Notability-Viewer

Notability Note Viewer for the Backup PDFs inside of a file system (e.g. with OneDrive integration in Windows).

Features

• Resizable menu (position stored in local storage)
• Folder & File name in URL (Example: “*/Notability-Viewer/Notability.html#Sonstiges/Quick%20Notes%20-%2024.07.2020.pdf”)
• Automatic Dark/Light-Mode change (based on OS settings)
• Notes List
  • List all Notes (PDF) from the Backup-Folder
  • Sort Folders alphabetically
  • Sort Files via the date at the end (if possible)
  • Ctrl+Click -> Open File in new Tab
• Recent Notes
  • Display 15 recently viewed Notes (Newest first; <li> elements stored in local storage)
• Favourite Notes
  • Display your favourite Notes (marked with star)
• Functions
  • Open / Close the menu
  • New Tab: Open the File in a new Tab with Notability-Viewer
  • New Tab File: Only open the File in a new Tab
  • Search-Box
  • Title: Copy the Filename
  • File Path: Copy the complete File-Path
  • Folder Path: Copy the complete Folder-Path

Installation

1. Clone the repository into the Notability Backup-Folder
2. Start “Notability-Viewer.py”: the file “Notability.html” will be generated and automatically opendend in the preferred browser

Additional

1. Create a Desktop-Shortcut from “Notability-Viewer.py” and move it back into the repository-folder.
2. If you want, you can change the icon of the shortcut to the Notability-Icon.
3. To start the python file without a Python window opening, go into the file properties of the shortcut and add “pythonw.exe “ in front of the target path. This also makes “6.” possible.
4. Now you can Pin the shortcut to Start or put it into the taskbar.