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Any reason a bunch of text files in directories wont work? Any "advanced" text editor that can search directories should work: Notepad++,Vim,grep,... anything
by howeyc 11y ago
Any reason a bunch of text files in directories wont work?
Any "advanced" text editor that can search directories should work: Notepad++,Vim,grep,... anything really.
I've been using a bunch of synced markdown files. Works for me, I just have a Markdown editor and a "grep-like" app for android. I'm not sure what you can do for iPhone though. When I've talked to people they couldn't seem to "browse for files/folders" which I thought was strange.
The one thing I'm missing is I'd like to "tag" my notes. I haven't decided how/if I'm going to do that yet.
- EC1 11y agoI use this [1] to do a simple full-text search of my personal knowledge base. [1] https://github.com/slashdotdash/jekyll-lunr-js-search https://github.com/slashdotdash/jekyll-lunr-js-search
- zzzmarcus 11y agoOne of the main reasons for using a personal knowledgebase is surfacing patterns in what you've saved. If there is no way of visualizing the relationship between notes/nodes outside of a flat list, pattern finding is limited to what you can remember to search for. Basically the core problem isn't saving and searching for data, it's having great ways to structure and visualize it.
- howeyc 11y agoGood point, unless I know a search term it doesn't work out great. I've been thinking of switching to some kind of wiki format, like maybe creole. Then finding an app that can understand links between files or something.