13. A machine implemented method for effectuating in situ search for active note taking, comprising: receiving and recognizing a gesture from an input device identifying at least one inked text; generating an embeddable graphical object and associating the embeddable graphical object with the at least one handwritten script, the embeddable graphical object being associated with recognized query text and/or a number of results returned in response to the recognized query text and additional embeddable graphical objects, the additional embeddable graphical objects being associated with disparate functions; employing a tracking menu comprising: a scroll ring that receives pseudo-circular motion from the input device and translates the motion into vertical or horizontal scrolling in a focus application of a system manager window; a capture tool that allows a user to circumscribe an area of a display; a close box that dismisses the tracking menu; and a move handle for dragging the tracking menu to a new position, the tracking menu providing cross application functionality between disparate applications; digitizing and analyzing the at least one handwritten script; initiating a search with the digitized and analyzed at least one handwritten script to return results; coupling the results with the embeddable graphical object; and inserting the embeddable graphical object in close proximity to the at least one handwritten script.
13. A machine implemented method for effectuating in situ search for active note taking, comprising: receiving and recognizing a gesture from an input device identifying at least one inked text; generating an embeddable graphical object and associating the embeddable graphical object with the at least one handwritten script, the embeddable graphical object being associated with recognized query text and/or a number of results returned in response to the recognized query text and additional embeddable graphical objects, the additional embeddable graphical objects being associated with disparate functions; employing a tracking menu comprising: a scroll ring that receives pseudo-circular motion from the input device and translates the motion into vertical or horizontal scrolling in a focus application of a system manager window; a capture tool that allows a user to circumscribe an area of a display; a close box that dismisses the tracking menu; and a move handle for dragging the tracking menu to a new position, the tracking menu providing cross application functionality between disparate applications; digitizing and analyzing the at least one handwritten script; initiating a search with the digitized and analyzed at least one handwritten script to return results; coupling the results with the embeddable graphical object; and inserting the embeddable graphical object in close proximity to the at least one handwritten script. 14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising displaying a directional stroke labeled with a short textual description that indicates a permissible gesture.