I sometimes have a yearning for a text program like emacs or sublime that can handle images, formulas or other graphical material as easily as paper or onenote.

I sometimes have a yearning for a text program like emacs or sublime that can handle images, formulas or other graphical material as easily as paper or onenote. That way I could keep these things together. Not enough that I can't just dump that stuff into a folder, but enough that I find occasional friction. And though I've never gotten a distracting email on paper, I find it quite easy to do distracting things like doodle, plan dinner, read previous notes, daydream, etc. EDIT: As I'm brainstorming this, I can see linking to images on the filesystem using a markdown like syntax, then having those images appear when reviewing the notes. Perhaps quickly switching to a program for drawing or automatically syncing pictures of my paper notes or drawings to my PC so I can quickly link those files into the document I am working on.