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Can you describe what you think vimwiki adds over a bunch of markdown files and `gf` for links?
gf?
Vim command which opens the filename under the cursor https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Open_file_under_cursor
Personal Wiki for Vim
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Re: Personal Wiki for Vim
#62I have been using a single plain text file as my note for 6 months now. I'm using vim mode on sublime though.
Switching to a plain text file that syncs to GitHub feels more permanent.
I've gone through several note apps (e.g. Evernote, Joplin) and I never really migrated the notes to the new app...
Anyway, I have my own apps to share. They might be useful to others.
* I use https://github.com/tanin47/git-notes to sync my note file to a bit repo
* A programmable tooltip on Mac. You can program it to send the selected text on any app to your note file: https://github.com/tanin47/tip/wiki/Universal-Tip,-a-program...
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#65Years and years ago I used Tomboy (https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy) because it had a decent UI , though it's storage mechanism left something to be desired...
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#66Is there an entry explaining how to quit vim?
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#67With wikis or note taking applications, I always find it hard to get into a habit of using them. I think this is largely because too much brain space is taken up with: 1. When should I write something here? 2. How should I organize it? For this reason, I'm currently trying out more of a "journal" model. The answers to the previous two questions are: 1. Write whenever you have an interesting idea, or you get that feel…
this is a good strategy. i use it too.
vimwiki allows for maintaining a "journal" through diary mode: it automatically creates diary entries with whatever file-naming scheme you want, organizes a diary index page (table of contents), etc.
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#68With wikis or note taking applications, I always find it hard to get into a habit of using them. I think this is largely because too much brain space is taken up with: 1. When should I write something here? 2. How should I organize it? For this reason, I'm currently trying out more of a "journal" model. The answers to the previous two questions are: 1. Write whenever you have an interesting idea, or you get that feel…
I started a while ago now with that, I just wrote a bunch of things into a file as a time line, and it slowly got more and more useful. Then I found I had a bunch of info around various topics scattered through the journal, so I started making topic guides. My topic guides are super useful now. I maintain and add them much more than the journal. So, to my point, I think recording things is useful, but it's best done in an organic way, where you just try things and adapt what you do based on how you are finding it. The only other thing I'd say is it is actually much nicer, in my experience, just using files (backed up by your favorite drive syncing software) and no specific tools. I also use markdown, but doesn't really matter.
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#69I want to put in a good word for zim-wiki here. Its a shame the Windows port seems to be on indefinite hiatus for now. Its by far the easiest GUI-based wiki to deal with, easily handles just dropping in files into a hierarchy and simply working with them after a refresh. Sorry but being able to use a mouse to navigate a wiki beats out a keyboard-based wiki any time. https://zim-wiki.org/
I used Zim-wiki for years, and loved it. However, there is a fatal flaw in Zim that people using it for notes about code should know about. Zim parses all text as "wiki text" and some computer code snippets get parsed and interpreted as formatting. See this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/585300
Other than that issue, Zim is brilliant. The developer is very responsive to most issues and feature requests. Sadly, Zim wasn't for me as many of my notes involve code.
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#70I'm a big fan of Trello for life organisation and one of the best bits is being able to view and add on my phone. Obviously vim isn't particularly mobile friendly. Any ideas on how to view/edit from afar?
I don't organize my life so I never had a need for TODO lists. I get stress from seeing TODO lists. I deal with shit when it's in my plate. Maybe I could mitigate some things by planning better. But until know I planned as I need and my personal life is in good shape.
Work I tried many times to have lists. Doesn't work either. I just have text files and or mindmaps about things I'm workin on. It contains everything what I'm thinking, code snippets, links to websites, meeting minutes, short todo items or things I'm waiting on. Doesn't really have any form it evolves. After I'm done that os my little knowledge base of the thing I worked on.
This is the easiest way to describe what I do.