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Why is this better than Orgmode? Orgmode is human readable, opens in any text editor, handles everything from bullet points to tables, and Github even has a Mar
by dawnbreez 9y ago
Why is this better than Orgmode? Orgmode is human readable, opens in any text editor, handles everything from bullet points to tables, and Github even has a Markdown-like renderer for Orgmode files.
- coldtea 9y ago>Why is this better than Orgmode? Not having to bother with Emacs is a huge plus.
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoSo, we're going to trade that for Electron and React-Native?
- bschwindHN 9y agoI dunno, you could make your own better version?
- rufugee 9y agoYes.
- jrs95 9y agoElectron really pisses me off, and even I would rather use an Electron app than learn Emacs.
- julienmarie 9y agoSpacemacs :)
- dawnbreez 9y agoSublime Text has an orgmode plugin, as does Vim.
- baldfat 9y agoMobile? EDIT: There is a Android App - https://github.com/orgzly/orgzly-android https://github.com/orgzly/orgzly-android
- danielvf 9y agoFirst, it’s markdown based. That’s probably not an advantage for you, but it’s a syntax people are used too. Secondly, syncing is built in. Sure you could use git on your org mode file, but that’s requires effort. Thirdly, this handles attachments and images. Fourth, the user does not have to learn EMacs. Fifth, it runs on phones. So it does have advantages for some people. If your already an orgmode master, it may mean less for you.
- vesak 9y ago1) Granted. 2) You can put your org file in Dropbox, all the mobile clients support that too. 3) Org-mode probably does this too. 4) Granted :) 5) orgzly for Android, beorg for ios.
- rubenbe 9y agoThe obvious advantage is that all platforms share the same code. As such it's easier to add new features. While for org mode emacs, orgzly, etc are separate projects that have to be kept in sync
- gmfawcett 9y agoOrg is really just a text format, like Markdown, and the core format hasn't changed in ages. So I don't think there's a sync problem here with respect to the applications themselves. The more likely pain-point is that on one device you have extra tools/configuration set up (e.g., org-latex), but these tools aren't available elsewhere (such as in orgzly). But I assume that this is a given for orgzly users: they probably don't expect they can do everything that org-mode enables in Emacs (like producing PDFs via LaTeX). They just want to do basic edits, and don't want to lose data when the document round-trips between Emacs and orgzly. (I don't use orgzly, but I assume that safe round-tripping is a feature...)
- zaarn 9y agoOutside of using emacs, which I don't, orgmode is rather useless in my experience and at some times even a major pain. It should also not be forgotten that the project linked has some features in addition to just note-taking and to-do lists, so it's definitely not directly comparable either.
- divanvisagie 9y agoWho said it was?
- ndh2 9y agoWhy did you click on this link? Are you unhappy with orgmode? Why? If not, why bother writing a comment? These "questions" invariably come across as "this thing sucks because it's not the thing that I am used to".