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Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by kaushalmodi »

pqs wrote: post #91
pqs wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used the great org-mode for many years, but the lack of a good option to view and edit my notes from mobile pushed me to Evernote, which I'm happily using since, even though I miss the simplicity of text files and the power of git.

I just have checked orgzly and it impressed me. It has really progressed since the last time I checked it. So, now I have to think about the possibility of reverting back to org-mode after a couple of years of heavily using Evernote.

I've used EverOrg[0] to convert my evernote files to Org files, retains the attachments (images, PDFs, etc) wonderfully too.

[0]: https://github.com/mgmart/EverOrg

Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by bhandziuk »

enugu wrote: post #11
hobo_mark wrote: post #7

I look at TW every couple of years or so, and there has never been either: - a sane way to keep a wiki on something like Dropbox (at the time, the only way to have persistence was to disable browser security and allow JavaScript to write to disk directly) or - a service to sync a wiki between machines Has that changed nowadays?

There is a server version, which you can run locally. This keeps all the individual tiddlers in separate files in a folder. You can sync this folder, run git on it etc. Currently, the server doesnt seem to notice changes made outside the server interface(like editing and saving tiddlers in a text editor) until restart, though there is probably some way to manage this.

I had to make the upgrade to the server version at home because FireFox no longer supports the TiddlyFox (or whatever the extension was called which allowed you to save to disk). The server version is actually much nicer. It loads faster because I don't have to download one massive file and works much better from my phone because of that.

Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by zmix »

marci wrote: post #97
safgasCVS wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm jealous of the emacs masters as I like the idea of having this 'one tool for life' but I'm honest enough to admit I'm just too lazy to learn it!

If you know how to use Notepad/TextEdit, you know how to use (GUI)Emacs. Even easier than nano.

I think he talks about configuration and scripting (elisp).

Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by luckman212 »

mih wrote: post #87

Ever since the decline of Evernote, I've been looking for something as convenient, but been pretty much disappointed in the alternatives. For a while Qownnotes was my choice, but it's not without its drawbacks. Currenlty Joplin ( https://joplin.cozic.net/ ) is the one I'm taking for a test drive, and I'm pretty much pleased with what I've seen so far. Among the features that impressed me most in terms of personal pri…

I've got my eye on Joplin as well to replace EN. The deal-breaker issue for me right now is that the mobile app (iOS) only supports Dropbox as the backend sync provider. I refuse to use Dropbox, and prefer to sync via filesystem. I use Resilio Sync (formerly btsync) for this. Until some other method is allowed, I can't make the jump.

Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by luckman212 »

submeta wrote: post #25
shawn wrote: post #2

I'd like to be able to press a shortcut key and have my computer save a screenshot of whatever I'm looking at, along with letting me type a brief note for context. Ideally it would also record the URL of whatever the browser was visiting (if it's a screenshot of a browser page), or the file path of whatever was open. So basically Pinboard, but for pages of PDFs and other random scraps.

Evernote does something like this. And it let's you search for text in the images as well. I have over 12k notes in Evernote. Many screenshots. It has excellent OCR capabilities, full-text search (via Lucene?) and syncs across devices.

What platform do you run EN on? I have 9.3k notes and find it _horrifically_ slow to run searches on macOS (Quad core i7 Mini 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD).

It's so bad that I am actively looking for alternatives, even though I'm dreading getting my highly-formatted data out in a usable form.

Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by submeta »

luckman212 wrote: post #105
submeta wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Evernote does something like this. And it let's you search for text in the images as well. I have over 12k notes in Evernote. Many screenshots. It has excellent OCR capabilities, full-text search (via Lucene?) and syncs across devices.

What platform do you run EN on? I have 9.3k notes and find it _horrifically_ slow to run searches on macOS (Quad core i7 Mini 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD). It's so bad that I am actively looking for alternatives, even though I'm dreading getting my highly-formatted data out in a usable form.

Mainly macOS. Well, to begin with: I don't perceive it as "terribly slow". Yes, it has hiccups at times, but we are talking about several thousand notes. And in that range I haven't seen a real altrrnative. For instance I imported my 12k notes in BearApp. The app won't open anymore after the import.

I am in the exact same position. Especially so after several senior execs left the Evernote company. I even work on a custom notes store (Django and mysql backed) to keep kopies of all my notes because I really see no real alternative with the search capabilities of Evernote. And no, OneNote is not the same (search wise)

Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by garfieldnate »

luckman212 wrote: post #104
mih wrote: post #87

Ever since the decline of Evernote, I've been looking for something as convenient, but been pretty much disappointed in the alternatives. For a while Qownnotes was my choice, but it's not without its drawbacks. Currenlty Joplin ( https://joplin.cozic.net/ ) is the one I'm taking for a test drive, and I'm pretty much pleased with what I've seen so far. Among the features that impressed me most in terms of personal pri…

I've got my eye on Joplin as well to replace EN. The deal-breaker issue for me right now is that the mobile app (iOS) only supports Dropbox as the backend sync provider. I refuse to use Dropbox, and prefer to sync via filesystem. I use Resilio Sync (formerly btsync) for this. Until some other method is allowed, I can't make the jump.

Why do you refuse to use Dropbox?

Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by igorp74 »

After TiddlyWiki classic with tons of plugins, I used SpringPad while it lived, then Evernote but markdown was able only via browser addon (Markdown here or something). OneNote never suited for my needs and finally settled down with Quip.com. It is like TW with all fancy plugins + live editing...

Re: Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

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Post by moioci »

agentdax5 wrote: post #39

I looked into Tiddlywiki before but it seemed too involved to maintain easily and overkill for my use case. I have recently found https://www.notebooksapp.com/ and am in the process of converting all my desperate notes and documents into it using the internal linking to create my own kind of wiki. Everything is plain text, has markdown support, apps on most platforms, ability to automate things for everyday use, and…

Although I kinda love the idea of desperate notes and documents, I think you probably meant "disparate."
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