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Post by vvillena »

jldugger wrote: post #124
vvillena wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A Zettelkasten-style system is just a bunch of files in a single folder, with lots of links between them. What makes these kinds of notes work is the purpose they are written for, and the links. Two people can have the exact same notes, but link and tag them completely differently, because each of them will have different goals and purposes.

So basically a personal Wiki for generation Z.

In a tech sense, yes, it's nothing more than a wiki. The difference lies in the usage: wikis tend to organize their content using encyclopedic categories and hierarchies. A Zettelkasten is supposed to be much more goal-oriented, so that the right notes are found and interacted with depending on our work.

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Post by paulcarroty »

lioeters wrote: post #158
esperent wrote: post #34

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I do think that the area of knowledge management is very interesting and worthy of discussion. When it comes to tooling though, I've tried out a couple and I don't find anything superior to a folder full of markdown files + your favorite text editor (I use VSCode, but I don't think that's especially important). Systems like Zettelkasten are interesting to read about, but again, everyone's brain is different and for m…

I'm in the same camp, all my notes are in Markdown files, organized as a tree of folders. Some folders are prefixed with YYYY or YYYY-MM, when needed. My text editor, also VS Code, has extensions for Markdown live preview, to-do lists, and other conveniences - everything I need to manage the "knowledge database". In the terminal, `find` and `grep` are perfect for searching notes. I have a few aliases defined for quic…

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=patrickl...

Very easy to write notes in VSCode and render them by native render.

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Post by rkique »

lstmemery wrote: post #82
black_puppydog wrote: post #55

I can't believe nobody bothered to link TiddlyWiki [1] here... Especially since this crowd here should be able to run it directly from npm, which makes it much easier (conceptually, for me) than "a self-modifying html file". :P For Zettelkasten (and research more generally) Stroll [2] is a flavour of TiddlyWiki that has many of the features you'd like, including (most crucially for me) backlinks. Edit: the reason I b…

I spent about an hour trying to set up a TiddlyWiki for a Zettelkasten, but couldn't get it working. I was overwhelmed by the number of editors available. I now use Zettlr. Is there a tutorial you used to help your set up?

I picked https://nesslabs.com/tiddlywiki-beginner-tutorial which uses https://noteself.org/. NoteSelf has autosync which is helpful.

I would recommend reading How To Take Smart Notes and really internalizing the information there, I started off way too fast and ended up with too many tiny notes. It takes practice but its definitely worth it.

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Post by Thorentis »

m-p-3 wrote: post #169
esperent wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do think that the area of knowledge management is very interesting and worthy of discussion. When it comes to tooling though, I've tried out a couple and I don't find anything superior to a folder full of markdown files + your favorite text editor (I use VSCode, but I don't think that's especially important). Systems like Zettelkasten are interesting to read about, but again, everyone's brain is different and for m…

I do think that Markdown hits the sweet spot between complexity and ease of use for quickly writing notes. I do use an app called Joplin[1] because it can sync to some cloud services with End-to-End Encryption directly within the app, has a mobile app available for Android and iOS and because it includes some other features I find useful when I want to polish my notes and include some diagrams using MermaidJS[2]. [1]…

I started using Joplin but found myself trying to use it like a personal wiki, when it really isn't meant for that. I want a fast way to link my notes together. Zettlr looks like it has exactly that in mind, so I'll probbaly switch to Zettlr, and push for cloud sync/encryption to be added.

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Post by mmsimanga »

dheera wrote: post #196
m-p-3 wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do think that Markdown hits the sweet spot between complexity and ease of use for quickly writing notes. I do use an app called Joplin[1] because it can sync to some cloud services with End-to-End Encryption directly within the app, has a mobile app available for Android and iOS and because it includes some other features I find useful when I want to polish my notes and include some diagrams using MermaidJS[2]. [1]…

I usually just use straight up HTML. and and the syntax of are a lot easier for me to remember than some weird funky *'s and |'s. is also plain obvious, compared to some weird []!@() BS that I can never remember. Top it all off with a custom CSS file and I'm done.

I have just moved my personal website to WordPress because I got tired of fighting markdown and the SSG I was using. I share your sentiments on the syntax.

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Post by ResidentSleeper »

ResidentSleeper wrote: post #25
scribu wrote: post #11

The drawback to working directly on Markdown files is that it's hard to synchronize your notes from/to mobile. If I didn't care about sync, I would use org-roam or some Vim plugin, personally.

I've recently started using GitJournal [1] to access my notes on Android, but I haven't used it enough to be able to say whether it's worthwhile. One annoying drawback is that it requires a monthly subscription to get access to all of the (convenience) features. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.gitjournal....

@vhanda (unable to reply directly for some reason)

First of all, congratulations on shipping a decent, polished Android app! These increasingly seem to be a rarity these days.

Regarding the subscription model, the monthly price quickly adds up, especially for users outside the US. For example, one of the most common apps in my country offers a pro subscription for a yearly price of $3, compared to a minimum of $24 ($2 * 12) in GitJournal (and this would be on top of whatever I'm paying for my desktop note-keeping app...). I would suggest that you review the pricing for low income countries (especially since the regionalized "go pro" slider UI seems glitchy, eg. I can't reselect the default price, can't select values to the right). A lower yearly subscription or a single purchase option would go a long way towards convincing me to upgrade.

I think not including ads was an excellent choice and I probably wouldn't have continued using the app with them. I was going to suggest hiding the locked pro features to make them less annoying, but upon review it's not that bad.

I'll keep using the app and leave a review on the store later when I gather more thoughts.

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Post by NateEag »

bbx wrote: post #110

One feature I have yet to find in any Markdown editor is a simple "block" mover, which I describe here: https://twitter.com/jgthms/status/1225513837379641350 Underneath, the data structure would remain straightforward Markdown. So the data wouldn't be stored as separate blocks; the moving would act similarly to Sublime Text's "Swap Line Up/Down".

I kinda hate to be that guy, but one of the many reasons I love Vim keybindings is that they have support for working in blocks like built in.

"dap" deletes the entire paragraph my cursor is in, then I type "/" to search for where I want to move it to, and paste.

And this also works for sentences, and lines, and words. And more.

In every file type I edit.

(Emacs with Evil is a better vim than vim, in a lot of ways. )

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Post by helij »

mmsimanga wrote: post #226
dheera wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I usually just use straight up HTML. and and the syntax of are a lot easier for me to remember than some weird funky *'s and |'s. is also plain obvious, compared to some weird []!@() BS that I can never remember. Top it all off with a custom CSS file and I'm done.

I have just moved my personal website to WordPress because I got tired of fighting markdown and the SSG I was using. I share your sentiments on the syntax.

You'll now be fighting a plethora of other things.

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Post by balladeer »

fluder wrote: post #8

I recommend https://fsnot.es Native and blazing fast for iOS and macOS.

I have used it for a while and it's not very stable or rather say "finished" yet (neither Mac nor iOS). But it's open source, so I'd favour it over, Bear, given a chance, which it resembles the most. So I just keep it installed and keep checking it once in a while.

Though I'd just be happy with something like nv (+ Simple Note + Dropbox) which is actively developed (Simple Note just for the iOS).

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