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Post by crazygringo » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 7:08 PM UTC

kevindamm wrote: post #48

crazygringo wrote: post #34

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I do too. I've been wondering if there's some short JavaScript I could add to retrieve text from local storage when loaded, and update local storage after every change. Not so it persists for months, but just so it survives a tab close or a browser restart.

EDIT: mm, localStorage API is disabled inside data URLs, understandably There are local-first file based solutions (like classic TiddlyWiki) that could work for you,.. but at that point maybe you meant to open your favorite text editor or IDE. I kind of like that this simple solution always opens a scratch buffer and I have to put it somewhere else to save it (never saved accidentally). It also keeps the source forma…

Post by swah » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 7:53 PM UTC

Post by hailruda » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 8:01 PM UTC

James_K wrote: post #54

hailruda wrote: post #11

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>without the hassle of creating new notes or organizing folders Have you missed this part?

So to avoid the hassle of organising folders, you create an editor with only a single folder that has 8 files in it? I can replicate this in a normal text editor by simply using only one folder with 8 files in it. For advanced CLI users, an even simpler (and arguably better) solution to this problem exists: vim notes/"$(date -Iminutes)".txt # author a new note vim notes/"$(ls notes | tac | sed 8q)" # edit the 8 most…

Post by jdshaffer » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 11:49 PM UTC

kevindamm wrote: post #20

ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #5

What I really miss right now is a chrome extension that replaces the new tab page with a note taking space. I used to use an extension called papier that had a simple interface, just the right amount of configurability and a beautiful design (particularly good color schemes). The extension got removed because of its incompatibility with the new manifest V3. The current alternatives are either too involved with too mu…

I use a variation of this as a bookmarklet, perhaps you'll find it useful: data:text/html, You could probably set that as the URL of your home page to get the behavior you described. I add a style="height:100%" in the HTML tag so that clicking anywhere puts focus on it for editing. You could add other styling and initial content as desired.

Post by shelled » Tue, Apr 01, 2025, 3:51 AM UTC

freetonik wrote: post #32

shelled wrote: post #26

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I was able to use nv (nvALT was a fork) before the development stopped and people slowly figured out it stopped. The website is still up https://notational.net and the last binary is still up for download. It worked for a crazy long time as it was. I am not sure but iirc there were some "stability" patches, in the original nv, or not. Then nvALT also stopped and then Brett started on something else and that kinda too…

I just downloaded nvALT on Sonoma (14.3), and it runs, but looks a bit funky. The styling of some elements is slightly broken, but does not seem to affect the functionality. I haven't tested all the features though. >Now I just try to use something that lets me keep notes in a folder and use it but then iOS becomes a mess unless I use iCloud I didn't quite understand: do you want an app that syncs to iOS but not via…