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Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Re: Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Post by xeo84 »

mikerathbun wrote: post #24

I am constantly looking for a good notes app. I have been a paying Evernote user for years and I really like it. The only problem is the formatting. I take a lot of pride in formatting my notes and like it to look a certain way depending on the content. Markdown is definitely the way I want to go which Evernote has promised in the past but still hasn't delivered. That said note of the buttons on Laverna seem to work…

Have you tried Bear Notes? I switched from Evernote last year and made my life easier.

Re: Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Post by rileytg »

dasyatidprime wrote: post #21
zachlatta wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

org-mode's format sucks, is only partially supported outside of Emacs, and is on its way out. org-mode is only any good if you're using the full power of it (tasks, agenda, etc), which is buying into a system that's soon going away.

How do you mean “on its way out”? Do you just mean that people searching for new organizational software nowadays are decreasingly likely to choose it?

small example: mobile client for ios is kinda bunk

Re: Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Post by rileytg »

dasyatidprime wrote: post #21
zachlatta wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

org-mode's format sucks, is only partially supported outside of Emacs, and is on its way out. org-mode is only any good if you're using the full power of it (tasks, agenda, etc), which is buying into a system that's soon going away.

How do you mean “on its way out”? Do you just mean that people searching for new organizational software nowadays are decreasingly likely to choose it?

small example: mobile client for ios is kinda bunk

Re: Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Post by rileytg »

dasyatidprime wrote: post #21
zachlatta wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

org-mode's format sucks, is only partially supported outside of Emacs, and is on its way out. org-mode is only any good if you're using the full power of it (tasks, agenda, etc), which is buying into a system that's soon going away.

How do you mean “on its way out”? Do you just mean that people searching for new organizational software nowadays are decreasingly likely to choose it?

small example: mobile client for ios is kinda bunk

Re: Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Post by virmundi »

bunkydoo wrote: post #27

I'm still using paper over here, nothing seems to do it for me on the computer. Paper is great, and paper is king.

I'm working on that too. Paper is king. Unfortunately my paper king has multiple fiefdoms strewn throughout my house and office. Sadly his territory span not just space, but time. There are unsearchable notes in books that cover years. I need to move the kingdom into the digital age.

Re: Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Post by jxramos »

nlawalker wrote: post #15
zachlatta wrote: post #6

I've given up on using any sort of branded app for notetaking. At best it's open source and the maintainers will lose interest in a few years. When you write things down, you're investing in your future. It's silly to use software that isn't making that same investment. After trying Evernote, wikis, org-mode, and essentially everything else I could find, I gave up and tried building my own system for notes. Plain tim…

I tried to do this, but I missed a lot of the convenient features and flexibility of OneNote too much and made my way back to it. OneNote is proprietary, with a proprietary file format, but at least it's "self hosted" (your notes live in concrete files you control, not in a service), and it's got a lot of nice features that make it a joy to use.

I've been curious about entering into OneNote. I liked the brief experience I had using the Android app. I've been using Google Keep, but I hit a tag limit (50 tags max) that really soured my taste for it since I write about so many different subjects I'd like arbitrary tagging. I need to learn more about the organizing structure OneNote permits.

Re: Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Post by yborg »

TheGRS wrote: post #37
bunkydoo wrote: post #27

I'm still using paper over here, nothing seems to do it for me on the computer. Paper is great, and paper is king.

Much like the wicked witch of the west though, the paper king is easily destroyed by water.

Or fire. Or wind. Good earth resistance, +1 if clay coat.

Re: Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy

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Post by lars_francke »

yeasayer wrote: post #10

One of the biggest use cases of Evernote for me – OCR notes with search. All my important checks, slips and papers are going there. It's seems that Laverna doesn't have this feature. So it's not an alternative for me.

This is what I'm missing from all alternatives. I do the same as you: Scan everything I receive. I rarely use it to take notes.

OneNote is the only one that I think that has this as well.

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