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Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by fabiospampinato »

avinassh wrote: post #29

What exactly is the attachments feature and how does it work? And how are these saved? Also, what do you mean by 'no WYSIWYG'? Since you render ir in Github Flavoured MD?

> What exactly is the attachments feature and how does it work? And how are these saved?

You select some files to add to your notes and they get copied to your data directory, a reference to them is also added to the note using Markdown front matter.

> Also, what do you mean by 'no WYSIWYG'? Since you render ir in Github Flavoured MD?

The rendered note is not the editor, the editor let's you actually edit the source. Most other apps instead combine the too and make no distinction between the source and the rendered result, at least as far as the user is concerned.

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by fabiospampinato »

boramalper wrote: post #30

I used Typora https://typora.io/ > this year for my lecture notes and Notable lacks two crucial features that the former has: 1) LaTeX math support (i.e. MathJax). Being able to write inline formulas and using `align`, `table` etc. is a must in certain fields. 2) Notes in custom directory. Currently it seems that all your notes will be stored in your data directory, whereas I'd like to save my notes (and its assets)…

> 1) LaTeX math support

I'll probably add this with the next release, on the first release I focused on the features I'm personally interested in.

> 2) Notes in custom directory

That's actually supported, your notes can be stored anywhere, that's really the main feature of Notable, that it's just a pretty frontend for a directory containing your notes, the directory can be set arbitrarily and changed later on.

Btw I'm versioning my Notable notes and attachments (which Typora doesn't support) via git too, the data directory is just a regular directory.

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by shscs911 »

My only issue with Notable is the absence of an Android app and sync across devices. I'd love to use it as my daily driver, if not for these features. Really love your UI. I'm currently using Joplin " rel="nofollow">https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/>

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by writepub »

Why is "No WYSIWYG" your stated goal? Unless your target is an audience of developers, WYSIWYG is making Microsoft a cool $30B/year. Also, Typora - possibly the most popular markdown editor, is WYSIWYG.

Shameless plug: Please try https://writepubapp.github.io/download/

It is a WYSIWYG Markdown editor with built-in git, without having to learn either.

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by fabiospampinato »

shscs911 wrote: post #33

My only issue with Notable is the absence of an Android app and sync across devices. I'd love to use it as my daily driver, if not for these features. Really love your UI. I'm currently using Joplin " rel="nofollow">https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/>

You can kind of get both today if you put your data directory inside Dropbox and then edit your notes with any available text editor. It's definitely not the same thing though.

Maybe I will make a mobile app for this in the future.

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by fabiospampinato »

writepub wrote: post #34

Why is "No WYSIWYG" your stated goal? Unless your target is an audience of developers, WYSIWYG is making Microsoft a cool $30B/year. Also, Typora - possibly the most popular markdown editor, is WYSIWYG. Shameless plug: Please try https://writepubapp.github.io/download/ It is a WYSIWYG Markdown editor with built-in git, without having to learn either.

My target audience is myself, and I don't want a WYSIWYG editor.

If I were to sell the app maybe I would have gone fore a WYSIWYG editor as well.

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by avinassh »

fabiospampinato wrote: post #32
boramalper wrote: post #30

I used Typora https://typora.io/ > this year for my lecture notes and Notable lacks two crucial features that the former has: 1) LaTeX math support (i.e. MathJax). Being able to write inline formulas and using `align`, `table` etc. is a must in certain fields. 2) Notes in custom directory. Currently it seems that all your notes will be stored in your data directory, whereas I'd like to save my notes (and its assets)…

> 1) LaTeX math support I'll probably add this with the next release, on the first release I focused on the features I'm personally interested in. > 2) Notes in custom directory That's actually supported, your notes can be stored anywhere, that's really the main feature of Notable, that it's just a pretty frontend for a directory containing your notes, the directory can be set arbitrarily and changed later on. Btw I'…

> Btw I'm versioning my Notable notes and attachments (which Typora doesn't support) via git too, the data directory is just a regular directory.

that is interesting. How does it handle sync and merge between git repositories?

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by buckysock »

fabiospampinato wrote: post #28
stephenr wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the app isn't bloated > I can bear the start-up latency and the RAM usage as long as app is overall quick after that. Error. Does not compute.

There's the bloat of apps like Notion.so giving you a calendar and a kanban board, and there's the bloat of the apps that use 100mb of ram more than the optimal. I can bear the latter, not the former.

Notion was so bloated it barely worked on my iphone 6+. Insta-deleted.

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by zimpenfish »

fabiospampinato wrote: post #24
someguydave wrote: post #23

Quiver is a pretty awesome open format note-taking application with an iOS app (read-only): http://happenapps.com/

I'm not so sure about the "open format" part. Quiver stores notes in .qvnote, which I wouldn't call open. They have "Quiver Notebooks", where in Notable notebooks are just special tags, which are stored as Markdown front matter. IMHO Quiver is somewhat weird, they have a concept of "cells", you write Markdown inside a "Markdown Cell", there also a "Text" cell, a "LaTeX" cell etc. IMHO this complicates things unnecess…

> Quiver stores notes in .qvnote, which I wouldn't call open.

From the Quiver site:

> Quiver doesn’t lock you in. It stores data in a well-documented plain JSON format.

Which is fairly open, I feel.

Re: Show HN: Notable – A Markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck

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Post by drannex »

fabiospampinato wrote: post #21
cooljyo wrote: post #14

does it have iPhone support too

Unfortunately there are no mobile apps for Notable, but you could put your notes into Dropbox and edit them using any of the already existing text editors.

Why couldn't you repackage this for diy "server" usage and ensure that it's mobile friendly? That would solve that problem.
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