Is there any encryption for notebooks/notes?
Quiver 2 saves all data in plain JSON files. So if you have turned on FileVault on Mac, the data files will be encrypted. Otherwise no.
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Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook
#22Quiver is a Mac app that helps programmers take notes. Its unique cell-based design makes it easy to mix text and code in one note. I built Quiver to scratch my own itch. I have tried numerous code snippet managers over the years, but they all missed one crucial point: it's not just code that you want to store. Usually you want to mix code snippets with comments, images, and links. Nothing out there was able to do th…
I've been looking for something like this I'll definitely check it out when I get home. One small feature request that I have though is if you could add some simple screen-shoting functionality. I believe it should be simple enough judging for example by this SO question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12823489/how-to-take-regi... and this example https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/samplecode/SonOfGrab... but…
You can take a screenshot with the standard OS X shortcuts (Command-Shift-3, Command-Shift-4, etc.) then paste into a text cell. Quiver lets you save images inside text cells, including web images (which will be saved locally so they work offline).
If you like a quick workflow, use Command-Control-Shift-3 to take a screenshot and save it to clipboard, then paste in Quiver.
Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook
#23A great looking app. I use the babel package built into emacs' org-mode. It's not for everyone though. It's worth investing in a tool like this. I find the act of keeping a journal to be invaluable to developing my skills as a programmer. I find it serves two primary purposes. It first provides me a historical record of how my thinking has been changed and influenced. And it helps me to recall difficult subject matte…
org is fantastic, and good note taking is how you manage work in large source bases.
It has the added benefit that you can put your notes into git.
Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook
#24Quiver is a Mac app that helps programmers take notes. Its unique cell-based design makes it easy to mix text and code in one note. I built Quiver to scratch my own itch. I have tried numerous code snippet managers over the years, but they all missed one crucial point: it's not just code that you want to store. Usually you want to mix code snippets with comments, images, and links. Nothing out there was able to do th…
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#25Looks neat. I'll have to try it out first before thinking about buying it.
I've been using Gollum, a project from github. It's basically a wiki using ruby brick and git to serve the md pages. I think the hassle is having to start up gollum to use the wiki and having it run.
And I keep different subjects in different repos so switching between each repo and relaunching gollum is a hassle. The code highlight isn't so great with other languages such as Erlang iirc.
Does this just have one hierarchical page in each notebook? Say the python book, it seems like there's say a collection of pages, each of those pages cannot have nested pages?
Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook
#26I'm sure Quiver is slick software but so often I have seen flashy tools suck up more time and effort in using them than other, simpler solutions.
If you want to make quick notes, there is absolutely no better tool than a notebook and pencil.
It's time tested and been proven to work for the past 2,000 years. It offers the minimum possible barrier between your thoughts and the page. It allows completely free expression with no limits on what characters you can type or where you draw your lines. You can erase and rewrite arbitrary areas as many times as you want using an eraser. The battery will never run out, it's very cheap and there's no screen to smash if you drop it.
FYI this isn't the opinion of some ancient luddite who still thinks we should be programming with punch cards. I'm 25 and have been hacking and playing with computer hardware and software since I was 12.
And I still think a moleskin pad and mechanical pencil is hands down the absolute best UI for crystallizing thoughts. If you are using anything flashier you are wasting your time on the tool rather than the substance of what you are thinking.
Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook
#27Looks neat. I'll have to try it out first before thinking about buying it. I've been using Gollum, a project from github. It's basically a wiki using ruby brick and git to serve the md pages. I think the hassle is having to start up gollum to use the wiki and having it run. And I keep different subjects in different repos so switching between each repo and relaunching gollum is a hassle. The code highlight isn't so g…
Yes Quiver has a very simple hierarchy: notebooks and notes. But you can use tags and linked notes for more flexible note organization. Also, when there are lots of notes, the only practical way to find something quickly is a full-text search, which Quiver supports nicely.
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#29A way to convert IPython Notebooks to Quiver notes would certainly be useful (as would the other way around). Searching ipython notebooks for code is a nightmare.
edit: good work btw, I'm not completely sold on this solution but I do think there's a problem here. I'm pretty invested in evernote but think this has potential.
Re: Show HN: Quiver – The Programmer's Notebook
#30A way to convert IPython Notebooks to Quiver notes would certainly be useful (as would the other way around). Searching ipython notebooks for code is a nightmare. edit: good work btw, I'm not completely sold on this solution but I do think there's a problem here. I'm pretty invested in evernote but think this has potential.
That is a good idea. IPython Notebook was another inspiration for Quiver. Since Quiver uses an simple JSON format for data files, it's easy to write a script to convert IPython notebooks to Quiver notebooks. I don't yet have importer scripts, but I have written some exporter scripts here, and you get the idea. https://github.com/HappenApps/Quiver/wiki/Export-Scripts