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FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by zzygan »

xenodium wrote: post #64
ghostpepper wrote: post #7

Coincidentally I discovered another iOS app for note-taking this week called Beorg, which leverages the emacs + org mode format so I can easily sync between iOS and Linux. This one looks nice too though; always good to see open source apps for Mac and iOS. I wonder how similar the markdown formats are.

I’m working on bringing my org tasks to iOS. It’s early days but can be seen here https://www.reddit.com/r/plainorg and here https://xenodium.com/org-habits-on-ios-check-tasks-youre-nex... I have TestFlight invites available for anyone interested. Edit: Email me for invites "plainorg" + "@" + "xenodium.com"

I love org mode for writing and that side of org is brilliant. It’s not just a task manager. In fact I’d love just a note taking tool that doesn’t care as much about tasks but focuses on a outstanding org mode note taking experience on mobile.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by zzygan »

whimsicalism wrote: post #55
ydant wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Emacs org-mode, the org format, and the general ecosystem (agenda view, org-roam, and lots of other things) don't really care how you structure your data, so you can choose between: * a bunch of very focused small files * a single large file * some combination of the two So, for example, I might start off with my "todo.work.org" file and having something like: * Partner Integration ** *** APIs **** Query API ***** Qu…

I do wish that Obsidian had better Workflow-y esque folding/collapsing/expanding support, it would make the whole experience much better. > The TODO/STRT/DONE entries can be placed anywhere in this hierarchy, and org-mode will take note of them and allow you to build up Agenda views of some/all of your TODOs. So you can ask org to give you a list of tasks filtered by some criteria (e.g. scheduled for this week) - but…

Obsidian is made by the team at dynalist - it would be amazing if they added the outlining features from Dynamist into obsidian

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by spratzt »

atombender wrote: post #73

I keep seeing apps like these, and what they almost never have is sharing notes between multiple people. I use Apple Notes, and I constantly share notes with my wife — and entire folder structures, too. We use it for grocery lists, dinner planning, travel planning, and many other things. It's not quite as elegantly real-time as Google Docs, but we don't need that as much, since we tend to edit at different times. I a…

My wife and I use a shared reminders list for the shopping.

If one of us buys something, then we delete it from the list. This prevents duplicate purchases and reminds us both of what remains to be bought.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by manigandham »

lostintangent wrote: post #58

After GitHub.dev was released (hit “.” on any GitHub repo, to open it in browser-based VS Code), I immediately saw the notetaking workflow that I wanted: a GitHub repo, storing markdown that I can own/control, but editable in the browser, using my existing VS Code preferences (theme, keybindings, etc.). Unfortunately, VS Code doesn’t natively support wiki links, so I created an extension that simply adds that feature…

https://obsidian.md/ is close to this, although a different editor with much better linking. The notes are just markdown files in a folder so you can also save it as a git repo and edit through Codespaces or VSC's remote editing extensions.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by lxgr »

wpearse wrote: post #42
walteweiss wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean by IMAP? Isn’t it a mail sync thing? Or can you use it some other way?

Apple’s visual voicemail on the iPhone also syncs using IMAP hosted by your carrier.

So does the Notes app, at least for Google accounts.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by butokai »

dunham wrote: post #34
walteweiss wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean by IMAP? Isn’t it a mail sync thing? Or can you use it some other way?

IMAP is read/write and holds the mail on the server (unlike POP). If you go into your internet accounts settings and tick "notes". Notes will surface it and stores notes in folders on the mail server. (Not all of notes functionality is available in the notes stored in those folders.)

That's a big proviso in parenthesis. I would go as far as saying that most functionality is not available, unfortunately.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by bodge5000 »

lostintangent wrote: post #58

After GitHub.dev was released (hit “.” on any GitHub repo, to open it in browser-based VS Code), I immediately saw the notetaking workflow that I wanted: a GitHub repo, storing markdown that I can own/control, but editable in the browser, using my existing VS Code preferences (theme, keybindings, etc.). Unfortunately, VS Code doesn’t natively support wiki links, so I created an extension that simply adds that feature…

I guess all your missing is offline capabilities (obviously you can have a local repo as well, but if your doing all your editing online, you might not be backing it up for when you actually need that offline capability) and mobile editing (which shockingly still isn't a thing for even basic github)

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by xenodium »

voltaireodactyl wrote: post #74
xenodium wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m working on bringing my org tasks to iOS. It’s early days but can be seen here https://www.reddit.com/r/plainorg and here https://xenodium.com/org-habits-on-ios-check-tasks-youre-nex... I have TestFlight invites available for anyone interested. Edit: Email me for invites "plainorg" + "@" + "xenodium.com"

Just wanted to say I'm currently using it and it's fantastic (and rapidly developed). Can't thank you enough for spending so much effort supporting org on iOS, it's really filling a huge gap for me!

Hey, that's wonderful to hear! Thank you.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by xenodium »

zzygan wrote: post #121
xenodium wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m working on bringing my org tasks to iOS. It’s early days but can be seen here https://www.reddit.com/r/plainorg and here https://xenodium.com/org-habits-on-ios-check-tasks-youre-nex... I have TestFlight invites available for anyone interested. Edit: Email me for invites "plainorg" + "@" + "xenodium.com"

I love org mode for writing and that side of org is brilliant. It’s not just a task manager. In fact I’d love just a note taking tool that doesn’t care as much about tasks but focuses on a outstanding org mode note taking experience on mobile.

Give the TestFlight build a go. You may find an overlap with what's offered. Happy to take feedback.
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