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Nice. MS OneNote had exactly this functionality and it was super useful for taking notes in math/engineering classes. Good to see a non-MS product taking it on,

Nice. MS OneNote had exactly this functionality and it was super useful for taking notes in math/engineering classes. Good to see a non-MS product taking it on, and producing open output by default.

komali2 8y ago
I think waaay too much about this. Started when I took notes on my surface in onenote during a coding bootcamp. Between multi-color pen switching, ability to paste in pics of slides and screenshots of code, and type in code when necessary, it was the ultimate note taking situation. Made me realize the reason I was a shit student in college was straight up because I took garbage notes. But, the surface/windows is not the ideal programming environment for me. I prefer linux flavors (Debian/Ubuntu usually). So I've been on this like three year quest to get the ultimate note taking, programming, plus misc task tool setup. Ended up with a thinkpad x1 yoga, all the bells and whistles. Great machine. Tried having a VM running Debian so I could quickly switch from that to onenote, but the VM performance when closing and opening the lid was funky. So, dual boot time, and time to find a onenote replacement. Not so bad a deal because onenote offline mode and syncing are notoriously bad (not that I'd expect otherwise, it seems like a tricky problem to solve). Deep down the rabbit hole turns up two apps: Write and Xournal. (Onenote chrome doesn't work because no pressure sensitivity and no offline mode) Write is exciting because it works out of the box, has infinite scrolling, quickly can switch pen colors, and a very interesting save scheme. Their files are just HTML with svgs. I'm exploring and automatic upload system that simply renders all my notes as a GitHub pages thing somewhere, with links for directory's files. Open to suggestions, there. Xournal is definitely a more configurable, heavy hitter app. It was easier to install, has way more configuration options (mildly annoying as you gotta tick a box to get pressure sensitivity on), and allows you to type text in or paste images. However, it doesn't have infinite, expanding page scrolling. You have to hit "next page" to be presented with a new blank canvas, or, set your page length to something absurd, which concerns me for memory management reasons. Anyway, like I said, I think WAY too much about this, but I'm very open to suggestions/input.
- komali2 8y ago
  Too late edit: Actually, I just checked, xournal doesn't seem to allow pasting in images. I could have sworn I did it before but I don't see any in any of my save files.
  - komali2 8y ago
    Aha, you can get images in! You must click a sort of msword type "clipart" looking icon, and then click where you want the image to go. Then, a file explorer dialog opens, and it's business as usual. Not quite as elegant as Onenote's ability to paste in a screenshot super easy, but the functionality at least has a workaround.

Nice. MS OneNote had exactly this functionality and it was super useful for taking notes in math/engineering classes. Good to see a non-MS product taking it on, and producing open output by default.

komali2 8y ago

I think waaay too much about this. Started when I took notes on my surface in onenote during a coding bootcamp. Between multi-color pen switching, ability to paste in pics of slides and screenshots of code, and type in code when necessary, it was the ultimate note taking situation. Made me realize the reason I was a shit student in college was straight up because I took garbage notes. But, the surface/windows is not the ideal programming environment for me. I prefer linux flavors (Debian/Ubuntu usually). So I've been on this like three year quest to get the ultimate note taking, programming, plus misc task tool setup. Ended up with a thinkpad x1 yoga, all the bells and whistles. Great machine. Tried having a VM running Debian so I could quickly switch from that to onenote, but the VM performance when closing and opening the lid was funky. So, dual boot time, and time to find a onenote replacement. Not so bad a deal because onenote offline mode and syncing are notoriously bad (not that I'd expect otherwise, it seems like a tricky problem to solve). Deep down the rabbit hole turns up two apps: Write and Xournal. (Onenote chrome doesn't work because no pressure sensitivity and no offline mode) Write is exciting because it works out of the box, has infinite scrolling, quickly can switch pen colors, and a very interesting save scheme. Their files are just HTML with svgs. I'm exploring and automatic upload system that simply renders all my notes as a GitHub pages thing somewhere, with links for directory's files. Open to suggestions, there. Xournal is definitely a more configurable, heavy hitter app. It was easier to install, has way more configuration options (mildly annoying as you gotta tick a box to get pressure sensitivity on), and allows you to type text in or paste images. However, it doesn't have infinite, expanding page scrolling. You have to hit "next page" to be presented with a new blank canvas, or, set your page length to something absurd, which concerns me for memory management reasons. Anyway, like I said, I think WAY too much about this, but I'm very open to suggestions/input.

komali2 8y ago
Too late edit: Actually, I just checked, xournal doesn't seem to allow pasting in images. I could have sworn I did it before but I don't see any in any of my save files.
- komali2 8y ago
  Aha, you can get images in! You must click a sort of msword type "clipart" looking icon, and then click where you want the image to go. Then, a file explorer dialog opens, and it's business as usual. Not quite as elegant as Onenote's ability to paste in a screenshot super easy, but the functionality at least has a workaround.