the file format (i.e. new-line type) is native to Linux, Windows, or Mac. The application then remembers this and, if the file is re-saved, it is written back in the same format (unless the user changes the document's properties). Using the "New Doc Options" dialog, you may select the default file format for new files created on your Android device.
  • The application, when reading a file from the SD card, automatically determines whether or not lines should be wrapped. It does this by examining the file and looking at the line lengths. The user may override the behavior by changing the document properties after the document is loaded, but this information is not saved on the SD card if the file is re-saved.
  • The dialog windows for loading and saving files permit browsing of the SD card file system, allowing the user to change directories up and down the file system hierarchy. In the case of the file save dialog, sub-directory creation is also an option.
• The application notifies the Android OS that it can be used to edit or view files with a MIME type of "text/plain". This facilitates interoperation with some Android file manager programs. (Such file managers often know to assume files with a .txt extension should be treated as "text/plain".)
• A display option exists to automatically convert URLs, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers into links that launch other programs. It should be noted, however, that if this option is turned on, and a text document has such links, then the document becomes effectively non-editable (until auto-linking is turned off again).
• A display option exists to change the font size. By default, a small font is used to maximize use of screen real estate, but some users may wish to enlarge the font to make it easier to read.
• A simple clean user interface maximizes the use of screen real-estate.
• The menu system is idiomatically similar to a PC application, with a File menu (with 'new', 'open', 'save', 'close' and 'properties' items), a Documents menu (similar to a "Window" menu on many PC programs), an Options menu, and a Help menu. The familiar idioms should make the program easy to use.
• The application has built-in documentation in the form of a help menu.