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Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by thejosh »

henrysarabia wrote: post #70
ddsea wrote: post #36

I felt that Evernote was becoming increasingly constraining and slow/flaky, so after trying a few alternatives (text files/dirs, SimpleNote, Apple Notes, BoostNotes, Zim, etc), I've made a leap of faith to Joplin. My requirements: multi-platform, multi-device, auto-sync (more than 2 devices in free ver.), tags, webclip-ability, preferably markdown format with code rendering. Text diagramming such as PlantUML is a big…

It sounds like what you're looking for is Notion. It checks most of your boxes, I believe.

changing between accounts is a PITA though

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by gumby »

freewizard wrote: post #79
gumby wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only thing that makes me keep looking for an alternative to Apple Notes is search . 1. You can't restrict search to just one folder. 2. You can't use tags (would be better than folders) and search by them. I have a partial work around (I just type #tag and search for that) but it does't work that well -- the search correctly filters for "#foo" but shows "foo" highlighted in the sidebar...and doesn't scroll to the…

Search by folder should be possible on Mac w some scripting, which means you can add it to Alfred or Quicksilver too.

These aren't directories AFAIK, these are folder structure within the Notes app. Would be awesome if there were a way to search it!

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by obnl »

top_coder wrote: post #15
nico_h wrote: post #8

I’m looking for a multi-platform (linux-mac-ios) markdown editor that saves at regular interval and keeps history and sync via git. Is there anything like that? How hard would it be to extend joplin to write a service driver to sync via Git(-hub / -lab / your own server)?

Have you considered Emacs + Org-mode? Works wherever Emacs works (Linux, Mac) and there are apps for Android and iOS. Org files are basically text files that you can commit to git or sync via Google drive, Dropbox, OneDrive etc. Not exactly markdown but GitHub renders org file pretty well. After trying out multiple note taking apps this is what I settled on. You can use it as simple as a note taking app or configure…

Big +1 on Emacs.

I spent years in the same position we've all been in, searching and hoping for the perfect note taking app to boost my productivity, have a "second brain", write down my fleeting inspirations, etc. etc.

After finding Emacs last year, I feel like I've been under a spell my whole professional life that's been broken. I'm a little embarrassed of the time I've spent griping and pining for the perfect note app. It took me far less time to learn Emacs than it did to try out the 20+ todo and notebook apps on the market.

To all who are still on the hunt: there is no perfect app, and we're all kidding ourselves. You're looking for someone to give you a fish. This is just text we're talking about, it's easy enough to learn to wield it, manipulate it, and organize it, and soon you become the man who has been taught to fish on his own. Plus, when you have the epiphany of how much more quickly you can manipulate text with the control of Emacs and/or Vim, you'll wonder how you spent so much of your life in typing in software without these capabilities.

Learning Emacs has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my computing journey, I highly recommend checking out a well-configured distribution like Spacemacs.

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by jcelerier »

jdnenej wrote: post #71
ddsea wrote: post #36

I felt that Evernote was becoming increasingly constraining and slow/flaky, so after trying a few alternatives (text files/dirs, SimpleNote, Apple Notes, BoostNotes, Zim, etc), I've made a leap of faith to Joplin. My requirements: multi-platform, multi-device, auto-sync (more than 2 devices in free ver.), tags, webclip-ability, preferably markdown format with code rendering. Text diagramming such as PlantUML is a big…

I use Zim for work use. I find I don't actually need a mobile app since I don't really need to take anything more than temporary notes on my phone. The nice thing is it uses 17mb ram so I can leave it running all the time which is a helpful thing since all the other electron apps keep my laptop at 18gb memory usage

Same thing here, zim + seafile for the sync. Couldn't be happier

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by lazyasciiart »

schuke wrote: post #75
nrp wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple Notes is wonderful until you decide to replace your MacBook with anything else and attempt to get by with the painfully slow iCloud web version of Notes. The same goes for Apple Reminders.

That's true. But here in China Android is much much more aggressively spied and surveilled by both manufacturers and government I'm more than happy to stay with Apple.

Android isn't an alternative to MacBooks as far as I know?

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by dmix »

sorenjan wrote: post #78

When it comes to todo lists I really prefer nested checkboxes, like Dynalist[0] has. That enables me to make a list of projects, where each project has their own todo items, and maybe they have sub items, and so on. I like being able to divide stuff into smaller and smaller chunks, and then checking them off as I go. [0] https://dynalist.io/

So basically a new take on Workflowy?

I've always felt that text+shortcut first approach beats all of the prettiest heavy categorized approaches.

This sort of thing is best in a disposable fast changing format. Life is too chaotic and motivation varies where heavily organized and category driven systems often fail long term without vigilance.

Which is why simple txt/markdown (combined with some text editor integration like vim-tasks to add things like lists of todo items which can be marked as finished + archived on demand) files remain the ideal solutions..

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by mstijak »

Tdo is built for handling many little tasks by using only a keyboard. Feature-wise, markdown is used for formatting, RegEx and custom CSS task highlighting, search supports logical operators (AND, OR), Firebase enables realtime sync, etc...

[1] https://github.com/codaxy/tdo

Re: Joplin – a note taking and to-do application with synchronization capabilities

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Post by ddsea »

sorenjan wrote: post #78

When it comes to todo lists I really prefer nested checkboxes, like Dynalist[0] has. That enables me to make a list of projects, where each project has their own todo items, and maybe they have sub items, and so on. I like being able to divide stuff into smaller and smaller chunks, and then checking them off as I go. [0] https://dynalist.io/

Looks like a strong candidate to replace Google Keep when they suddenly decide to shut it down.
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