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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 spac »

reacharavindh wrote: post #36

I'm currently using Apple Notes on my Mac and iPhone. It works just great! It synchronises perfectly I can drag and drop images to it, no problem. Cmd + C, Cmd + V, Cmd + B, Cmd + I all work as expected. I can even add to-do lists and cross out "Done" I think it even supports tables, But I don't use them. Export as PDF, html, airdrop, email whatever, works easily What doesn't work: If I ever get out of Apple ecosyste…

The biggest con for me is that it's impossible to reliably observe what incremental changes are made by collaborators on a shared note.

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

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Post by jubes »

Just installed (https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v0.10....) on Windows 7. Went straight into Options to see what's what...noted that geo-location of notes is on by default and wasn't able to switch this off. I know generally where I am when I take notes...I don't need this on by default. Uninstalled.

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

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Post by mthink »

Philipp__ wrote: post #53

Currently I am very happy with my note taking setup, it consists of 3 modules: 1. Black Moleskine notebook where I write down ideas, and explain myself some complicated code for example. I use it more as a "mind-organiser" if I may say so... 2. Emacs' org-mode, where I write down my dev. progress on weekly level, lay down monthly plans and goals and write down some of the random stuff that I like to order into lists.…

I love org-mode, though I struggle with emacs itself. Can you give me an example of how you layout your weekly org mode so that it interacts with beorg well?

I've used the format for a year where each day was a heading:

* Task1 with notes if needed Task2

and it does not work great with beorg.

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

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Post by adrianmonk »

gameofthrowaway wrote: post #90

Side question: why did you name the application Joplin? (My hometown is Joplin, MO and I'm curious if you're also from or living there.) My other two guesses for its etymology are Janis Joplin and Scott Joplin.

Not the author here, but my guess is that it's named after the composer since the software deals with notes.

Also, though Scott Joplin's ragtime musical style has a lot in common with some very informal music, his own approach was more educated, sophisticated, and precise. Every note was in its place for a reason, and he was known to prefer his pieces to be performed exactly as written. So you could say that compared to the people who came before him, his notes were more organized.

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

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Post by dawnbreez »

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?

Sublime Text has an orgmode plugin, as does Vim.

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

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Post by laurent123456 »

jubes wrote: post #102

Just installed ( https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/download/v0.10.... ) on Windows 7. Went straight into Options to see what's what...noted that geo-location of notes is on by default and wasn't able to switch this off. I know generally where I am when I take notes...I don't need this on by default. Uninstalled.

There's a weird bug at the moment in the Option screen - if you click on a checkbox, the change is registered but the checkbox will still appear as ticked (That can be verified by exiting the Option screen and going back to it). So if you disable geo-location and for example auto-update that should already work.

The Option screen display issue will be fixed in the next release. The backend of these apps is quite reliable (I've never lost a synced note for instance), but there are quite a few ugly bugs like this one in the front end. That's in part because I wasn't planning to release this officially just yet (it got picked up somehow by omgubuntu and then here).

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