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Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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This is a wonderful looking project, thanks for making it open source! I am thinking of forking it for my own side-project and contributing to the development if possible. As other commenters already noted, the UI/UX of the app will need some work. Just some initial thoughts: - Organisation of the notes is cumbersome: it wasn't clear to me what is meant with a note and a section, and how to actually start writing (I…

Here's vekker's list without the formatting: * Organisation of the notes is cumbersome: it wasn't clear to me what is meant with a note and a section, and how to actually start writing (I would expect to be able to start writing right away rather than first creating a notebook/section/note, choosing a title, etc...) * I would like to tag my notes à la Evernote, and filter notes based on this. * Speaking of searching/…

Thank you very much! The original list was almost unreadable on my smartphone.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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Does this use NodeIntegration? I'm kinda paranoid with Electron apps these days...

Nope. The client is on its own. The only connection to node is in preload.ts, but that's a one-way relationship. Have a read of https://github.com/MicroPad/Electron/blob/master/main.ts if you're interested.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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I like the idea of it being non-linear.

In terms of features, being able to paste an image (e.g. like pasting into a github comment, or into a gdoc) would be great. I find I use screenshots into the clipboard more than saving to a file, however I don't know if others do as much nor if Windows / Mac supports that.

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I like the idea of it being non-linear. In terms of features, being able to paste an image (e.g. like pasting into a github comment, or into a gdoc) would be great. I find I use screenshots into the clipboard more than saving to a file, however I don't know if others do as much nor if Windows / Mac supports that.

This is the #1 reason I just moved from a big markdown role to using OneNote at work. Screen clips, whiteboards, drawings all things that are quite handy to have next to the indexable typed notes. Quite happy after a couple weeks.

Re: Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app

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I like the idea of it being non-linear. In terms of features, being able to paste an image (e.g. like pasting into a github comment, or into a gdoc) would be great. I find I use screenshots into the clipboard more than saving to a file, however I don't know if others do as much nor if Windows / Mac supports that.

Mac: Ctrl+Cmd+Shift+4 to grab a rectangular selection to the clipboard.

Does windows have something similar? I've been using PrintScrn and Paint but it's comparably very awkward. I know there are apps, but "working in places where I haven't / can't install apps" is a requirement.

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