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I just recently learned about using two square brackets in OneNote to make arbitrary links to existing pages or instantly create a new page on demand. It is qui
by Multicomp 7y ago
I just recently learned about using two square brackets in OneNote to make arbitrary links to existing pages or instantly create a new page on demand. It is quite similar to the linking in [[roam]] but the later offers up a drop-down of pages with similar names to click from, while the former just does an exact string match.
I'm not sure which I prefer, but it has helped me in my OneNote uses recently.
Having starte my personal memex journey with onenote 2010 and blending in the likes of mempad, notewiki, and dokuwiki for specific use cases, I'm feeling like I am close but not quite arrived at a program I can trust to feed more than the work notes of the day.
The ideal app is a combination of Onenote, dokuwiki, and mempad, and seeing as I've not discovered the app that has all the following features yet, I may end up writing it for myself.
1. Rich text support without required markup (but can convert markdown to RTF on the fly would be a nice bonus). Links need to be drop-dead simple to create, even two square backets feels like it could be simplified. Maybe I go for NoteWiki stye camelCase or PascalCase words?
Winner: Onenote
Losers: Notewiki, dokuwiki
2. Offline first saving of files to a single encryptable file. I'm thinking if I end up writing something, it would be an scrypt encrypted sqlite database with a different file extension. Using the sqlite format enables later mobile apps to have a common save format.
Winner: mempad
Loser: OneNote, Dokuwiki
3. True image / audio / table support. This program doesn't have to necessarily support the creation of these assets out the gate, but I should be able to copy/paste them into it and have them saved and retrieved safely. A file picker dialog box should be something I CAN use but never should have to.
Winner: Onenote
Loser: Mempad, Dokuwiki
4. Full export to HTML with files placed in relative directories. A Microsoft Binder-like solution could be a bonus.
Winner: Dokuwiki?
Loser: ?
5. Entire sqlitedb search for a given term
Winner: Onenote, Dokuwiki, Mempad
Thanks for skimming the wishlist. I've heard of notion (too online), CherryTree (no mobile app), NoteWiki (no images), and a couple more, but if you think you have a program that addresses most of these, I'd love to hear it.