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Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by gwynforthewyn »

mprovost wrote: post #37

The OG drill book (Unix Power Tools) had a tip for quick note taking - redirect to /dev/null. For the past 25 years I pretty much always have a terminal window open with a shell redirecting to /dev/null so I can copy and paste or type quickly. I suppose if you wanted to save it you could redirect to a file instead of /dev/null but I always treat it as a buffer that will eventually go away.

Are you just saying here that you open a shell, redirect cat's output to /dev/null, and then use the terminal buffer for notes? I can't quite parse out from your comment what you mean as a workflow; I checked out my copy of Unix Power Tools and didn't see anything clarifying what you mean in either Chapter 43 "Redirecting Input and Output" or flicking through section IV "Basic Editing".

If you have a few minutes and could clarify, I'd appreciate it. I love a good *nix workflow.

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by [deleted] »

numinix wrote: post #16

I like the idea! The different scratch pads are cool. But I'm always a bit worried with localStorage of losing my work, is that a fair concern? If you're looking for feedback, you could consider: - Host the javascript and fonts yourself, only downsides (privacy, slower) in using a CDN. Ko-fi, Google fonts, Google analytics, Cloudflare, Bootstrapcdn, Numoh -- are all these entities required for note taking? - Excessiv…

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Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by ravenstine »

lioeters wrote: post #21
numinix wrote: post #16

I like the idea! The different scratch pads are cool. But I'm always a bit worried with localStorage of losing my work, is that a fair concern? If you're looking for feedback, you could consider: - Host the javascript and fonts yourself, only downsides (privacy, slower) in using a CDN. Ko-fi, Google fonts, Google analytics, Cloudflare, Bootstrapcdn, Numoh -- are all these entities required for note taking? - Excessiv…

> worried with localStorage of losing my work Unfortunately localStorage is not guaranteed to be persistent, especially on Safari/Webkit. > Starting in iOS 13.4 and Safari 13.1, LocalStorage will be cleared after 7 days of no user interaction on a site. 7-Day Cap on All Script-Writeable Storage - https://webkit.org/blog/10218/full-third-party-cookie-blocki... This also affects sessionStorage and Indexed DB, which is…

> A Note On Web Applications Added to the Home Screen

> As mentioned, the seven-day cap on script-writable storage is gated on “after seven days of Safari use without user interaction on the site.” That is the case in Safari. Web applications added to the home screen are not part of Safari and thus have their own counter of days of use. Their days of use will match actual use of the web application which resets the timer. We do not expect the first-party in such a web application to have its website data deleted.

I'm glad to know that this isn't [entirely] destroying the concept of webpages acting in an app-like manner. At least this gives the developer and user some ability to give permission for actually persistent storage.

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by ahmedfromtunis »

jedimastert wrote: post #10
ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #5

What I really miss right now is a chrome extension that replaces the new tab page with a note taking space. I used to use an extension called papier that had a simple interface, just the right amount of configurability and a beautiful design (particularly good color schemes). The extension got removed because of its incompatibility with the new manifest V3. The current alternatives are either too involved with too mu…

Wow, I used to use Papier all the time. I sort of forgot about it when I migrated from Chrome to Firefox and didn't really find a good alternative, but man that plugin was legitimately a huge part of my life for a while. I'm sad to heard it's going away, it was an absolutely genius idea

Oh yeah, it's one of those pieces of software that goes out of your way and just does its assigned job so well that you literally forget about it.

I remember switching to a new computer at work and noticing something was weirdly missing without being able to put my finger on it. It wasn't until one of those moment where I used to use the extension that I noticed it wasn't yet installed on this machine.

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by mprovost »

gwynforthewyn wrote: post #41
mprovost wrote: post #37

The OG drill book (Unix Power Tools) had a tip for quick note taking - redirect to /dev/null. For the past 25 years I pretty much always have a terminal window open with a shell redirecting to /dev/null so I can copy and paste or type quickly. I suppose if you wanted to save it you could redirect to a file instead of /dev/null but I always treat it as a buffer that will eventually go away.

