Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
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Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#2Why is this better than Orgmode? Orgmode is human readable, opens in any text editor, handles everything from bullet points to tables, and Github even has a Markdown-like renderer for Orgmode files.
Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#3Why is this better than Orgmode? Orgmode is human readable, opens in any text editor, handles everything from bullet points to tables, and Github even has a Markdown-like renderer for Orgmode files.
>Why is this better than Orgmode?
Not having to bother with Emacs is a huge plus.
Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#4Why is this better than Orgmode? Orgmode is human readable, opens in any text editor, handles everything from bullet points to tables, and Github even has a Markdown-like renderer for Orgmode files.
Mobile?
EDIT:
There is a Android App - https://github.com/orgzly/orgzly-android
Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#5Why is this better than Orgmode? Orgmode is human readable, opens in any text editor, handles everything from bullet points to tables, and Github even has a Markdown-like renderer for Orgmode files.
First, it’s markdown based. That’s probably not an advantage for you, but it’s a syntax people are used too.
Secondly, syncing is built in. Sure you could use git on your org mode file, but that’s requires effort.
Thirdly, this handles attachments and images.
Fourth, the user does not have to learn EMacs.
Fifth, it runs on phones.
So it does have advantages for some people. If your already an orgmode master, it may mean less for you.
Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#6I've played with a bunch of note tools, but once you need collaborative and painless synchronisation across platforms, your options really shrink. (I ended up with Google Keep, but it's not ideal.)
As soon as we get Keybase FS on Android, this kind of tool becomes extremely interesting.
Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#7Why is this better than Orgmode? Orgmode is human readable, opens in any text editor, handles everything from bullet points to tables, and Github even has a Markdown-like renderer for Orgmode files.
The obvious advantage is that all platforms share the same code. As such it's easier to add new features.
While for org mode emacs, orgzly, etc are separate projects that have to be kept in sync
Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#8Since I can't test it right now:
Does this use some kind of database to store the notes?
The readme talks about syncing, including to the file system.
Why are the notes not simply stored as files in the first place? Would this not be much easier than constant exporting/importing to various providers?
Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#9I've played with a bunch of note tools, but once you need collaborative and painless synchronisation across platforms, your options really shrink. (I ended up with Google Keep, but it's not ideal.) As soon as we get Keybase FS on Android, this kind of tool becomes extremely interesting.
I'm using Dynalist, which is definitely an improvement over Google Keep, but I'm starting to find it quite restricting that everything has to be in bullet point lists. What I really want is something thats between Dynalist with its Zooming mechanism, and Typora with its super nice markdown editor.
Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal
#10Why is this better than Orgmode? Orgmode is human readable, opens in any text editor, handles everything from bullet points to tables, and Github even has a Markdown-like renderer for Orgmode files.
Outside of using emacs, which I don't, orgmode is rather useless in my experience and at some times even a major pain.
It should also not be forgotten that the project linked has some features in addition to just note-taking and to-do lists, so it's definitely not directly comparable either.