Use the Gingko App instead. It's even local these days. Whole tree of markdown in a single page,
Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
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Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#82I love this , and I wish I could use it, but I've moved to Firefox. You'd have an instant daily user right here if you released it in Firefox.
I made something kinda like this for Firefox for my own purposes, but less of a note-taking app, and more something just to write markdown in columns.
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I don't expect it to be bug-free because it is something I made somewhat haphazardly for myself.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#83For those using iCloud, another simple trick is to alias n='vim ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Notes.md' Then just type n to access your scratch pad. All nicely synced between devices.
Wait, so if I do this in macOS, do I get formatted notes when I sync them to my iPhone if I use markdown syntax?
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#84Serious question: does anyone regularly use a Markdown notes app/site/extension? I've seen this kind of thing appear a few times a year and, while they are cool and I like Markdown, I find I stop using them rather quickly in favor of things like the macOS Notes app or Slack because of things like convenience, ease of sharing, better search, more ease of mind that my notes won't one day disappear because of a side eff…
I try to minimize browser and extension use (I make my own "forks" and vet the code for every extension) so I take my notes using Emacs, placed in a sync folder.
Ease of sharing? I use text files (markdown) precisely because it is the most easily shared and portable format to store notes. As far as search, I have not seen anything come close to Emacs with its combination of regex grep, narrowing, and fuzzy FTS possibilities. Your whole org/markdown root folder can be a projectile project.
I agree with you, if you are taking notes for keeps, why use browser storage? Why not just save directly to a sync folder using your favorite editor?
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#85I like this. Could you guys add a mode that hides the right and bottom part and only shows the notes?
Also, popping up a Markdown cheatsheet via a shortcut would be dope for those who don't use the syntax often.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
They do it because they don't know about org mode
How am I supposed to read and edit my org mode notes from my Android device? Yes, I do in fact use Orgzly. For a very specific subset of notes it's fine. But for a long bit of documentation, no good editor exists on anything but a desktop / laptop. That is, nobody's reimplemented enough of Emacs on Android yet.
Org mode files are text files so you can edit them with any editor. Place them in a sync folder and if your sync client is any good it should be able to edit.
"Long bit of documentation"? Isn't it the device that's not suited? I sure wouldn't want to do a lot of typing on a handheld device. Emacs shortcuts should be fun.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#87Serious question: does anyone regularly use a Markdown notes app/site/extension? I've seen this kind of thing appear a few times a year and, while they are cool and I like Markdown, I find I stop using them rather quickly in favor of things like the macOS Notes app or Slack because of things like convenience, ease of sharing, better search, more ease of mind that my notes won't one day disappear because of a side eff…
I use IA Writer for my mac which is a great notes app that supports dropbox syncing, focus mode, etc and also offers markdown support.
Any editor supports syncing. Just save your files in your sync folder.
Alternatives: Caret, Typora, Emacs, Vim, VS Code.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#88> The code makes use of localStorage() to save the raw text and the time and date of when the edit has been made. Given that localStorage only has 5MiB available to it, you could try using the localForage library to have a localStorage-like API around IndexedDB, so that people can store even larger notes (you could even support storing pasted images as PNG blobs). Even better: is has automatic localForage fallback. A…
There is a very real problem with this extension that will upset people that use it. It’s using the window.localStorage object that will possibly be cleared out when the browser history gets erased. It asks for the storage permission in the manifest but does nothing with it. To the op, use chrome.localstorage() for any read and write operations(edit note that this is async)... that protects against clearing the history. If you plan on storing images you can just request the unlimitedStorage permission to get a full indexdb instance with the same simple api that is simple to use. (not sure if this perm is valid on chrome)
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#89Why would you use markdown to take notes? Markdown is designed to be displayed as rich-text (headings, lists, etc) after authoring. If you only ever view it in plaintext as an editor, what's the point?
Your presumption is that you only ever view them as plaintext. I author using plaintext, but one reason I use Markdown is that it is easy to make uniform looking notes. When I later view, especially longer ones, I do so rendered.
Even if you only did view them as plaintext, it sure is a handy format for a static blog generator in case you'd like to turn some of your notes into a blog post one day.
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#90I just use the papier chrome extension. Same exact thing except it actually displays styles and is easier to install. https://getpapier.com/
Not open source though, as far as I can tell. Also, and I know this is stupid, but any website this fancy for a simple extension makes me a bit suspicious.
That’s fine to be skeptical but they are a design and consulting firm. Makes sense that they could bang something nice out and if it’s popular the link back will help their seo and perhaps directly get them business.