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Plain text is great when I am on my laptop, but not as well as soon as I want to, for example, check or update my todo list on OneDrive/Google Drive on my phone

by Emendo 7y ago

Plain text is great when I am on my laptop, but not as well as soon as I want to, for example, check or update my todo list on OneDrive/Google Drive on my phone or on my work computer. I have found myself moving back into proprietary formats like docx and xlsx because of the above. All I want is a folder full of markdown files (and other files that need to stay in their original format), but I not could find a way to make it work on mobile.

ajvs 7y ago
Markor works well on Android.
- autoexec 7y ago
  This is what I'm using now, and it seems to be working well although I'll point out that it is nagware. I'll put up with the intermittent begging for donations over ads, in-app purchases, and data mining you'd find on other apps.
  - gretagretagreta 7y ago
    Could it be that you had in mind a different app? Markor is completely free (no paid version) and has never nagged me
- frankish 7y ago
  Thank you for this recommendation. Joplin didn't allow me to manage the files manually, but this gives me far more control. As a bonus, it supports todo.txt, which I was already using. Paired with Dropsync, this is my find of the month.
goerz 7y ago
That seems odd... at least on iOS, aren’t there a million markdown editors? What problem did you run in to?
- coldtea 7y ago
  That editing text files on mobile sucks, whereas selecting a date with the date selector, toggling an item as done with a checkbox click etc are much better...
  - bhl 7y ago
    That just seems a limitation of mobile keyboards: there’s no arrow keys so markdown editors lack navigation. One benefit of iOS is that if you hold the space key down it allows you to freely move your cursor around.
nixpulvis 7y ago
Seems like there should be an app that serves as an editor for you well enough. The syncing problem is only a problem because Apple (I'm assuming your on iOS, and I don't know as much about android) doesn't give you a fucking filesystem. I'd be pretty happy with something like ViMobile, and `git push` personally.
- nixpulvis 7y ago
  And before anyone asks what ViMobile is... I wouldn't know, developing applications for iOS is stupidly hard.
- goerz 7y ago
  This situation has improved a lot within the last year. I'd highly recommend trying out a combination of a-Shell (includes vim!), and WorkingCopy for git. Both of these can access any folder in Files or any external file provider (even outside of their sandbox). SecureShellFish is also great if you want to interface with a server.
- bhl 7y ago
  What about the native files app? Right now it seems Bear is using it.
erikbye 7y ago
I use Joplin, it uses markdown so I have my folder of files I can grep. It also has a mobile app and you can set up syncing with WebDAV, I use Seafile.
- gammarays_ 7y ago
  +1 for Joplin. I moved all my work notes to it and set up Syncthing with my phone and homeserver. Works beautifully.

by Emendo 7y ago

ajvs 7y ago

Markor works well on Android.

autoexec 7y ago
This is what I'm using now, and it seems to be working well although I'll point out that it is nagware. I'll put up with the intermittent begging for donations over ads, in-app purchases, and data mining you'd find on other apps.
- gretagretagreta 7y ago
  Could it be that you had in mind a different app? Markor is completely free (no paid version) and has never nagged me
frankish 7y ago
Thank you for this recommendation. Joplin didn't allow me to manage the files manually, but this gives me far more control. As a bonus, it supports todo.txt, which I was already using. Paired with Dropsync, this is my find of the month.

goerz 7y ago

That seems odd... at least on iOS, aren’t there a million markdown editors? What problem did you run in to?

coldtea 7y ago
That editing text files on mobile sucks, whereas selecting a date with the date selector, toggling an item as done with a checkbox click etc are much better...
- bhl 7y ago
  That just seems a limitation of mobile keyboards: there’s no arrow keys so markdown editors lack navigation. One benefit of iOS is that if you hold the space key down it allows you to freely move your cursor around.

nixpulvis 7y ago

Seems like there should be an app that serves as an editor for you well enough. The syncing problem is only a problem because Apple (I'm assuming your on iOS, and I don't know as much about android) doesn't give you a fucking filesystem. I'd be pretty happy with something like ViMobile, and `git push` personally.

nixpulvis 7y ago
And before anyone asks what ViMobile is... I wouldn't know, developing applications for iOS is stupidly hard.
goerz 7y ago
This situation has improved a lot within the last year. I'd highly recommend trying out a combination of a-Shell (includes vim!), and WorkingCopy for git. Both of these can access any folder in Files or any external file provider (even outside of their sandbox). SecureShellFish is also great if you want to interface with a server.
bhl 7y ago
What about the native files app? Right now it seems Bear is using it.

erikbye 7y ago

I use Joplin, it uses markdown so I have my folder of files I can grep. It also has a mobile app and you can set up syncing with WebDAV, I use Seafile.

gammarays_ 7y ago
+1 for Joplin. I moved all my work notes to it and set up Syncthing with my phone and homeserver. Works beautifully.