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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

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Post by vesak »

danielvf wrote: post #5
dawnbreez wrote: post #2

Why 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 m…

1) Granted.

2) You can put your org file in Dropbox, all the mobile clients support that too.

3) Org-mode probably does this too.

4) Granted :)

5) orgzly for Android, beorg for ios.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

coldtea wrote: post #3
dawnbreez wrote: post #2

Why 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.

So, we're going to trade that for Electron and React-Native?

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by bschwindHN »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #12
coldtea wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why is this better than Orgmode? Not having to bother with Emacs is a huge plus.

So, we're going to trade that for Electron and React-Native?

I dunno, you could make your own better version?

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by strawcomb »

Jedd wrote: post #6

I'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 also use Keep and agree it's not ideal. Would be nice to easily export all the notes to file. Would be even nicer if could store and make changes to notes on local filesystem and have them sync to cloud, google drive style.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by divanvisagie »

dawnbreez wrote: post #2

Why 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.

Who said it was?

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by Jedd »

splike wrote: post #9
Jedd wrote: post #6

I'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.

I haven't heard of any of those! Forcing dot points for everything would be tiring. Clearly list-focused rather than note-focused, and that's okay. For tasks I use trello, and occasionally the separation between notes and tasks is a bit blurry. Ultimately long-term storage of knowledge is stored in my personal wiki, so the whole suite is not entirely seamless yet.

Typora looks like a lovely interface, but appears to be non-free, no support on mobile, not collaborative.

Re: Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

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Post by splike »

Jedd wrote: post #18
splike wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I haven't heard of any of those! Forcing dot points for everything would be tiring. Clearly list-focused rather than note-focused, and that's okay. For tasks I use trello, and occasionally the separation between notes and tasks is a bit blurry. Ultimately long-term storage of knowledge is stored in my personal wiki, so the whole suite is not entirely seamless yet. Typora looks like a lovely interface, but appears to…

I just wanted to point out Typora as a nice interface for a markdown editor, it's not really a note taking app.
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