OVERVIEW
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DSNotes is yet another drawing program for the DS, and it only supports black and white images.  No wait, come back!  DSNotes is not meant to be a full-fledged paint program - instead, its purpose is to give you a lighting-fast way to jot down, save, and retrieve notes or sketches.  It's kind of like virtual Post-It notes, which if you think about it is pretty handy.  Basically, if you were ever annoyed by the fact that you can't save images in Pictochat, this program is for you :) .  Using DSNotes is more or less self-explanatory, but if you're curious, you can read on to get a feel for how it works and what it has to offer.

USAGE
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The program is pretty simple to understand - on the bottom screen, you have the drawing program, which has a stylus-based toolbar (which contains pencils, erasers, muli-level undo/redo, and clear screen).  On the top screen you have a browser to view any saved files.  When you save a file (by pressing start), the filename is generated automatically based on the current date and time.  The files in the top-screen browser are sorted by date (newest first).  You can select a file with the d-pad, up/down selects the previous/next file, left/right does a page up/page down.  When you select a file, you automatically get a preview in the background, making it dead-simple to find a note you wrote a while ago.  You can load a selected note onto the drawing screen by pressing select.  You can view a file directly by holding the R trigger, which opens a couple more options.  You can delete the file from the disk by holding on to Y during viewing.  The image will begin to fade away, you can cancel the delete simply by releasing Y before the image has faded away completely.  You can even make an note "sticky" (by pressing B during viewing), this makes the note get sorted at the top, helpful for keeping track of important notes or favorite sketches.

Despite only supporting black and white images, the drawing engine for DSNotes is fairly powerful.  The two main drawing tools are the pencil and eraser.  If you click on the pencil button when it is already selected, an extra toolbar appears which allows you to select the pencil size (the same applies for the eraser).  The undo button allows you to undo the last stroke (up to 20 times!).  You can clear the current image with the clear button at the bottom of the toolbar (which of course you can undo if desired).  Also, DSNotes is the only homebrew drawing program I am aware of that has drawing sound effects - not a critical feature, but a nice touch nonetheless :) .  Furthermore, since the drawings are black and white, each saved bitmap is only 6kb in size, so you can feel free to go crazy and make tons of notes.  All notes are stored in the folder named "DSNotes" in the root directory of your card (it will be created automatically if it doesn't exist).  DSNotes uses DLDI for reading/writing files, so be sure to patch the program appropriately for your device.

INFORMATION
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DSNotes was programmed in C using the excellent PAlib library.  The sound effects used throughout the program were recorded from Pictochat.  The icons used in the toolbar are from the Tango Desktop Project, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5).