Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by yuppiemephisto » Thu, May 30, 2019, 7:21 AM UTC

Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim
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Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by jitl » Thu, May 30, 2019, 8:25 AM UTC

Amazing! This is the vim plugin I’ve always wanted to write. I used Notational Velocity briefly on Mac before I switched to Linux/Windows machines during university and kinda never picked it up again. At this point vim movement is too critical and I can’t use GUI solutions well... so I’m very excited to see a fusion of the two!

Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by rambojazz » Thu, May 30, 2019, 8:30 AM UTC

Sorry what's the license of this?

Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by ealhad » Thu, May 30, 2019, 8:54 AM UTC

rambojazz wrote: post #3

Sorry what's the license of this?

Thanks for pointing that out, I created an issue.

Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by drewm1980 » Thu, May 30, 2019, 9:17 AM UTC

Isn't editing existing notes fundamental to notational velocity UX? I have also been missing NV since leaving Mac OS is 2012. Shame the whole NV codebase is tied to Apple only frameworks. Nothing important about NV is even Mac specific; it is just three textboxes with well thought out key bindings; it's not using a bunch of fancy GUI framework features.

Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by tomcam » Thu, May 30, 2019, 9:36 AM UTC

I just use org mode.*

* Not really. This looks excellent. I just wanted to get the org mode boast dispatched with as soon as possible.

Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by RaycatRakittra » Thu, May 30, 2019, 9:46 AM UTC

tomcam wrote: post #6

I just use org mode.* * Not really. This looks excellent. I just wanted to get the org mode boast dispatched with as soon as possible.

Well, no. That's not what we'd say to use for this (although you could). [Deft](https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/) would be a better comparison/equivalent.

Regarding OP, it looks very snappy! I like it. Looks like it leverages `fzf`. Can we swap it out for something else?

Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by tjoff » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:04 AM UTC

The description isn't that obvious for people that don't know what notational velocity is or how it works.

Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by OJFord » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:11 AM UTC

tjoff wrote: post #8

The description isn't that obvious for people that don't know what notational velocity is or how it works.

But to be fair, the first thing the readme says is a paraphrasing of the blurb at, and a link to, the notational velocity homepage.

Re: Show HN: Notational Velocity for Vim

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Post by fourier_mode » Thu, May 30, 2019, 10:12 AM UTC

tjoff wrote: post #8

The description isn't that obvious for people that don't know what notational velocity is or how it works.

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought it is just some name OP chose.

It is just a note-taking app for Mac.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notational_Velocity)