Notes in VS Code

#1

Post by manojkumarsmks » Sun, May 12, 2024, 5:59 PM UTC

Hi!

I spend a lot of time of VS code, I am curious if anyone know or use VS code as a note taking as well. I use notion for note taking, I would prefer having to code and search for necessary notes directly in VS Code.

Re: Notes in VS Code

#2

Post by jareds » Sun, May 12, 2024, 6:03 PM UTC

I use https://wiki.dendron.so/

Re: Notes in VS Code

#3

Post by RamVasuthevan » Sun, May 12, 2024, 6:14 PM UTC

I journal and keep my to-do list on a Jekyll site, which I store in Github and edit in VS Code

Re: Notes in VS Code

#4

Post by hnthrowaway0328 » Mon, May 13, 2024, 2:07 AM UTC

I do. Although most of them are scrambles.

Re: Notes in VS Code

#5

Post by vismit2000 » Mon, May 13, 2024, 4:10 AM UTC

I have been taking notes in VS code for more than three years now in plain text. I use this extension for colors and syntax highlights: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=canadadu...

Re: Notes in VS Code

#6

Post by al_borland » Mon, May 13, 2024, 5:04 AM UTC

I did it for a while (in Sublime Text and then later in VS Code), but ended up switching to Obsidian. I could still open up my Obsidian vault in VS Code if I wanted/needed.

I tried several extensions for notes in VS Code and none of them really worked how I wanted them to work.

Re: Notes in VS Code

#7

Post by xenator » Mon, May 13, 2024, 8:02 AM UTC

I tried several different extensions but ended up with Obsidian. The biggest obstacle is that VS Code is projects centered and I don't want to recreate notes structure every time I start new. At the same time Obsidian offers consistent linearly growing tree of notes in your preferable structure.

I can switch projects several many times a day in VS Code and almost never switch vaults in Obsidian. For every project I have its own structure and can copy-paste items between if I need.

Just share how I organized my workflow.

Re: Notes in VS Code

#8

Post by throwaway598 » Mon, May 13, 2024, 11:08 AM UTC

I tried in Sublime. But settled on Zettlr which is designed for knowledge bases and academic writing: markdown, Zettelkasten, tags, directory structure, text search and bibtex - Jabref (or Zotero) integration - is useful too. Plus the map thing if that's your cup of tea though I find its usefulness limited.

Re: Notes in VS Code

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Post by PurpleRamen » Mon, May 13, 2024, 3:39 PM UTC

xenator wrote: post #7

I tried several different extensions but ended up with Obsidian. The biggest obstacle is that VS Code is projects centered and I don't want to recreate notes structure every time I start new. At the same time Obsidian offers consistent linearly growing tree of notes in your preferable structure. I can switch projects several many times a day in VS Code and almost never switch vaults in Obsidian. For every project I h…

You could use a dedicated project for your global notes, and maintain specific notes in your project.

Re: Notes in VS Code

#10

Post by sahinyanlik » Wed, May 15, 2024, 10:18 AM UTC

for each day I a have a page. Easy to search and you can also write reminder for the future. It is surprising to see some todo when you start working next day.