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Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by vhanda »

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…

I'm the GitJournal author.

I'd be open to adding the zim wiki syntax support, assuming I can have at least one designated person who uses Zim, and can test things out and report issues. GitJournal now has basic support for OrgMode, and the code is now in a state where it doesn't necessarily assume Markdown.

How about you file an issue on GitHub? [0]. Ideally, if you could get some other people to vote on it, I'll be more motivated to prioritize it.

Additionally, do you know a good source for the zim syntax? I see [1] and [2], but I'm not sure if I'm missing more.

[0] - https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal/issues

[1] - https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Wiki_Syntax.html

[2] - https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Check_Boxes.html

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by mehdix »

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 used it for years for writing a daily journal. I'd press a shortkey such as Alt+D and I'd get an entry for the day and write. Simple useful tool with an awesome author.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by qpiox »

Using ZIM on a daily basis for more than 10 years. I use some of it's features more often than others:

- check lists as todo lists

- daily log

- drafting slides for presentations (using export to Presentation option and S5 option)

Primary way of syncing to other devices - shared nextcloud folder.

Pro: plain text files - can be edited by any available text editor in case I want to edit notes on an unsupported devices.

Cons: I don't like when it automatically creates notes for all phrases written in CamelCase. It is a wiki, but i don't use it as a true wiki, but as a bunch of notes.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by ron9 »

eatmygodetia wrote: post #77
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.

I should probably update that post. I took it down because of some issues with my hosting and then never really got around to bringing it back up. at the time, it only had about 20-30 items though.

I can tell you the export to HTML functionality is solid, but for something like a wiki you really need searchability which as far as I know zim templates do not provide. The available templates are also not responsive other than maybe the eight-five-zero theme that i modified for my site.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by rodelrod »

vymague wrote: post #79

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 spacem…

Org-mode can do number 3 as well: https://github.com/rexim/org-cliplink

Can't argue with it being confusing. It takes some effort in the beginning until one day you realize that your mind blended with the machine.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by adamweld »

I've tried a lot of note taking apps and Workflowy[0] has been my favorite for the last ~5 years.

At its core it's a bulleted list that you can expand and collapse. Super simple and works just as well for quick ToDo lists as for in-depth ideation and project tracking. Recently they've added features such as tags and boards, which I mostly ignore, but the core product is super simple, powerful, and flexible. 100% free and with good web, mobile, and desktop apps.

[0] https://workflowy.com/online-notepad/

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by cyberpunk »

I really want to share logseq[0] if anyone isn’t yet familiar with it, I’ve been using it for a few months and it is absolutely fucking superb.

I like it so much I became a sponsor. Same kinda deal, writes markdown you spaff at gitlab or wherever, but with a graph, amazing linking and soft (unreferenced) links, it’s literally my external brain at this point.

Few tools I can recommend so much, and it doesn’t even have a vi mode yet. I hope to continue using it for many years.

0: https://logseq.com/

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by leke »

I use this at work to keep my notes on our code base. There's a bit of a strict policy about using unapproved apps, and it makes me a bit nervous there is git integration. I definitely wouldn't want anything to get pushed someplace somehow.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by rpdillon »

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 had the some problem, and several months ago (8?) I put together a small python script that I run that handles saving for me seamlessly. It also keeps around a handful of backups for each wiki, and provides an index page so I can swap between different wikis as I need to. I'm now all-in on TiddlyWiki and I've never been happier. I manage about a dozen or so wikis this way.

I haven't yet gotten around to properly hosting the source code publicly, but it's just a single python file that I run locally. To actually replicate the wikis between my devices, I use Syncthing. I'll be happy to put the source code up if folks are interested...it'll probably take only an hour or so.

Re: Zim – A Desktop Wiki

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Post by heldergg »

qpiox wrote: post #83

Using ZIM on a daily basis for more than 10 years. I use some of it's features more often than others: - check lists as todo lists - daily log - drafting slides for presentations (using export to Presentation option and S5 option) Primary way of syncing to other devices - shared nextcloud folder. Pro: plain text files - can be edited by any available text editor in case I want to edit notes on an unsupported devices.…

> Cons: I don't like when it automatically creates notes for all phrases written in CamelCase. It is a wiki, but i don't use it as a true wiki, but as a bunch of notes.

There's a preference to ignore CamelCase:

https://i.imgur.com/88SZTY9.png

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