FAQ
Answers to questions are to be found on different places, depending on the Freeplane version.
Contents
- 1 General
- 1.1 Are there books about Freeplane?
- 1.2 What made it worth forking from Freemind?
- 1.3 What's the "Freeplane user directory"?
- 1.4 Where's the log file?
- 1.5 How to replace the splash screen
- 1.6 Weird problems
- 1.7 How to disable node selection changing when hovering over it
- 1.8 Conceptual difference between "note" and "detail"?
General
Are there books about Freeplane?
Yes, but only in French and German:
- Mind Mapping - Transformez vos idées en projet avec Freeplane (2012, French)
- Eine Einführung in Freeplane als Werkzeug für Wissens- und Zeitmanagement (2013, German, Ebook)
Books about Freeplane's anchestor FreeMind might be interesting as well:
- Booster votre efficacité avec FreeMind, Freeplane et Xmind : Bien démarrer avec le Mind Mapping (2010, French)
- FreeMind kompakt: Besser lernen, verstehen und entscheiden mit dem Open-Source-Mindmapping-Programm (2009, German)
And of course there are a lot of books on Mindmapping in general.
What made it worth forking from Freemind?
See the article on the Freeplane/FreeMind relationship.
What's the "Freeplane user directory"?
The Freeplane user directory can be found by invoking the menu item Tools->Open user directory. It's location is the directory 1.2.x respectively 1.3.x in %APPDATA%\Freeplane (Windows) respectively ~/.freeplane/ (Linux, Mac). It contains all user settings: options in auto.properties, scripts, [[Data_recognition_and_data_formats][configuration of data recognition]], ...
Where's the log file?
Sometimes you need to know where the log file is located, e.g. if you write [[Scripting][scripts]] or reporting bugs. Find it in Freeplane's "user directory" (see above). 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.
How to replace the splash screen
Find directory resources in the freeplane installation directory, create directory images in it and put your file named Freeplane_splash.png there.
Weird problems
See if you find help on the Troubleshooting page. Otherwise ask in the Open discussion forum.
How to disable node selection changing when hovering over it
It's in the preferences: Tools->Preferences->Behaviour->Selection method->By click
Conceptual difference between "note" and "detail"?
See this forum topic.
