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<h1>Notes-mode</h1>
<h3 align="right">Organizing on-line note-taking</h3>
<h3 align="right">Edition $Revision: 1.40 $, for notes-mode version 1.31</h3>
<h3 align="right">$Date: 2010/06/20 18:30:34 $</h3>
<strong>by John Heidemann</strong><br>


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<tr><th colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><pre class="menu-comment"> &mdash; The Detailed Node Listing &mdash;

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Basics

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