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Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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I appreciate apps like this, but each time I’ve tried a simple editor like this, especially for the markdown support, I end up not using it more than a few times because organization becomes messy.

I had the same problem but started using https://bear.app/ because the search is so good. I add new notes multiple times per day (mostly meeting notes) and don't worry about organization since the search is so great. I love it and even pay a few bucks per month for it. It's kinda like my digital brain.

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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If you're looking for something like this with vim bindings and functionality, I really like VimR https://github.com/qvacua/vimr

There's a couple of md syntax highlighters for vim, that show rendered version (e.g. this) and hide the markdown syntax, unless your cursor's on it (e.g. this *). Esp neat for links, showing text without url.

TBH I haven't used it as an editor, just to read md offline (e.g. curl a github readme.md).

Re: Show HN: A Markdown Notepad App

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These apps all seem really similar, but the app that has finally solved all of my needs is inkdrop[0]. It supports all the major desktop platforms, and has iOS and Android apps as well (although fairly basic and not as slick as more established mobile note taking apps). Automatic note syncing (self hosted or as a paid subscription), great notebook and tagging support, in-editor type styling based on markdown tokens (I love that changing a headline level changes the font size, which you don't get in an IDE), and plugin support which includes a pretty decent vim emulation. It has worked flawlessly from the start for me and I always have it open on all of my machines. It's an electron app, so it's not as snappy as a native editor, but I think it's a good trade for the speed of development and cross platform feature set. I'm not affiliated with the project, just a very happy customer.

[0] https://inkdrop.app/

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