Sharing from Notes as .vnt doesn't work [fixed, kind of]; please add plain text support! [released]
asked 2014-01-28 09:02:51 +0300
Edit, Sep 25 '15: To vote for sharing towards Jolla or between Jollas vote here.
Edit, Sep 9 '15: It's always nice to get to close a feature request as "released in a software update". This works now 1.1.9.28. Thanks, sailors!
Edit, May 10 '15: In 1.1.4, the attachment filename bug is fixed, and the vnt is plain-text encoded. Still, the vnt file isn't widely recognized or readable, so there is need for a plain text or rtf option.
I shared a note to myself from the Notes app by email. A [filename].vnt file was attached, where [filename] is the beginning of the note text.
However, when I received the mail on my mac, the attachment was a share_J11475.vcf. By default, OS X opens it in the Contacts app, but it says that no importable contacts where found. When looking at the contents of the file, it starts with BEGIN:VNOTE, so I guess it is a vnt file. The body part begins
BODY;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=BASE64:WW91IHNob3VsZCBrbm93...
The note text is not there in plain text so I could copy it.
Firstly, I wonder why the attachment is in a different format? (I received the email to my Jolla too, and also there the attachment is a vcf and opens in the People app.)
Secondly, I wouldn't know what to do with a vnt file on my computer, so I think there should be an option to share the note as plain text or rtf. You should be able to share a note in the most common format, so you can share to anyone and be sure that he/she will be able to open it. (If you share a note as vnt to another Jolla, even that Jolla doesn't show the contents of the file!)
According to this link it should be possible to view .vnt files in any text editor. I don't know why it gets changed from vnt to vcf when you email it though. Maybe a stupid question but have you tried changing the file extension from .vcf to .vnt?
nthn ( 2014-01-28 22:23:57 +0300 )@nthn, I don't think that's a stupid question :) I did change the extension. It seems that
.vntisn't (by default) associated to any application in OS X, so it sees the file as a generic document and doesn't know what to do with it.Of course I can manually open the file in a text editor, and so I did – that's how I got to see what the file contains. But as I said, the note text isn't there in a readable form. (The page you linked also says that the text may be encoded and thus not readable without a decoder.)
ssahla ( 2014-01-28 22:39:20 +0300 )This is also a problem with Windows 7, Windows Mail Client and Jolla-Notes - when received by my mail client the attachment is recognised but as a .vcf file, Windows offers to open it and then says it is 'not a valid .vcf' (lol, we know that!, it's a .vnt!) So I wouldn't say the problem is specific to Windows or OS X. I'm also not able to bluetooth notes from Jolla-notes. voted up {smh}
Spam Hunter ( 2014-02-13 17:17:12 +0300 )I wonder, is there any device / software that can open a note shared from Jolla Notes? :)
ssahla ( 2014-02-13 17:21:14 +0300 )I agree, the idea is exactly the same as the function was in Symbian :) should be a PLAINTEXT
Rusnak-COBRA ( 2014-03-21 17:32:55 +0300 )