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Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by philips »

mobitar wrote: post #50
philips wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to love standard notes but I had several times where note contents were overwritten or missing between machines. I looked at the API for syncing and it did not give me confidence. Using pass + git now. Works great.

Do you recall when this was? This kind of feedback is highly unusual for us. Most users love SN precisely for its reliable sync. Our syncing engine underwent large-scale changes in June/July of this year to solve an edge case with opening out-of-date clients. If you experienced any issues after this date with updated clients, I'd be very surprised, but would love to hear more if you can spare a moment. The only other…

Thanks for the follow up.

This was July or August of 2018 and Chrome on the desktop and Android.

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by CDRdude »

jamiesonbecker wrote: post #110
mntmoss wrote: post #33

Recently I decided that I was going to solve the problem of: I easily write inline TODO comments while I work on code, but then have difficulty keeping track of them and getting my head back into the state of things later. While there is IDE support for such things, it's usually not exactly the right interface I want. So I made a tiny CLI app that scans the source for TODO and FIXME lines and presents a menu of files…

This will open all of the files with TODO in them in vim: alias todogrep="vim $(grep TODO . -rl)" You can modify this easily, such as by using ripgrep, adding excludes, or doing regex to find TODO and FIXME together, but this is a quick one-liner to add to your `.bashrc`.

You can put the grep flags at the end? All these years, and I had no idea.

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by ImprovedSilence »

I have a plain text file that’s basically my notes, bookmarks, how to write ups and anything. I mark each section with hashtag labels, and set alias vinfo=vim /path/info.txt. Anytime I need to reference back how to setup some configuration, or the typical arguments for a command, or likes to YouTube vids on my watch list, I just vinfo in, and /#. It’s the best system I’ve used, and out lived all the Evernote’s, todo lists, stickies, whatever. Dropbox or chron rsync it to where u want.

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by thanatropism »

I use Wordpress.com for blogging and its wizzy-wig editor because it gives me a rough visual estimate of how long my text really is. It’s a perfectly stupid reason and totally inadequate for the level of tech-savvy I’m supposed to have. Or maybe it’s just that the heavy crufty web editor was developed for a purpose and is good at it.

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by Nition »

mobitar wrote: post #50
philips wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to love standard notes but I had several times where note contents were overwritten or missing between machines. I looked at the API for syncing and it did not give me confidence. Using pass + git now. Works great.

Do you recall when this was? This kind of feedback is highly unusual for us. Most users love SN precisely for its reliable sync. Our syncing engine underwent large-scale changes in June/July of this year to solve an edge case with opening out-of-date clients. If you experienced any issues after this date with updated clients, I'd be very surprised, but would love to hear more if you can spare a moment. The only other…

I hadn't heard of StandardNotes before so I just went to the StandardNotes website. The explanation there is decent, but why no screenshot(s)? I had to go to Google Images to see what it actually looks like.

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by shdh »

beiz wrote: post #28
tubbs wrote: post #11

I recently just upped my StandardNotes subscription (the Black Friday ad is still active), and I'm now locked in for ~5.5 years. It's a very plain-text webapp/mobile app that aims to be simple and long-lasting, yet feature-full by means of optional extensions. It's not perfect, but I've been using it for a few months now without any data loss/major bugs encountered, and was excited to use it to ditch Google Keep/Goog…

i want to like StandardNotes but they basically force you to use the 5 year plan and it's much too expensive a cost to pay straight up (but i could and would use them if they slimmed it down to an annual charge, maybe even bi-annual, the current annual charge is overpriced tho). Bearapp is by far my favorite both by design, cost, stability and features, but I've left the Apple echosystem and their webapp isn't availa…

You can self host SN.

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by asdff »

loh wrote: post #15

I think more and more people are realizing that simpler is almost always better, and not only when it comes to software. I've found that this approach works best for nearly all aspects of life. The hard part is simplifying complex things. We have so many odd pieces (usually due to legacy reasons or conflicting designs) which don't quite fit into an otherwise simple solution. Plain text could probably work for most fo…

I don't think the UX needn't be complicated. If you really wanted that you can use .rtf, but whitespace and at least grayscale separation are already possible in plaintext of course. Want a cute header? How about:

##########

Header

##########

Smaller plain text files + folders are great for separating, categorizing, and interacting with information. Got another file type relevant to that note? throw it in a folder with a matching filename.txt describing it all. Have aliases or shortcuts to make these appear in any configuration you want all over your OS.

MacOS also lets you put tags on any file leading to further customization. Throw in Calendar into the mix for reminders (not proprietary Reminders) mail for communication and sending yourself notes when you don't have your laptop, and MacOS has all the features baked into the OS that most notetaking apps drip feed through a poorly optimized app on a subscription and with proprietary formats.

This system works on any computer built in the last 40 years and will probably work on all computers built in the next 40. Lets see a company like evernote last for that long.

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by jaydouken »

ghewgill wrote: post #87
jaydouken wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it possible to use VIM as a text editor in the terminal with SN? Or are users required to use a text editors supported by SN? This seems like an application I'm looking for but I can't ditch my vimrc and plugins

Yes, you can use https://github.com/tannercollin/standardnotes-fs to edit your notes with vim.

Wow, this might actually be what I need! Thanks!

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by mackrevinack »

asdff wrote: post #117
loh wrote: post #15

I think more and more people are realizing that simpler is almost always better, and not only when it comes to software. I've found that this approach works best for nearly all aspects of life. The hard part is simplifying complex things. We have so many odd pieces (usually due to legacy reasons or conflicting designs) which don't quite fit into an otherwise simple solution. Plain text could probably work for most fo…

I don't think the UX needn't be complicated. If you really wanted that you can use .rtf, but whitespace and at least grayscale separation are already possible in plaintext of course. Want a cute header? How about: ########## Header ########## Smaller plain text files + folders are great for separating, categorizing, and interacting with information. Got another file type relevant to that note? throw it in a folder wi…

our even better then emailing yourself files, you can use something like syncthing and just drop the file into a folder to have it synced to another device. no need for importing and exporting from your email app

Re: The Plain Text Project

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Post by sverhagen »

keyle wrote: post #61
BMorearty wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice idea. The JetBrains family of IDEs (RubyMine, IntelliJ, etc.) even have this as a built-in TODO panel that shows files with TODO and FIXME comments (syntax is configurable).

I use IntelliJ as well for years, but don't underestimate grep -r "# TODO" .

This only works depending on how diligently you formatted those TODOs. Before you know it your regex explodes. I use IntelliJ as well, so I don't have to think about these problems.
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