BIXTEP 0.1 main menuBIXTEP is a tool for organizing textual information in the Bash shell.

FEATURES

BIXTEP version 0.1 features the core functionality and is fully usable.

• three item types: notes, excerpts, sources
• input text using your favorite editor
• organize information through keywords
• organize information through field relations
• full-text search for items
• list of all items
• export as plain text file
• backup of files
• both command line and textual user interface

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Quick Start

• Download the latest version of BIXTEP and untar the file.
• You also have to install XMLStarlet, preferably from your distro's package manager.
• Open a terminal, go to the untarred BIXTEP directory and enter sh bixtep.sh -f notes.xml (or if you are using Ubuntu /bin/bash/ bixtep.sh -f notes.xml)

For more details, check out the documentation.
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HOW USERS CAN CONTRIBUTE

As a user, you can submit bug reports, suggest new features and share your ideas through the contact form or per email at contact [ A T ] bixtep.com. BIXTEP is being actively developed, so there are chances that your suggestions are implemented in one of the next releases.

JOIN THE DEVELOPMENT

If you are a developer interested in joining our team, get in touch with us and tell us how you would like to contribute. Development is mainly coordinated by Jabber, Trac and Subversion, find out more here.

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