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Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by DanielDe »

randomstring wrote: post #65

No mention yet of the very well built iOS app beorg https://beorgapp.com/ Org-mode files are synced via Dropbox, iCloud, or WebDAV. Having a Siri shortcut to just tell Siri to add something to my TODO list would be a nice feature. Glancing at the shortcuts API, there is an append to file feature. I might have to try to roll my own.

I think beorg is fantastic and I poked around with it for a while before building org-web.

Ultimately I decided to build org-web anyway because I wanted something a bit closer to the metal, in a way. My impression of Beorg was that its bit higher level, whereas org-web provides some first class support for org features while still letting you edit the raw text if you'd like to.

To be clear, I think both styles have their advantages. org-web's style isn't better, its better for me.

Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by subbu »

DanielDe wrote: post #99
subbu wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have been on the fence for using Redux in a large-scale project and I am still not convinced about its usefulness. I feel its too much code for too little gain. You have listed it as one of the tools you have used in org-web. Does it add value?

The short answer is yes it added value, but I wouldn't use it if I started on org-web today. Largely this is because of the new hooks API in React (particularly useReducer). Redux also helped me grow a lot as an engineer. I'm sure the concepts that it builds on aren't new, but they were new to me when I first started using Redux and I now spend a lot of time thinking the way Redux taught (or forced) me to think.

Thanks. That helps. Looks like you can build a middleware using hooks alone. I found a good video from a React guru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUzLlHFVXx0. He builds a few Redux concepts in the video.

Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by rcdwealth »

That is not "Org-mode" as "mode" refers to editing mode within GNU Emacs software https://www.gnu.org/s/emacs -- so you either use the term wrongly intentionally to gain attention or unintentionally as you never understood the concept of integrated environment such as Emacs.

Instead you could call it Org editing or Org files or Org planning. Not a "mode".

Your web design sucks and it is not usable.

This is waste of time.

Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by rcdwealth »

jimktrains2 wrote: post #19
elliottcarlson wrote: post #14

"Org-mode is a document editing, formatting, and organizing mode, designed for notes, planning, and authoring within the free software text editor Emacs." In case anyone else wasn't sure what this was, and isn't an Emacs user.

You can use orgmode in other editors. I use vim, for instance. (Yes, the "official" module is only for emacs, but orgmode is a format and other editors have plugins for it as well.)

Maybe vim editor would have "Org mode".

But Org file and org mode is not the same. Org files you can edit with any editor and with few macros you could speed up such editing, but functionality exists only within GNU Emacs editor, and nowhere else.

Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by rcdwealth »

alexchamberlain wrote: post #61
michaelmrose wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see a lot of spacemacs users that seem rather confused on emacs basics. Makes me think you would be better of learning emacs, adding evil to the mix. Then using a starter kit if desired.

Where does one go to learn emacs basics?

You learn Emacs basics within GNU Emacs itself https://www.gnu.org/s/emacs see in the menu Help, there is Tutorial, FAQ, Info pages, everything is self contained.

Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by rcdwealth »

randomstring wrote: post #65

No mention yet of the very well built iOS app beorg https://beorgapp.com/ Org-mode files are synced via Dropbox, iCloud, or WebDAV. Having a Siri shortcut to just tell Siri to add something to my TODO list would be a nice feature. Glancing at the shortcuts API, there is an append to file feature. I might have to try to roll my own.

It is extremely naive to leave private files on public servers where one does not even know a person face to face.

Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by vanous »

kozikow wrote: post #72

Anyone did a comparison with orgzly+syncthing? I currently use orgzly and my only problem is that sometimes files get out of sync - I do not always have access to wifi.

As long as you only sync org-mode text files, you could install synsthing-fork and enable custom rule to sync the orgzly directory even on mobile data.

Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by jvke »

randomstring wrote: post #65

No mention yet of the very well built iOS app beorg https://beorgapp.com/ Org-mode files are synced via Dropbox, iCloud, or WebDAV. Having a Siri shortcut to just tell Siri to add something to my TODO list would be a nice feature. Glancing at the shortcuts API, there is an append to file feature. I might have to try to roll my own.

If you have Reminders synced with Beorg, you can tell Siri to set a reminder and it should end up in the appropriate slot in Beorg.

Re: Org-mode on web, built with React, for mobile, synced with Dropbox, Google Drive

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Post by ycombinete »

mds wrote: post #73
randomstring wrote: post #65

No mention yet of the very well built iOS app beorg https://beorgapp.com/ Org-mode files are synced via Dropbox, iCloud, or WebDAV. Having a Siri shortcut to just tell Siri to add something to my TODO list would be a nice feature. Glancing at the shortcuts API, there is an append to file feature. I might have to try to roll my own.

Beorg is awesome, I use it daily, but it's really "TODO" oriented, and not that great for editing documents. I've often wished there was an iOS text editor that understood org format, even just basic markdown style formatting. I'm going to give org-web a go, I think it could be a good compliment to beorg.

Yes. To be honest this is all I want.
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