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Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by brnt »

roycoding wrote: post #27

I've been using Zim for at least 10 years for notes, todo's, etc. Recently I updated my setup to use syncthing for syncing between my desktop, laptop, and my Android phone. On my phone I use Markor, an open source app that supports the Zim markup format (along with Markdown and some others). I've been pretty happy with this setup.

Wow, I left Zim for a Markdown based setup because I wanted to have an Android client. Settled on Markor, and I never knew it actually supported the Zim syntax. I'll be converting back asap!

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by CyberRabbi »

I just started programming in zig and I have to say that the tooling is incredible. It has things that I never knew I wanted as a C programmer, like automatically detecting undefined behavior and integer overflows. If you’re looking for an alternative to C for a greenfield project I highly recommend it.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by embeng4096 »

prima-facie wrote: post #59

For me the killer feature of Zim is the native integration with Git. It's super easy to write and commit, write some more, commit again. You don't even have to leave the editor interface. I've coupled this with git pre-commit and post-commit hooks which basically ensure that the changes are always pushed to GitHub. I've found a similar application for Android called GitJournal. Unfortunately it doesn't do the wiki sy…

On Android I use Markor to edit text -- it also recognizes Zim Wiki format if I remember correctly. And then Termux is nearly a full Linux distro with convenient touch icons for things like Tab, modifier, and arrow keys -- I installed the git package for it and used that to push/pull to my GitHub repo. Maybe that could be a solution for you?

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by suramya_tomar »

stonogo wrote: post #38
hkt wrote: post #9

Fantastic piece of software. I wish there was an android version so I could sync between my desktop and phone, but it is still brilliant.

Markor supports Zim files, as of a few versions ago

Thanks. This is great and works pretty well. I use SyncThing to sync the files between the Phone and my Desktop so all my changes get sync'd bidirectionally automatically.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by culi »

jrm4 wrote: post #29

I have experimented with Cherrytree, I did org-mode for a year. Recently I did Obsidian. Keep coming back to my beloved Zim. Super extensible without being overwhelming. I do my personal notes, my blogging, my course website and even my Slides (instead of Powerpoint) with it.

Any thoughts on Obsidian vs Zim? I've had both of them downloaded for a long time now, but I've yet to really dive into them as my old habits of saving quick thoughts into .txt files are hard to shake off

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by smoldesu »

A bit off-topic (but still related to making Markdown more usable), I found an Admonition plugin[0] for Obsidian the other day that really knocked my socks off. I love having visual guides in wikis that help draw your attention to various things, and this is really perfect for my uses. If Zim had a similar function, I might be tempted to start using it again...

[0] https://github.com/valentine195/obsidian-admonition

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by Naac »

jcelerier wrote: post #33
Naac wrote: post #31

Once again I'm going to recommend tiddlywiki[0]. It has the hackability of emacs but can run anywhere a browser can ( both online and offline ). And of course, an active community and ecosystem built around it. [0] https://tiddlywiki.com/

> It has the hackability of emacs but can run anywhere a browser can Needing a browser is definitely not a positive. The website taking two seconds to load even when in cache while zim is absolutely instant even on potato PC neither.

I think being able to view your wiki from any browser is a positive. I don't need a separate app for my phone, I just access my wiki website and everything works the same.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by Naac »

Tomte wrote: post #44
Naac wrote: post #31

Once again I'm going to recommend tiddlywiki[0]. It has the hackability of emacs but can run anywhere a browser can ( both online and offline ). And of course, an active community and ecosystem built around it. [0] https://tiddlywiki.com/

I never get past the saving problem. Last time (a few weeks ago) I tried rclone with WebDAV. I do what the instructions say, I get a local web site where I can open the empty.hmtl, I do the basic setup, write a tiddler, it says "Saved" and the empty.html is still pristine and never gets written. The times before that I tried several other ways documented on their web site, but failed with all of them. git? Only GitHu…

I just run tiddlywiki on the node js server[0] and haven't had any problems.

[0] https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Installing%2520TiddlyWiki%2520...

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by hencq »

Tomte wrote: post #44
Naac wrote: post #31

Once again I'm going to recommend tiddlywiki[0]. It has the hackability of emacs but can run anywhere a browser can ( both online and offline ). And of course, an active community and ecosystem built around it. [0] https://tiddlywiki.com/

I never get past the saving problem. Last time (a few weeks ago) I tried rclone with WebDAV. I do what the instructions say, I get a local web site where I can open the empty.hmtl, I do the basic setup, write a tiddler, it says "Saved" and the empty.html is still pristine and never gets written. The times before that I tried several other ways documented on their web site, but failed with all of them. git? Only GitHu…

I just tiddlywiki with the --listen flag on a Raspberry Pi. I also expose it to the outside world by running it behind Traefik.

Also see https://tiddlywiki.com/#WebServer and https://www.npmjs.com/package/tiddlywiki

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