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Why oh why do people still write standard GUI applications in non-portable platform ?! Its a mystery to me
The more I read about different applications, the more I think you can't understand them unless you look at the underlying data format. Here's Quiver's: https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Quiver-Data-Format It's . . . really good. Like, _really_ good. I particularly like that they keep the metadata and the content of the note separate. This is the same thing Camlistore does, and it's nice for version control b…
Small flaw though. It only runs on OS-X. I might give it a shot if they decide to support linux. Note: I was being sarcastic when I said small.
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If ReSharper was called "The Programmer's Refactoring Suite" or if Visual Studio were called "The Programmer's IDE" I would see your point. I'm not simply referring to the decision to target a particular platform. That's fine. There's nothing wrong with having a narrow focus. But please stop pretending it's anything but a narrow focus.
In what way does ReSharper or Visual Studio communicate Windows only?
The issue with 'The Programmer's Notebook' is that the expectation is set at something like 'This is a notebook that will be generally useful for many types of programmers'. It's like the Physician's Desktop Reference. The name implies that it will be of general usefulness to anyone in that particular field.
So when I see the title 'The Programmer's Notebook', the expectation is that it will be something useful for all types of programming (embedded, linux, bsd, web, native desktop, rtos, etc).
Then the expectation is crushed because it's only usable if you have an apple device. That means a large swath of 'programmers' (whom this notebook is apparently supposed to be for) are not going to have access to it. Thus the whole thesis of the title is invalid. It's not the programmer's notebook, because many/most programmers are not going to be able to use it.
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The originator of the notebook UI is Mathematica if I recall correctly. You can try the web version at [1] - it doesn't quite have the elegance of the desktop one, but is a much better notebook than Jupyter in my experience. [1]: https://lab.open.wolframcloud.com/app/view/newNotebook?ext=n...
I think MPW (the original Mac IDE from Apple) in 1985 can claim prior art on the notebook UI
The more I read about different applications, the more I think you can't understand them unless you look at the underlying data format. Here's Quiver's: https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Quiver-Data-Format It's . . . really good. Like, _really_ good. I particularly like that they keep the metadata and the content of the note separate. This is the same thing Camlistore does, and it's nice for version control b…
[0] https://ipython.org/ipython-doc/3/notebook/nbformat.html
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The more I read about different applications, the more I think you can't understand them unless you look at the underlying data format. "Show me your flowchart and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowchart; it'll be obvious." — Fred Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month
That quote deserves to be in stone.
I've been using this for a couple months after having become annoyed with Evernote always pestering me to move to their paid model. I was able to import all my Evernote content very easily. I love the ability to use Markdown to take notes and the support for VIM commands in code blocks is nice. The only thing I miss from Evernote is access from my iOS devices.
Can you give a quick "steps taken" to migrate your notes? I'm gettign fed up with Evernote too, particularly the awful syncing (conflicts mainly).
Excellent stuff!
Org-mode is better !
Edit: Just realize that it is something specific to emacs. No further information necessary.