Auto notes

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A system to automatically fill 1-9 as pencil marks in all open cells. In effect 
the opposite of 
the clear notes button.

It takes several minutes to lay the board out the way I solve these puzzles, it 
would be a 
great time saver and make the process more enjoyable.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by smoke.ea...@gmail.com on 21 Aug 2009 at 4:07

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New "Fill in notes" menu item will be added in 0.6.3. I'm planning to release 
this
version next week.

Original comment by romario...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2009 at 6:54

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Issue 19 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by romario...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2009 at 6:55

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I tested this feature yesterday evening. For me it's almost a spoiler for the 
game. 
Just click this option in the menu and you'll fastly fill your grid after that. 
If 
blocked just press "Fill the notes" again and don't worry to search on the grid 
anymore. I divide the time needed for a sudoku by 3, could be annoying if you 
challenge your friends :) This should be noted in the time result no? (Like 
"Fill 
notes option used X times...").

Original comment by pierre.h...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2009 at 7:52

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OK, I agree this can spoil game a little (especially for beginners). However I
suppose it can remove pain on harder puzzles - on some of these this notes 
filling
takes substantial amount of time and is not really funny.

I need more user feedback on this. For now I've removed this option from 0.6.3 
and I
will consider including it again in next version. If you need this feature, you 
can
download version of OpenSudoku with auto-notes enabled here:
http://opensudoku-android.googlecode.com/files/OpenSudoku-0.6.3-with-auto-notes.
apk

Original comment by romario...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2009 at 6:12

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Autofilling all possibles isn't what I was looking for. Just an ability to auto 
add 1-9 in all boxes. Let me 
1work out the possibles from there. 

What I normally do is fill 1-9 in all boxes then go back and remove the ones 
that can't work. 

This is useful, but makes it way too easy.

Original comment by smoke.ea...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2009 at 3:21

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Love the auto notes feature. I would love to see it become part of the public 
version, or at least 
something that can be downloaded as a separate download with each version. Yes, 
it can spoil the very 
easy games, but it makes the harder games much more fun to play.

Original comment by LutzR...@gmail.com on 2 Oct 2009 at 7:07

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For now I've uploaded version with auto-notes here:
http://opensudoku-android.googlecode.com/files/OpenSudoku-0.7.1-04-with-auto-not
es.apk.

I'm going to include it in some future version.

Original comment by romario...@gmail.com on 6 Oct 2009 at 6:32

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Original comment by romario...@gmail.com on 11 Oct 2009 at 7:53

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New version:
http://opensudoku-android.googlecode.com/files/OpenSudoku-1.0.0-09-with-auto-not
es.apk

Original comment by romario...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2009 at 8:01

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Which version of "auto notes" did you implement - the one that fills in all 9 
numbers
or the one that fills in the only possibilities for that cell?

Also, is this done for only a single cell or for all open cells in the puzzle? 

Original comment by greg.tho...@earthlink.net on 28 Apr 2010 at 4:23

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Here are my thoughts on this feature. Once a player is passed the beginner 
stage, filling out notes 
becomes a very tedious process. For harder  puzzles auto notes saves time 
without detracting from the 
difficulty. I just recently moved to android from winmo which had a very nice 
sudoku client. Some of the 
features the I miss are: auto notes (addition and removal), selected note and 
number coloring, and on 
the fly puzzle generation. Otherwise, this is my favorite android client so 
far. But, what about the idea of 
disabling this feature by default and having a setting to turn it on, like 
advanced mode, or something? 

Original comment by colin.e....@gmail.com on 3 May 2010 at 10:20

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This feature can now be enabled in game settings.

Original comment by romario...@gmail.com on 30 May 2010 at 5:09

• Changed state: Fixed