Are you just saying here that you open a shell, redirect cat's output to /dev/null, and then use the terminal buffer for notes? I can't quite parse out from your comment what you mean as a workflow; I checked out my copy of Unix Power Tools and didn't see anything clarifying what you mean in either Chapter 43 "Redirecting Input and Output" or flicking through section IV "Basic Editing". If you have a few minutes and…

Yes that's it: "cat > /dev/null". Or you can even skip running cat and just "> /dev/null". You exit by typing ctrl-d which sends an EOF (and then sends all the output to /dev/null!).

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by mprovost »

gwynforthewyn wrote: post #41
mprovost wrote: post #37

The OG drill book (Unix Power Tools) had a tip for quick note taking - redirect to /dev/null. For the past 25 years I pretty much always have a terminal window open with a shell redirecting to /dev/null so I can copy and paste or type quickly. I suppose if you wanted to save it you could redirect to a file instead of /dev/null but I always treat it as a buffer that will eventually go away.

Are you just saying here that you open a shell, redirect cat's output to /dev/null, and then use the terminal buffer for notes? I can't quite parse out from your comment what you mean as a workflow; I checked out my copy of Unix Power Tools and didn't see anything clarifying what you mean in either Chapter 43 "Redirecting Input and Output" or flicking through section IV "Basic Editing". If you have a few minutes and…

I found it! Section 48.3 "A Scratchpad on Your Screen" from the first edition.

https://web.deu.edu.tr/doc/oreily/unix/upt/ch48_03.htm

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by kevindamm »

crazygringo wrote: post #34
kevindamm wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use a variation of this as a bookmarklet, perhaps you'll find it useful: data:text/html, You could probably set that as the URL of your home page to get the behavior you described. I add a style="height:100%" in the HTML tag so that clicking anywhere puts focus on it for editing. You could add other styling and initial content as desired.

I do too. I've been wondering if there's some short JavaScript I could add to retrieve text from local storage when loaded, and update local storage after every change. Not so it persists for months, but just so it survives a tab close or a browser restart.

EDIT: mm, localStorage API is disabled inside data URLs, understandably

There are local-first file based solutions (like classic TiddlyWiki) that could work for you,.. but at that point maybe you meant to open your favorite text editor or IDE.

I kind of like that this simple solution always opens a scratch buffer and I have to put it somewhere else to save it (never saved accidentally).

It also keeps the source formatting (or with ctrl-shift-V ignores it), which can be useful aside from the note taking itself.

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

mprovost wrote: post #46
gwynforthewyn wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you just saying here that you open a shell, redirect cat's output to /dev/null, and then use the terminal buffer for notes? I can't quite parse out from your comment what you mean as a workflow; I checked out my copy of Unix Power Tools and didn't see anything clarifying what you mean in either Chapter 43 "Redirecting Input and Output" or flicking through section IV "Basic Editing". If you have a few minutes and…

Yes that's it: "cat > /dev/null". Or you can even skip running cat and just "> /dev/null". You exit by typing ctrl-d which sends an EOF (and then sends all the output to /dev/null!).

cat > ~/anyrandomfile also works if you want a persistant connection / want storage to save things

I am not sure if the noteux.com works in the same way.

I am also not sure but is there a way to create persistant terminal connections as each is going to /dev/null but its persistant and you can connect to any of it?

maybe using zellij / tmux

Re: Show HN: NoteUX – Fast and minimalist note-taking app

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

mprovost wrote: post #46
gwynforthewyn wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you just saying here that you open a shell, redirect cat's output to /dev/null, and then use the terminal buffer for notes? I can't quite parse out from your comment what you mean as a workflow; I checked out my copy of Unix Power Tools and didn't see anything clarifying what you mean in either Chapter 43 "Redirecting Input and Output" or flicking through section IV "Basic Editing". If you have a few minutes and…

Yes that's it: "cat > /dev/null". Or you can even skip running cat and just "> /dev/null". You exit by typing ctrl-d which sends an EOF (and then sends all the output to /dev/null!).

So I just tried and we can use this with zellij sessions as well , which is pretty nice and has a really really nice ui/ux
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