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Answers to questions are to be found on different places, depending on the Freeplane version.
  
This page does NOT apply to Freeplane 1.2.x
 
 
== Troubleshooting ==
 
See [[Troubleshooting]] page.
 
 
== General ==
 
=== Which documentation is available? ===
 
A help mindmap is available in the application (menu: Help->Documentation). It is a small documentation mostly suited for reference purposes.
 
 
The Freeplane wiki contains extensive documentation, but only on a few topics.
 
 
The [[User Manual|Freeplane manual]] is currently under development.
 
  
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= General=
 
=== Are there books about Freeplane? ===
 
=== Are there books about Freeplane? ===
 
Not yet. But there are a lot of books on Mindmapping in general.
 
Not yet. But there are a lot of books on Mindmapping in general.
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German readers might find a book about FreeMind to be useful: "FreeMind kompakt: Besser lernen, verstehen und entscheiden mit dem Open-Source-Mindmapping-Programm."
 
German readers might find a book about FreeMind to be useful: "FreeMind kompakt: Besser lernen, verstehen und entscheiden mit dem Open-Source-Mindmapping-Programm."
  
=== Why a new project? What made it worth forking from Freemind? ===
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=== What made it worth forking from Freemind? ===
  
 
See the article on the [[Relationship_to_FreeMind|Freeplane/FreeMind relationship]].
 
See the article on the [[Relationship_to_FreeMind|Freeplane/FreeMind relationship]].
  
== Installation and Configuration ==
 
  
=== Where is the "user directory"? ===
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=FAQ Freeplane 1.1.x=
The location of the Freeplane user directory can be found by in invoking the menu item Help->About. It's <tt>~/.freeplane</tt> on Linux and <tt>%USERPROFILE%\.freeplane</tt> on Windows.
 
  
Note that the user directory of test versions of the coming release 1.2 on Windows is <tt>%APPDATA%\freeplane\1.2</tt>.
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* '''[[Troubleshooting]]'''.
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* '''Location user direcory:''' The location of the Freeplane user directory can be found by in invoking the menu item Help->About. It's <tt>~/.freeplane</tt> on Linux and <tt>%USERPROFILE%\.freeplane</tt> on Windows.
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* '''Log file.''' Mainly for advanced features like Scripting you need to know where the log file is located. Find it in the [[#Where is the "user directory"?|user directory]]. It's named <tt>log.0</tt> in most cases. If you have more than one Freeplane instance opened then it might have the name <tt>log.1</tt> or even <tt>log.0.1</tt>. The most recently changed file matching the pattern <tt>log.*</tt> will be the one you are looking for.
  
=== Where do I find the log file? ===
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Note that test versions for the coming 1.2 versions under Windows have a different user directory than the 1.1 series.
Mainly for advanced features like Scripting you need to know where the log file is located. Find it in the [[#Where is the "user directory"?|user directory]]. It's named <tt>log.0</tt> in most cases. If you have more than one Freeplane instance opened then it might have the name <tt>log.1</tt> or even <tt>log.0.1</tt>. The most recently changed file matching the pattern <tt>log.*</tt> will be the one you are looking for.
 
  
Note that test versions for the coming 1.2 versions under Windows have a different user directory than the 1.1 series.
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[[File:FreeplaneWiki.jpg|thumb|right|[http://www.kioo.nl/freeplane/freeplaneWiki Index wiki] ]]
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=FAQ Freeplane 1.2.x=
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See the FAQ in the documentation in Freeplan's Help and the index on the right.
  
[[Category:Tutorial_1.1.x]]
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[[Category:Tutorial_1.1.x]] [[Category:Tutorial_1.1.x]]

Revision as of 21:08, 8 November 2011

Answers to questions are to be found on different places, depending on the Freeplane version.


General

Are there books about Freeplane?

Not yet. But there are a lot of books on Mindmapping in general.

German readers might find a book about FreeMind to be useful: "FreeMind kompakt: Besser lernen, verstehen und entscheiden mit dem Open-Source-Mindmapping-Programm."

What made it worth forking from Freemind?

See the article on the Freeplane/FreeMind relationship.


FAQ Freeplane 1.1.x

  • Troubleshooting.
  • Location user direcory: The location of the Freeplane user directory can be found by in invoking the menu item Help->About. It's ~/.freeplane on Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.freeplane on Windows.
  • Log file. Mainly for advanced features like Scripting you need to know where the log file is located. Find it in the user directory. It's named log.0 in most cases. If you have more than one Freeplane instance opened then it might have the name log.1 or even log.0.1. The most recently changed file matching the pattern log.* will be the one you are looking for.

Note that test versions for the coming 1.2 versions under Windows have a different user directory than the 1.1 series.

FAQ Freeplane 1.2.x

See the FAQ in the documentation in Freeplan's Help and the index on the right.