Slip View

The Slip View shows one slip, consisting of the main text field and fields containing the Keywords, the Source, and the Type of the source. A slip is uniquely identified by it's ID, shown in the top right corner. The ID is automatically generated by the program and never changes (except by a copy/paste into another box).

The keywords entered into the Keywords field are automatically added to the list of keywords in the Keywords Drawer. The Keywords field has an auto-completion function that suggest keywords that are already in the box. (Auto-completion can be deactivated in the Preferences.)

If the Source field contains a web or ftp link a snap back arrow is displayed that can be clicked to open the link.

The flag to the left of the slip ID field can be clicked to flag the slip. The printing and export dialogues allow to only used the flagged slips in a box, and the search results in the Search View can be sorted according to whether they are flagged.

The table Slip Scents on the right side of this view contains scents (connections) to other slips. The slip IDs shown in the table refer to the slips that have at least one keyword in common with the currently shown slip. The current slip is indicated in bold font. Clicking on a number in the Slip Scents table follows the scent to the slip with this ID. A single click on a slip ID leaves the Slip Scents table unchanged, but switches to the corrresponding slip. A double click on a slip IDs also changes the Slip Scents table.

The current slip can be changed with the arrow buttons in the toolbar. The left pair of arrows go back and forth through the slips in the box. The right pair of arrows go back and forth in the history of the slips shown (just like the back/forward buttons in web-browsers).

Clicking on the "+" icon creates a new slip.

The icon to the right of this opens this slip in a new, read-only window.

The icon on the right side opens the Keywords Drawer.

Note: While the fields for the keywords, source and type contain non-formatted strings, the text is basically in Rich Text Format (RTF). This means, (a) it contains formatting information and (b) it can also contain graphics (ie pictures in formats like GIF, JPEG, TIFF, but also PDFs) as well as files containing audio or video data (AVI, MPEG and the like). Since such files can be very big, it should be made clear that there are two options.

1. Copying the file into the text field via Drag & Drop. This has the advantage that the file is completely copied into the SlipBox document. The disadvantage is that this can increase the file size drastically. (Inserting a 10MB video increases the file size by 10MB …) This is the default behaviour.
2. Creating a link to the file during drag & drop. (Hold down the option key during the operation.) This does not copy the file into the SlipBox document but simply inserts a link to the file on the storage medium (harddrive, USB stick, iPod, etc). As long as the path to the linked file does not change (ie it is not renamed, moved or deleted) the file is displayed in the Slip View just as in the first option. Audio and video files can be played directly. The advantage is that the document size will remain smaller.