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Re: Write plain text files

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Post by rattray »

prashantsengar wrote: post #126
rattray wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love Obsidian, but I'm now beginning to move many of my documents to Notion for sharing with a team. I really wish Obsidian, or something like it, worked well for teams. Maybe it's on their roadmap, I'm not sure.

Have you tried Athens Research? [0] It is open source and everything is stored locally but not in markdown files. You can self-host the desktop app to share notes. [0]: https://github.com/athensresearch/athens

That doesn't seem designed for growing teams – for example, it doesn't seem to have comments.

Re: Write plain text files

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Post by mythz »

For several years I was an avid notepad.exe + plain text files practitioner for capturing any note but have switched to using https://notable.app for capturing any adhoc notes.

It has the same in spirit & benefits of maintaining plain-text .md files in a static directory but has all the niceties of rich markdown, embeds, attachments, search and metadata captured in .md frontmatter to organize and tag notes with categories + pinned notes in a minimal, focused UI. I've tried many note taking apps but it's been the only that's stuck & replaced notepade.exe for me.

Re: Write plain text files

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Post by wodenokoto »

hammyhavoc wrote: post #137
wodenokoto wrote: post #117

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I do wish they had a cheaper commercial tier that maybe didn’t offer priority support or something. $50/year puts you next to some good developer tools, that already do markdown pretty well, and I just don’t see the point of writing notes if they’re not also for work. I’m sure it’s worth it once you have 100s or 1000s of notes by i somehow feel like it’s a bit of a too big pill to swallow in the beginning.

You can use it free, mate. Just sync your markdown files via your favourite provider, or your own WebDAV, e.g. Nextcloud, or use a free sync plugin. There's even git plugins if you're a fellow nerd that wants version control.

According to the license, you can't use it commercially without the commercial license, and I think the license is very clear that work related notes are included in commercial definition:

> You need to pay for Obsidian if and only if you use it for revenue-generating, work-related activities in a company that has two or more people. Get a commercial license for each user if that's the case. Non-profit organizations do not need commercial licenses.

https://obsidian.md/eula

Re: Write plain text files

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Post by rpdillon »

wolverine876 wrote: post #12

I use plain text because there is no multimedia equivalent that is universal and end-user controlled, and there are no multimedia equivalents to Vim, Grep, regex, etc. Text is great, but an image, table, or diagram are sometimes irreplaceable. We think we are great innovators, but we are stuck in 1990. Notice also that there are no Vim-equivalents for phones, even though that platform has been widely used for 15+ yea…

I use Tiddlywiki. It's end-user controlled, and works in any browser. I think it usually flies under the radar in these discussions, but it's really surprisingly powerful, I've found. It's the data and tools in a single HTML file, which makes it uniquely resistant to bitrot. There's a bit of a learning curve, though.

Re: Write plain text files

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Post by sxldier »

ysh7 wrote: post #102

Here's another very similar project which follows the same concept and construct: https://jrnl.sh PS. I am not the author or contributor just a daily user of it and i like it.

This looks interesting. Thanks for posting!

Re: Write plain text files

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Post by wodenokoto »

gotorazor wrote: post #112

I sometimes have to write things down in French. ascii is kind of clumsy for things like non breaking spaces. Anyone has a suggestion for this?

UTF-8, which I think a lot of developers considers "plain text" now a days.

Out of pure curiosity: Why do you need non-breaking spaces? I don't think I've ever used one, and now I'm wondering if I am missing out :)

Re: Write plain text files

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Post by D13Fd »

awill wrote: post #93
sylens wrote: post #58

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This is exactly why I switched to Obsidian after trying a few others like Bear, Notion, and Craft. Let me see the files on disk! Don't abstract it away or hide it from me.

It's just unfortunate that the proprietary apps have IMHO much nicer UI/UX. Why can't we have both! On Mac I use Ulysses. I get the benefits described here while still having a fast, native app with excellent UX. I have Mac for work, and Linux for personal and an Android phone. That means Ulysses on Mac, ThiefMD on Linux, and Markor on Android, all synced with syncthings. Native apps on different OSes is the best sol…

I use Ulysses too, but I it could be faster. I haven’t tried them in the latest versions, but in the past I’ve had issues with even medium-sized files with lots of formatting.

Re: Write plain text files

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Post by D13Fd »

hammyhavoc wrote: post #138
prashantsengar wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried Athens Research? [0] It is open source and everything is stored locally but not in markdown files. You can self-host the desktop app to share notes. [0]: https://github.com/athensresearch/athens

I went to visit https://athensresearch.github.io/athens/ and got "Only browsers based on Chrome/Chromium are supported" on Firefox. Lol.

Wow, iOS Safari gets the same message. Interesting choice…

Re: Write plain text files

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Post by NWoodsman »

Funny, I'm about to release my note-taking app which is plain text (xml) under the hood, handles heirarchy easily, and plays well with both version control (backups) and dropbox. Its windows tho... wanna try it?
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