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Re: Show HN: MindForger Markdown IDE – Autolinking, MathJax Menu and CSV Export

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Post by SeriousM »

T-A wrote: post #5
antoineMoPa wrote: post #2

Refreshing to see a desktop app here not built with electron!

But a bit odd that running it on Windows requires WSL + an X server. It's built with Qt, should be easy enough to make cross-platform.

Maybe you could help the dev to do that?

Re: Show HN: MindForger Markdown IDE – Autolinking, MathJax Menu and CSV Export

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Post by frou_dh »

letientai299 wrote: post #6

On one hand, it's so nice to have a proper IDE support for markdown and mathjax. But on the other hand, since when Markdown become so complicated that it needs a fully featured IDE?

It's not Markdown the format that's complicated here, it's finding effective mechanisms for recall and association in very large collections of notes

Re: Show HN: MindForger Markdown IDE – Autolinking, MathJax Menu and CSV Export

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Post by bthallplz »

knight17 wrote: post #4

One of the things I like about wikis is the concept of backlinks [1]. I currently use TW5 (TiddlyWiki) for my 700+ notes and I always find something that I have written but have forgotten ever writing those down. From the screenshoots it appears like MindForger has this feature and I am glad they chose to implement it. Very few note taking software seem to implement it these days. The ability to see the relationship…

Semi-unrelated: I am very eager to see how well MindForger can be used with my TiddlyWikis. Prior to now seeing MindForger, TiddlyWiki was the only thing I'd describe as being close to being an IDE for the mind, and the possibilities of such excites me greatly.

I like that MindForger might be useful for reading documents, not just writing them.

Re: Show HN: MindForger Markdown IDE – Autolinking, MathJax Menu and CSV Export

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Post by velobro »

tarboreus wrote: post #15

The people cried out for Org Mode, taking strange convolutions on their search for the one true path https://orgmode.org/

Starting to become a bit annoying how orgmode is immediately linked whenever a notes app is posted on HN.

Emacs is a beast of a program in the same way Vim is. One has to sit down, bear through the pain, and force themself to be slow as hell while they "learn" the program. This culminates in a experience that arguably is only slightly better than something that a person can get immediately through installing any other modern notes app.

A majority of people don't want to have to do that.

Re: Show HN: MindForger Markdown IDE – Autolinking, MathJax Menu and CSV Export

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Post by tarboreus »

velobro wrote: post #16
tarboreus wrote: post #15

The people cried out for Org Mode, taking strange convolutions on their search for the one true path https://orgmode.org/

Starting to become a bit annoying how orgmode is immediately linked whenever a notes app is posted on HN. Emacs is a beast of a program in the same way Vim is. One has to sit down, bear through the pain, and force themself to be slow as hell while they "learn" the program. This culminates in a experience that arguably is only slightly better than something that a person can get immediately through installing any othe…

"Hey, people reinventing the wheel! There's a wheel over here!"

I could see how that would be annoying. But, really, there's a wheel over here. I do appreciate the wiki-oriented approach, though...if this can help with that, more power.

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