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Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by kixiQu »

dtgay wrote: post #62
nsomaru wrote: post #61

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It’s all or nothing, basic just leads to frustration when it doesn’t work as expected

I agree, mostly. An example of "close enough" for me is the IdeaVim plugin[1] for JetBrains IDEs. It supports all the features I need to be quite productive, including registers. The killer feature is that it reads in an `~/.ideavimrc` file, in which I can just `source ~/.vimrc`. I wish more apps had that level of Vim support. Loading a `vimrc` file like that would be a killer feature for a notetaking app. [1]: https…

Even if it couldn't handle every single thing I can express in a .vimrc, if it were clearly documented what subset worked, that'd be rad.

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by synista »

pricci wrote: post #25

I would love to explore someone else's library of notes. I really don't know how to take effective notes. When I start reading a new book I try to take notes but always end up just reading. The problem is that months after I can't remember much.

Look up Andrew Matushchak's entry on evergreen notes [1].

[1] https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4SDCZQeRo4xFEQ8H4qrSqd68ucp...

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by en3r0 »

synista wrote: post #70
drcongo wrote: post #45

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I've tried Trilium in the past, and tried Obsidian this week. I fell in love with Obsidian instantly (even though there are a couple of key things missing [1]). This is entirely subjective, but the UI of Trilium actually gives me anxiety - I want my note-taking, knowledgebase to be a zero-friction thing of calm. Obsidian definitely is, I spent two minutes customising keyboard shortcuts to closer match Sublime Text wh…

+1 re: information overload. I've been testing a bunch of them lately, and Zettlr (FOSS) has a nice and minimalist thing going on too. I liked Obsidian too, especially the network graph, but the licensing discussions in the other thread yesterday are a bit of a concern, but the dev erica seemed fairly open, so I'm keeping an eye out on how that goes.

There are a few things to address the default overload.

- There is a "writing mode" - You can hide the sidebars or portions of the sidebars.

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by [deleted] »

acemarke wrote: post #65

Been using Boostnote for the last few years. Boostnote's great, but it doesn't have note nesting / trees, so I figured I'd give Trilium a shot. Downloaded Trilium, tried to type in a standard GFM Markdown fenced code block with a language identifier for syntax highlighting, and it kept converting it to a "Plain Text" block as soon as I typed the third backtick, making it unusable. That's a hard blocker for me. I writ…

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Post by bwat49 »

NotUsingLinux wrote: post #57

Is anyone reminded by this as kind of a smalltalk image? I mean an environment that is self contained and can be modified? I wished the authors would think of aspects like that: how to modify the system without restarting it or needing separate tools. Sure it looks nice but in the end its a browser with some javascript libs glued together with sqllite or something? Customization seems way to difficult , so the tool c…

I'm very happy with this program, the GUI isn't the most elegant but it does the job.

I don't think I'd describe the GUI as 'bloated' though... it's actually pretty minimal. I think the screenshot on the github page makes it look busier than it really is (e.g. the sidebar can be hidden, and you'd usually be using it with a larger window size).

I find the program to be very powerful out of the box, so I haven't had to customize much (the customization is just icing on the cake IMO).

I use this program every day at work as my personal knowledgebase for my technical support notes (and also for taking notes on phone calls). I have thousands of notes and this program handles it much better than anything else I've tried. The powerful tree structure, fast search, and tagging system make it really easy for me to quickly find what I'm looking for.

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by pricci »

synista wrote: post #72
pricci wrote: post #25

I would love to explore someone else's library of notes. I really don't know how to take effective notes. When I start reading a new book I try to take notes but always end up just reading. The problem is that months after I can't remember much.

Look up Andrew Matushchak's entry on evergreen notes [1]. [1] https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4SDCZQeRo4xFEQ8H4qrSqd68ucp...

Thanks, that's really interesting

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by maxwellwhite »

kurzawa7 wrote: post #64
maxwellwhite wrote: post #6

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Website resources?

What I meant by "Website Resources" is a collection of website links I want to keep note of. Also, Sorry for not linking apps I mentioned. CherryTree - A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single xml or sqlite file. https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/ -- Joplin - An open source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities https:/…

Hey! Thanks for the reply, by the way. Checking out the links, too!

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by tritiy »

The_Colonel wrote: post #58

Author here, if you want to ask anything ...

Well, my questions are pretty basic but since you offered :) 1. In text note I make a code block and I do not know how to 'exit it'. How can I 'finish' it and make another paragraph? 2. Is there a shortcut to insert a checkbox (like Evernote does with Ctrl+Shift+C 3. Is there a way to change the font? I like Mono fonts for notes. 4. Can I reduce the margin between paragraphs in text notes?

Thats all for now, thanks.

Re: Trilium Notes: Markdown autoformat personal knowledge base

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Post by The_Colonel »

tritiy wrote: post #78
The_Colonel wrote: post #58

Author here, if you want to ask anything ...

Well, my questions are pretty basic but since you offered :) 1. In text note I make a code block and I do not know how to 'exit it'. How can I 'finish' it and make another paragraph? 2. Is there a shortcut to insert a checkbox (like Evernote does with Ctrl+Shift+C 3. Is there a way to change the font? I like Mono fonts for notes. 4. Can I reduce the margin between paragraphs in text notes? Thats all for now, thanks.

Hi, sorry for being late:

1. Code block is exited by double enter (so two new lines)

2. No shortcut for the checkbox unfortunately

3. Only Themes can change the fonts - see e.g. "Steel Blue" in the demo document to see how it's done. https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Themes

4. You could use custom CSS to change it however I can't recommend this: https://github.com/zadam/trilium/wiki/Themes#custom-css

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