GNOME Shell Note Search provider is an extension that can be used to search for Gnote or Tomboy notes in GNOME Shell Overview. It's kind of like Unity Tomboy Lens, but for GNOME Shell.
Please note that in my test, some (long) note titles are almost unreadable using most custom GNOME Shell themes because they trim the names in the Overview. This shouldn't be an issue using the default GNOME Shell theme because it allows longer names in the Overview.
If you are using Gnote 0.8.0 and 0.8.1, you need to patch Gnote so that the Gnote window doesn't pop up when the extension is activated. See the GNOME Shell Note Search GitHub page for the patch. However, there's a simple work-around for this: enable the Gnote tray icon. If you use Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnote installed via the official repositories (version 0.7.5), none of these is required.
To install GNOME Shell Note Search in Ubuntu 11.10, use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extension-notesearchOnce installed, restart GNOME Shell (ALT + F2 and enter "r"), then activate the extension using GNOME Tweak Tool.
By default, the extension searches for Gnote notes. To set it to use Tomboy instead, use the following command:
gsettings set com.github.charkins.notesearch app TomboyAnd to switch back to Gnote, use:
gsettings set com.github.charkins.notesearch app GnoteIf you're not using Ubuntu, get GNOME Shell Note Search via GitHub.
