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Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by andrem »

svat wrote: post #223
andrem wrote: post #209

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Second the notion of goodnotes and the pen. The one feature that really is quite significant is being able to move hand written text around using the lasso tool. So you write something, circle it and move it to the right spot. If your brain works in chaotic ways at times it is such a cool feature to just write/dump everything and then order it later. Also excellent for drawing diagrams and mockups and all kinds of ot…

Does this need a special pen/pencil/stylus? Apple Pencil?

I am using an Apple Pencil. Not sure if 3rd party pencils work.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by achow »

Two favorites:

1. Google Keep: For light weight temporary note taking - grocery items, during travel - hotel addresses, rental details etc. Where lighting quick sync is needed between web and mobile interface, for transferring data between my laptop and mobile.

2. Microsoft OneNote: For heavy duty archival note taking, where font formatting, picture and document embedding is a necessity. Which should be also available on mobile, but quick sync is not necessary.

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Post by GuB-42 »

This is a bit of a special case but my note taking app of choice is squid/papyrus.

Unlike all the other text based alternatives this is virtual paper. It is best used with a device with a stylus (ex: Galaxy Note). The advantage is an infinite size canevas, and a high level of zoom.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by jgrpf »

Though rather focused on todos, I use Taskwarrior with taskd deployed to a VPS. On mobile I use it inside Termux. For code snippets I wrote an interactive CLI that supports shell hooks which pushes changes into a Git repository automatically. Quite a nice combination for my shell-centric workflow.

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Post by perilunar »

mosselman wrote: post #181

Apple Notes is great. The only feature I wish it had is markdown or an easy way to make code blocks, but all of its other features make up for missing it. I have used many other options, but Notes works best.

I like Apple Notes too. I wish table editing was a bit better, but the only thing that really annoys me is that the color scheme is not editable. Orange for hyperlinks sucks.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by manish_gill »

dfl__ wrote: post #174
garren wrote: post #116

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I've found myself doing this as well. I really appreciate the way Sublime Text persists unsaved files without having to give it any thought. I've kept a "scratch.txt" doc open with various notes and hints forever.

same, and also PlainTasks, which is the only tofo list working for me: https://github.com/aziz/PlainTasks

+1 for PlainTasks. I use it exclusively to maintain my TODO lists now.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software?

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Post by Fnoord »

swebs wrote: post #204
raverbashing wrote: post #149

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It works, but it doesn't sync to mobile devices

You could save them to a directory that NextCloud is watching.

Interestingly, Nextcloud/Owncloud has its own note taking app [1]. Android versions on F-Droid [2] [3]. Its also available in Play Store.

[1] https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/notes

[2] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/it.niedermann.owncloud.notes...

[3] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.aykit.MyOwnNotes/

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