How to import your old Google Reader RSS subscriptions

1. Download your Google Reader data

1. Login and download your Google Reader data via Google Takeout (until July 15, 2013)
2. Click Create Archive -> Download
3. Unpack the downloaded *-takeout.zip archive (it should contain subscriptions.xml file)

2. Import the data (XML, OPML) into Makagiga

• Launch Makagiga
• Right-click and select menu Import -> Import Feed List
  
• Find and select the Reader/subscriptions.xml file then click Import to finish
  

New plugin: Wiki Tools 0.9 Beta

Wiki Tools allows you to preview and test a raw wiki text used in various editable websites, such as Wikipedia.

How it works?

1. Click menu -> Tools -> Add or Remove Plugins -> Get More Plugins... and install Wiki Tools plugin. Restart Makagiga.
2. Create a new "Notepad" item
3. Type some wiki text
4. Press F4 and select Wiki from the Preview list
5. Type more text and the preview will update automagically! :)

The plugin uses Java Wikipedia API (Bliki engine) for parsing and converting Wiki syntax to HTML.

How-To: Markup Preview Plugin

This new plugin allows you to preview/validate Markdown and BB Code text on-the-fly. Just create or open existing Notepad item, type some text, and press F4 :)

Note: Requires Makagigia 3.8.1+

Wallpaper support (aka background image)

Note: This feature will be available in version 3.7.3 Beta. You can test the Alpha version here: http://makagiga.sourceforge.net/playground/latest/

How-to

1. Right-click on the Widgets background
2. Select "Settings" from the context menu
3. Select wallpaper image and click OK

Screenshot

"Air" wallpaper from KDE4 + "Drop Shadow" plugin

Customizable "Nimbus" color

Note: This feature will be available in version 3.7.3 Beta. You can test the Alpha version here: http://makagiga.sourceforge.net/playground/latest/

How-to

1. Goto menu -> Tools -> Settings
2. Click the "Look And Feel" tab
3. Select "(Nimbus)" item from the list (this requires Java (1.)6.0 Update 10 or later)
4. Click the "Settings" button on the right, select your favorite color, and restart Makagiga

Screenshot

"Pressed" OK button

Console: A simple Calculator

Upcoming v3.6 includes a new JavaScript Expression evaluator.

How To

1. Open the Console (Ctrl+Shift+K, Tools -> Console)
2. Type the following command (equal sign first): =<JavaScript Expression>

Example 1 - basic expression

=2+2

Example 2 - variables

=foo=15; 1337*(42+foo)

foo is a user defined variable (type =foo to display its value).

See all JavaScript Operators.

Password Protection and Encryption

Password Based Encryption (PBE) allows you to protect particular files with password. This feature will be available in version 3.5 Beta.

How to

1. Open "Properties" dialog for the file you want to encrypt.

2. Click "Set Password..." to change or set a new password. If the file is already encrypted you will be asked for the current/old password.

3. Click "OK" to encrypt file.

Limitations

Due to security reasons the following features are disabled for encrypted files: Searching by file content, Tasks in the Summary panel and Alarms, Thumbnail preview, Previous files versions, Image preloader.

Supported Files

It is possible to encrypt the following file types: Notepad, To-Do List, Link, and Images.