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Rdex is a freeform database. Use it to store addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, online ids, recipes, or a million other pieces of Miscellaneous information. It is based on the idea of a Cardfile—like a Rolodex. Just click "New Card," copy and paste (or type in) some info and click save. Simple! Later, you can search for any text contained in the card and the card will be displayed. Just type the word you are searching for into the search box at the top.
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Rdex were readily available a while back but seem to have gone out of fashion recently. I have found this to be a very useful way of keeping info over the years. So when my old 16-bit cardfile finally bit the dust, and I couldn't find a replacement, I wrote one—
Rdex.
Rdex has the same look and feel as my old cardfile app—Quickdex for Windows, by Stellar Software.
Brief Instructions
To create a new card, click on the "New" button, press , or select "Card/New Card" from the menu. Just copy and paste text into the card. If you want to make the "List View" function meaningful, use the first line of the card as a title.
To find a card, type a string in the Search box and press . Search strings are not case sensitive. Press again to find the next occurrence or to find the previous one. If the search string is blank, you simply jump to the next (or previous) card.
You can get a "list" of the first lines of cards that contain the text in the Search box by pressing or selecting from the menu. Double-clicking on an item in the list, or selecting an item (with the mouse or arrow keys) and pressing displays the card.
You can delete a card by pressing the "Delete" button, pressing , or selecting "Card/Delete Card" from the menu.
To open a new file, press the "Open" button or select "File/Open..." from the menu. If you make any changes don't forget to save your file by pressing the "Save.....
