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Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by prima-facie »

embeng4096 wrote: post #63
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?

Thanks for sharing, but this approach is not what I'm looking for. Being able to (auto)commit to git from the editor is priceless to me.

I've used Markor but there's too much file management involved, instead of organising pages at a higher level and letting the app handle the filesystem ops.

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Post by sedatk »

I've been using Google Docs for my note taking and have been very happy with it, but the news I've heard about suddenly closed accounts with no recourse for recovery make me skeptic of its long-term viability.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by jitl »

culi wrote: post #66
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

If open source matters to you, keep in mind that [Zim is libre][zim-github] (GPL 2), while Obsidian is [proprietary].

Obsidian: faster rate of change, Markdown, closed source, aesthetics

Zim: stable, open source, aesthetics, not Markdown

[zim-github]: https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki

[proprietary]: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/open-sourcing-of-obsidian/1515/4

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by account-5 »

brocket wrote: post #17

There are a lot of fancier note taking tools but I keep going back to Zim. Been using it for years for private offline note-taking for work. I use quick notes and journal shortcuts many times a day to quickly jot down a followup note/idea/question in meetings. It's also my GTD system with tasks plugin. Love that it's just text files so I can manually edit them, version control, sync in private cloud service, etc. Nev…

I've never touched the templates, I don't understand derstand their documentation. You have any pointers to something less obscure?

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by eatmygodetia »

ron9 wrote: post #55

Not long ago, I ran through a bunch of wiki programs and eventually landed on Zim as my comfort zone. It's very light, looks pretty good, and just works! The syntax is a bit weird, and as someone mentioned, it doesn't handle code very well. Still really great and an easy recommend, though. https://ronitray.xyz/personal-wiki/

is your wiki still public? the link at the end of the article didn't work for me.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by ibnishak »

It is time to give a shout out to my favorite note taking app: Trilium https://github.com/zadam/trilium

Pros:

  1. Data is saved in SQlite. I am at 33k notes and it springs open instantaneously.    
  2. Notes can be arranged into arbitrarily deep tree. Single note can be placed into multiple places in the tree. (Think soft-links)     
  3. WYSIWYG support (CKEditor)   
  4. Tags, advanced scripting features    
  5. Other ususal wiki stuff like backlinks, note-map etc
Cons:

  1. Electron.    
  2. Data is saved in SQlite, not plain text.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by vymague »

It's silly. But I want these features in my offline personal wiki:

- sortable table like wikipedia's

- sortable list and other list manipulation tools from dynalist/worflowy's

- automatically adding titles when you copy links of articles/videos/etc.

I'd like to think I'm not the only one who mostly uses lists and tables to organize information and notes. Quick googling says org-mode can do the first 2. I tried spacemacs and it was just confusing. One day.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by moonshinefe »

sedatk wrote: post #74

I've been using Google Docs for my note taking and have been very happy with it, but the news I've heard about suddenly closed accounts with no recourse for recovery make me skeptic of its long-term viability.

Yeah it's super convenient, I do it too. But like you I'm growing wary of putting all my eggs in one basket especially with how dysfunctional these large tech companies are getting and all the horror stories of account lockouts.

The one thing I'd miss about shifting to a local note taking program is just how easy it is to share / collaborate Google Docs with people. Click one button and there's a URL for it anyone can view or potentially edit, served instantly through their fast servers.

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