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Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

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Post by 01100011 »

ravenstine wrote: post #21

Serious 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 guess I'm beholden to 'the man', but I just use google docs these days. I'm not really a fan of markdown. I'd rather write HTML than remember more syntax. Before Google Docs, I just used text files.

Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

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Post by markdoubleyou »

kqr wrote: post #76
dotancohen wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I have heard rumours that one can get Emacs up and running fairly well in Termux, but I haven't explored it personally yet. Orgzly is good enough for most of my Android Org needs.

Yes, emacs runs very well under termux, complete with swipe to scroll.

For typing, Termux's "extra keys row" makes ctrl and meta combinations possible with your favorite keyboard: https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Touch_Keyboard

...or you can just use Hacker's Keyboard (but I find it too cramped).

Git also runs fine under termux if that's what you use to sync your org file.

Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

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Post by crooked-v »

ravenstine wrote: post #21

Serious 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 the desktop apps Quiver and Highland 2 regularly, but both produce files that are just fancy wrappers around what's ultimately accessible file formats if the companies die (macOS package folders with .md or .json contents and image files alongside).

Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

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Post by stockkid »

ravenstine wrote: post #21

Serious 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…

For the similar reasons I don't really use markdown notes apps. Instead I write all important notes to Evernote despite it being rather heavy weight.

When I do use markdown note apps is if I want to quickly jot down an idea or what I just learned. Four months ago I shared this technique with HN [0].

If I were to adopt a markdown app to use regularly, an important factor would be that it is open source. The reason is that, like you, I'd be worried about losing data due to a developer be mistake. Granted, something like Evernote is not open source, but I'm less worried about losing data.

[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16357917

Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

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Post by dotancohen »

erikbye wrote: post #86
dotancohen wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The point of that if The text is to be edited in a general purpose text editor, I would rather it be in Markdown. Org mode is pretty useless as a format outside emacs proper.

Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

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Post by dejawu »

ravenstine wrote: post #21

Serious 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 built my own because I got fed up with Evernote:

https://nanote.co

The most valuable thing hasn't been any individual feature (though those are nice since I can tailor them to me) but rather the fact that if I don't like the way it works, I can just pop the hood and change it myself.

Been using it for about three years now.

Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

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Post by asadlionpk »

LyndsySimon wrote: post #19
whowouldathunk wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You realize that all of Pride and Prejudice is ~280KB, right? http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342 :)

Even so, I often store images within my online notes. Linking out to them is one option, but of course means that my notes would be dependent upon a third party host. Being able to paste image blobs into the document and store them with the text would be an advantage if I were to want to use this.

I don't think you can paste images into a Markdown editor.

Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown

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Post by vanderZwan »

asadlionpk wrote: post #98
LyndsySimon wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even so, I often store images within my online notes. Linking out to them is one option, but of course means that my notes would be dependent upon a third party host. Being able to paste image blobs into the document and store them with the text would be an advantage if I were to want to use this.

I don't think you can paste images into a Markdown editor.

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