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Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by cac1 »

saralily wrote: post #36

I like LiquidText. But I couldn't really do anything with the notes, so I stopped using it. I would pay $200 a year for something on iOS/MacOS that combined Tinderbox and LiquidText and let me set formatting for export.

Epiphany WorkFlow isn't quite what you asked for, but I do believe you would find it a reasonable fit for your needs. Its output can go into Apple's Pages for final formatting, and it's free until Jan. 1, 2021. There after just $20 for a permanent copy. Disclosure: I wrote it. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epiphany-workflow/id1490449900...

I admit that this looks like a bit of an ad, but I think it's fair use. If I offend anyone, I apologize.

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by bosie »

fabiospampinato wrote: post #15
tduberne wrote: post #11

I am more and more reluctant to use any note taking app. Ideally, notes I take on the book I am reading today should still be available to me in 20 years. No app can offer that kind of guarantee. I switched to using plaintext files, and do not look back. The only thing one needs is to have a clear workflow to make sure notes remain accessible and useful. I like the Zettelkasten method for this (see eg https://zettelk…

> No app can offer that kind of guarantee. Actually the one I'm developing offers that [1], as it stores notes as plain Markdown files on disk, it doesn't get any more future-proof and no vendor lock-in than that. [1] https://notable.md

i just tried it and i cannot figure out how i use media with the app. even just a simple embedded image i cannot get to work (i never see the image). drag&drop an image from firefox into a note doesn't work either (nothing happens after i drop it).

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by fabiospampinato »

bosie wrote: post #43
fabiospampinato wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> No app can offer that kind of guarantee. Actually the one I'm developing offers that [1], as it stores notes as plain Markdown files on disk, it doesn't get any more future-proof and no vendor lock-in than that. [1] https://notable.md

i just tried it and i cannot figure out how i use media with the app. even just a simple embedded image i cannot get to work (i never see the image). drag&drop an image from firefox into a note doesn't work either (nothing happens after i drop it).

That part of the app is a bit rough still, that kind of drag & drop interaction isn't supported yet.

If you're under macOS you can copy/paste images to attach them.

Otherwise you can add attachments by clicking the attachments icon (the little clip) and then clicking "Add attachments...", and then link to them via the special `@attachment` token mentioned in the tutorial [1]. Or you could have an attachment wherever you want in the file system and link to it like you normally would inside Markdown.

[1] https://tutorial.notable.md/

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by craigst »

solarkraft wrote: post #29
craigst wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fair point about the updates, we're getting ready to launch a few bigger ones (es. a Win and MacOS version). Hopefully we can improve the other flows you mention. (I'm founder @ LT)

How about a Linux version? (Edit: Yes, I enthusiastically use a Linux tablet)

Wish we could! Just not enough people yet--have to keep focused on max return on investment. :) But we do plan to make a web version down the line, and remove the platform dependence entirely (or at least largely).

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by craigst »

saralily wrote: post #36

I like LiquidText. But I couldn't really do anything with the notes, so I stopped using it. I would pay $200 a year for something on iOS/MacOS that combined Tinderbox and LiquidText and let me set formatting for export.

Can you tell me what about the notes in LT made it hard to use them? We're hoping to make the app better. (I'm founder @ LT)

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by craigst »

helloworm wrote: post #35
throwaway72v2 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To speak for myself, I don't care about ink. I don't even use Apple's pencil. I want to type things into a comment box and be able to search for what I typed later. This app got started in 2012. It's 2020, and I can't.

Agreed. Searching in non ink should be a piece of cake. I suspect it’s been unimplemented for the same reason that my own request for keyboard shortcuts for bold/underline/change-size has been ignored - they don’t really care about user needs and only do the stuff they like. Which tells you something about the management of the product ...

My apologies for the unimplemented features! Please know it's not because we don't care, we have real-human tech support for even our free users because we desperately care. But we have to focus on the largest demand requests. Fwiw, the biggest request is desktop support, which are in beta now.

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by craigst »

phren0logy wrote: post #3

I really love this app on my iPad Pro. Very helpful way to make sense of many documents with overlapping data. I really wish it had (or integrated with) a good timeline app.

Thanks! We've thought about that. The next update will add some tagging features that won't solve that, but will get you partway to a solution to the timeline issue.

Re: LiquidText: A tool for academical note taking

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Post by bosie »

fabiospampinato wrote: post #44
bosie wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i just tried it and i cannot figure out how i use media with the app. even just a simple embedded image i cannot get to work (i never see the image). drag&drop an image from firefox into a note doesn't work either (nothing happens after i drop it).

That part of the app is a bit rough still, that kind of drag & drop interaction isn't supported yet. If you're under macOS you can copy/paste images to attach them. Otherwise you can add attachments by clicking the attachments icon (the little clip) and then clicking "Add attachments...", and then link to them via the special `@attachment` token mentioned in the tutorial [1]. Or you could have an attachment wherever…

indeed, i am on a mac.

i dislike the attachment solution since that is a vendor lockin and you were mentioning lack of that. if i use attachments and special virtual paths like "@attachment" i restricted from editing my notes with anything but your tool. ios is then obviously gone too. This defeats the purpose of being dropbox-syncable (or at least reduces its usefulness).

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