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Ask HN: How do you prefer taking your notes?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you prefer taking your notes?
#12I use Vim for a few reasons: 1. It is fast to open. I can open a terminal and type `vim` and then `a` in about 1-2 seconds. This is useful because I'm often on a call when someone says something that suddenly seems profound, and I realize I should be taking notes that call. Using a terminal and Vim, I can open a buffer and start typing almost by the time the speaker finishes their sentence. 2. Key bindings. "Change i…
that sounds really exciting. I've been having #LearningVIM in my #Todo list since forever now. I tried using VSCode like sorts of vim (though its no replacement for vim) but don't you have the requirement for having the notes on the cloud? to be able to update it any time from any device? Thanks in advance.
When I worked at a company with the MS Suite, I used Box's auto sync on my `notes/` folder for this. Now I use Google Drive's sync, but I'm sure there's other solution for Dropbox or whatever your company uses. I knew a guy in grad school use just used `rsync` to automatically back up his folder in the same way, but I never learned set something like that up.
Re: Ask HN: How do you prefer taking your notes?
#13Haven't you ever had to create / take a new notes or edit an existing one on the go (on mobile devices)? if yes, how do/did you do that? If No, how come it is a 'No'?
Re: Ask HN: How do you prefer taking your notes?
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
that sounds really exciting. I've been having #LearningVIM in my #Todo list since forever now. I tried using VSCode like sorts of vim (though its no replacement for vim) but don't you have the requirement for having the notes on the cloud? to be able to update it any time from any device? Thanks in advance.
When I worked at a company with the MS Suite, I used Box's auto sync on my `notes/` folder for this. Now I use Google Drive's sync, but I'm sure there's other solution for Dropbox or whatever your company uses. I knew a guy in grad school use just used `rsync` to automatically back up his folder in the same way, but I never learned set something like that up.
Haven't you ever had to create / take a new notes or edit an existing one on the go (on mobile devices)? if yes, how do/did you do that? If No, how come it is a 'No'? (added this as a comment to the original question itself.)