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Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 » Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 2:15 PM UTC

frankish wrote: post #27

eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #7

I could use the opposite : A TODO-app which has no synchronization capabilities so I don't need to worry about leakage of private data. Ideally it would use a very simple plaintext file format for its database so it is future proof, e.g. http://todotxt.org/ The TODO.txt format seems very nice but the Android apps listed on that site are either not fully developed or unmaintained, and one even looks like it's not open…

I believe Markor[0] might satisfy your needs of having a TODO.txt editor that has no sync capabilities. I have to use in combination with Dropsync[1] to sync my notes. Admittedly, I only use Markor for my plaintext notes and rely on Todo.txt[2] for my TODO.txt needs, which is still maintained and has syncing builtin. [0]: https://gsantner.net/project/markor.html [1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.…

Thanks!

I had tried Markor already, and its TODO feature seems like a prototype unfortunately. It lacks crucial UI to use it properly and it's clearly visible that the TODO part is "bolt-on" only on top of a text editor. :|

With regards to Todo.txt[2]: I can't manage to find its source code, is it open source?

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 » Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 2:17 PM UTC

bhaak wrote: post #24

eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. That is nice but consider a broader point of view please: If not carefully choosing offline-only software, then almost everything demands internet access nowadays. All of those things will claim that they handle my data safely. Obviously that cannot be true, leaks do still happen. So from the perspective of someone who has to actually install, use and frequently update a dozen of Android apps, it is much easi…

> So from the perspective of someone who has to actually install, use and frequently update a dozen of Android apps, it is much easier to stick to only using such which do not want internet access instead of constantly having to read a very large amount of changelogs because all software you use is hooked up to the internet. Even offline-only apps might gain online capabilities. You need to read the changelogs nevert…

> Even offline-only apps might gain online capabilities. You need to read the changelogs nevertheless.

No, I only have to look at the permissions. That is much less work because they're not arbitrarily long like changelogs can be.

And Google Play flags new permissions with a green "New", so it's easy to spot.

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 » Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 2:26 PM UTC

dankco wrote: post #34

eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #7

I could use the opposite : A TODO-app which has no synchronization capabilities so I don't need to worry about leakage of private data. Ideally it would use a very simple plaintext file format for its database so it is future proof, e.g. http://todotxt.org/ The TODO.txt format seems very nice but the Android apps listed on that site are either not fully developed or unmaintained, and one even looks like it's not open…

You might be interested in a project I created for exactly the use case you describe - simple, text-based notes/todos managed via a CLI: https://github.com/dkaslovsky/textnote The project received some attention on the front page of HN a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26123436 Because all notes are plaintext and stored in a single directory, it is easy to use standard tooling (such as grep) to e…

Thanks!

I'm looking for an Android app unfortunately, sorry :|

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 » Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 2:28 PM UTC

corobo wrote: post #25

eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 wrote: post #7

I could use the opposite : A TODO-app which has no synchronization capabilities so I don't need to worry about leakage of private data. Ideally it would use a very simple plaintext file format for its database so it is future proof, e.g. http://todotxt.org/ The TODO.txt format seems very nice but the Android apps listed on that site are either not fully developed or unmaintained, and one even looks like it's not open…

Can you not just use a bunch of .txt files in a directory and whatever your usual editor of choice is at that point?

I have multiple thousands of personal TODOs, so it is impossible to manage that size of a workload without proper UI for moving, sorting and filtering according to priority, location, project, etc.

But thanks for your suggestion anyway :)

Re: Joplin – an open source note taking and to-do application with synchronization

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Post by andredz » Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 3:29 AM UTC

hashhar wrote: post #3

So many people here are going to be one of today's lucky 10,000 [1] to learn about the awesomeness that Joplin is. It's been around for quite a long time, in active development, with a nice ecosystem and well-polished featureset and interface. I've been loving it for the time I've been using it. It even has a web clipper. [1]: https://xkcd.com/1053/

13 days later, but better late than even later.