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I used Typora < https://typora.io/ https://typora.io/ > this year for my lecture notes and Notable lacks two crucial features that the former has: 1) LaTeX mat

I used Typora < https://typora.io/ https://typora.io/ > this year for my lecture notes and Notable lacks two crucial features that the former has: 1) LaTeX math support (i.e. MathJax). Being able to write inline formulas and using `align`, `table` etc. is a must in certain fields. 2) Notes in custom directory. Currently it seems that all your notes will be stored in your data directory, whereas I'd like to save my notes (and its assets) in a different directory as well (for instance, because I keep all my lecture notes and courseworks in a git repo).

fabiospampinato 8y ago
> 1) LaTeX math support I'll probably add this with the next release, on the first release I focused on the features I'm personally interested in. > 2) Notes in custom directory That's actually supported, your notes can be stored anywhere, that's really the main feature of Notable, that it's just a pretty frontend for a directory containing your notes, the directory can be set arbitrarily and changed later on. Btw I'm versioning my Notable notes and attachments (which Typora doesn't support) via git too, the data directory is just a regular directory.
- avinassh 8y ago
  > Btw I'm versioning my Notable notes and attachments (which Typora doesn't support) via git too, the data directory is just a regular directory. that is interesting. How does it handle sync and merge between git repositories?
  - fabiospampinato 8y ago
    The synchronization is taken care of by Dropbox and I'm only making commits from my laptop so I'm not really merging from other repos. Putting a git repo inside Dropbox is discouraged though as conflicts may arise. You could also for instance publish your data directory to github, accept PRs and everything else, as soon as the files on disk change Notable detects the changes and updates itself. I'm not sure if that answers your question, let me know if it didn't.
    - avinassh 8y ago
      > Putting a git repo inside Dropbox is discouraged though as conflicts may arise. I agree. > I'm only making commits from my laptop so I'm not really merging from other repos. if so, why are you using git? btw I have been using this since past 3-4 days and it has been a real pleasure. I have grown to really like it. I write a lot of notes and I wanted to write about 2018. Ended writing a lot on Notable. Earlier I had my own tool written in qt. Your project gave me motivation and may be I should work on it again.
soulchild37 8y ago
I used Typora too, its really great for writing note / blog post etc. My only gripe with it is that it doesn't have search / tagging function.
- boramalper 8y ago
  Indeed. It’s more like a document editor (like LO Writer, or MS Word) than a note-taking app.
akavel 8y ago
A similar WYSIWYG project I found recently, that is open-source: http://zettlr.com/ http://zettlr.com/ https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr
- boramalper 8y ago
  I’d love to have an open-source alternative to it, but I’m not sure if this has inline LaTeX support?

fabiospampinato 8y ago

> 1) LaTeX math support I'll probably add this with the next release, on the first release I focused on the features I'm personally interested in. > 2) Notes in custom directory That's actually supported, your notes can be stored anywhere, that's really the main feature of Notable, that it's just a pretty frontend for a directory containing your notes, the directory can be set arbitrarily and changed later on. Btw I'm versioning my Notable notes and attachments (which Typora doesn't support) via git too, the data directory is just a regular directory.

avinassh 8y ago
> Btw I'm versioning my Notable notes and attachments (which Typora doesn't support) via git too, the data directory is just a regular directory. that is interesting. How does it handle sync and merge between git repositories?
- fabiospampinato 8y ago
  The synchronization is taken care of by Dropbox and I'm only making commits from my laptop so I'm not really merging from other repos. Putting a git repo inside Dropbox is discouraged though as conflicts may arise. You could also for instance publish your data directory to github, accept PRs and everything else, as soon as the files on disk change Notable detects the changes and updates itself. I'm not sure if that answers your question, let me know if it didn't.
  - avinassh 8y ago
    > Putting a git repo inside Dropbox is discouraged though as conflicts may arise. I agree. > I'm only making commits from my laptop so I'm not really merging from other repos. if so, why are you using git? btw I have been using this since past 3-4 days and it has been a real pleasure. I have grown to really like it. I write a lot of notes and I wanted to write about 2018. Ended writing a lot on Notable. Earlier I had my own tool written in qt. Your project gave me motivation and may be I should work on it again.

soulchild37 8y ago

I used Typora too, its really great for writing note / blog post etc. My only gripe with it is that it doesn't have search / tagging function.

boramalper 8y ago
Indeed. It’s more like a document editor (like LO Writer, or MS Word) than a note-taking app.

akavel 8y ago

A similar WYSIWYG project I found recently, that is open-source: http://zettlr.com/ http://zettlr.com/ https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr

boramalper 8y ago
I’d love to have an open-source alternative to it, but I’m not sure if this has inline LaTeX support?