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Thursday, September 9, 2010

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WikidPad

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WikidPad

Developer(s)	Michael Butscher
Stable release	1.9 (Stable) / Feb 28, 2010
Preview release	2.0rc04 / Jul 4, 2010
Development status	Active
Written in	Python, wxPython
Operating system	Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)
Platform	Cross-platform (Windows, Python)
Size	6.1 MB
Available in	English
Type	wiki-like outliner
License	Three-clause BSD
Website	WikidPad

WikidPad is an open source, Python-based wiki-like outliner for storing thoughts, ideas, to-do lists, contacts, and other notes with Wiki-like linking between pages.

WikidPad system uses a database to tie together individual text documents that the user creates into a wiki-like notepad. Wiki-links can be created by writing a word in CamelCase or enclosing a word or words with single brackets, allowing easy ways to create a mini-wiki on a certain subject easily. Single Wiki pages and complete Wikis can be exported to HTML.

WikidPad was invented by Jason Horman who released it under his own open source license, similar to BSD license, in June 2005. Since October 2005 Michael Butscher has been the main developer of WikidPad^[1].

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[edit] Features

WikiWord Auto-Completion
WikiWord Navigation
Tree/Outline View
Todo Lists
Incremental Search
Wiki can be exported to HTML
Extensible with Python Scripting^[2]
Can be used as portable software on a USB stick^[3]

[edit] File formats

WikidPad can store notes in plain text or a SQLite database. When storing notes as text, the program can use SQLite or Gadfly to index the text files.