This patch disables the built-in zlib (which is old) and use system zlib
instead, it comments out code that causes DrawGrayText to hang 
(infinite loop), then fixes the Makefile by adding -lX11 and -lz to 
the build.

James 2014

diff -ur notecase-1.9.8/Makefile notecase-1.9.8-new/Makefile
--- notecase-1.9.8/Makefile	2008-12-09 17:07:06.000000000 +0700
+++ notecase-1.9.8-new/Makefile	2014-06-22 15:26:35.415208707 +0700
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 ifdef OSX_BUILD
  LDFLAGS=-Os -Wl -bind_at_load
 else
- LDFLAGS=-Os -Wl,--as-needed
+ LDFLAGS=-Os -Wl,--as-needed -lX11 -lz
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(NOKIA_MAEMO_BUILD),)
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@
 
 #
 # list of all objects to build (notecase dependencies)
-# WARNING: link can fail on Mingw if you put libz.a before IOLayerZlib.o (who dependes on libz.a)
 #
 
 OBJS= $(OBJ)/main.o $(OBJ)/support.o $(OBJ)/callbacks.o $(OBJ)/interface.o $(OBJ)/mru.o \
@@ -268,8 +267,7 @@
  $(OBJ)/IOLayerRedirect.o $(OBJ)/FileExportDlg.o $(OBJ)/FormatIOTxt.o $(OBJ)/FindReplaceDlg.o \
  $(OBJ)/FindReplaceInfo.o $(OBJ)/LinkInfo.o $(OBJ)/LinkPropertiesDlg.o $(OBJ)/ExecuteFile.o \
  $(OBJ)/FileSaveAsDlg.o $(OBJ)/CircularBuffer.o $(OBJ)/FormatIOMMLX.o \
- $(OBJ)/libz.a \
- $(OBJ)/ProgressDlg.o $(OBJ)/DocActionPix.o $(OBJ)/DocActionFinish.o $(OBJ)/DocActionFmt.o $(OBJ)/FmtInfo.o \
+  $(OBJ)/ProgressDlg.o $(OBJ)/DocActionPix.o $(OBJ)/DocActionFinish.o $(OBJ)/DocActionFmt.o $(OBJ)/FmtInfo.o \
  $(OBJ)/FileAttachmentDlg.o $(OBJ)/DocActionAtt.o $(OBJ)/PixPropertiesDlg.o $(OBJ)/DocActionFinishDel.o \
  $(OBJ)/ShortcutsList.o $(OBJ)/ShortcutsListDlg.o $(OBJ)/DateTimeDlg.o $(OBJ)/AboutDlg.o $(OBJ)/EditDlg.o \
  $(OBJ)/Thread.o
@@ -535,9 +533,6 @@
 $(OBJ)/DocActionFinishDel.o: $(GUIPATH)/DocActionFinishDel.cpp $(GUIPATH)/DocActionFinishDel.h
 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) -c $(GUIPATH)/DocActionFinishDel.cpp -o $(OBJ)/DocActionFinishDel.o $(GTKCFLAGS)
 	
-$(OBJ)/libz.a:
-	@cd ./src/lib/zlib/; $(MAKE); cp ./libz.a ../../../$(OBJ)/
-
 $(OBJ)/ShortcutsList.o: $(GUIPATH)/ShortcutsList.cpp $(GUIPATH)/ShortcutsList.h
 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) -c $(GUIPATH)/ShortcutsList.cpp -o $(OBJ)/ShortcutsList.o  $(GTKCFLAGS)
 
diff -ur notecase-1.9.8/src/callbacks.cpp notecase-1.9.8-new/src/callbacks.cpp
--- notecase-1.9.8/src/callbacks.cpp	2008-12-09 00:15:48.000000000 +0700
+++ notecase-1.9.8-new/src/callbacks.cpp	2014-06-22 15:23:31.515222010 +0700
@@ -6535,10 +6535,11 @@
 		cairo_destroy (cr);
 	}
 
-	GtkWidget *margin1   = lookup_widget(window1, "margin1");
-	gtk_widget_queue_draw(margin1);
-	GtkWidget *margin2   = lookup_widget(window1, "margin2");
-	gtk_widget_queue_draw(margin2);
+	//james: causes infinite loop, so disable
+	//GtkWidget *margin1   = lookup_widget(window1, "margin1");
+	//gtk_widget_queue_draw(margin1);
+	//GtkWidget *margin2   = lookup_widget(window1, "margin2");
+	//gtk_widget_queue_draw(margin2);
 #endif
 
 	return FALSE;	// propagate
diff -ur notecase-1.9.8/src/lib/IOLayerZlib.h notecase-1.9.8-new/src/lib/IOLayerZlib.h
--- notecase-1.9.8/src/lib/IOLayerZlib.h	2008-10-25 01:54:50.000000000 +0700
+++ notecase-1.9.8-new/src/lib/IOLayerZlib.h	2014-06-22 14:59:50.818658111 +0700
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #endif // _MSC_VER > 1000
 
 #include "IOLayerBase.h"
-#include "zlib/zlib.h"
+#include <zlib.h>
 
 class IOLayerZlib : public IOLayerBase
 {