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I want to put in a good word for zim-wiki here. Its a shame the Windows port seems to be on indefinite hiatus for now. Its by far the easiest GUI-based wiki to

by hd4 6y ago

I want to put in a good word for zim-wiki here. Its a shame the Windows port seems to be on indefinite hiatus for now. Its by far the easiest GUI-based wiki to deal with, easily handles just dropping in files into a hierarchy and simply working with them after a refresh. Sorry but being able to use a mouse to navigate a wiki beats out a keyboard-based wiki any time. https://zim-wiki.org/ https://zim-wiki.org/

bachmeier 6y ago
Zim has its good points, but the biggest problem I have with it is the inability to wrap lines shorter than the full monitor width. On a 13" laptop, it's usable; on a widescreen desktop monitor it just doesn't work. Other wikis like tiddlywiki, pmwiki, and dokuwiki are able to avoid this.
- hawski 6y ago
  Sorry if I misunderstood, but does changing the window size solves the problem? I never maximize it, so I was not aware.
  - bachmeier 6y ago
    I could shrink the window, but that's definitely not an optimal solution. It also means that I lose much of my screen width. That creates its own problems. Here's a bug someone filed that hasn't even so much as gotten a response after nearly eight months: https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/954 https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/...
- Maha-pudma 6y ago
  Certainly not had that problem myself but one of the reasons I use zim-wiki is because it supports displaying embedded pictures which for certain things is very useful.
- deleted 6y ago
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pge 6y ago
I just started a project to get 0.70 running for windows on my own machine. If I’m successful, I will share with the community.
- Maha-pudma 6y ago
  I'd love to help out but my programming experience is limited. Use zim-wiki all the time on both Linux and Windows. It's one of the best note taking programs out there.
vasergen 6y ago
Used zim as well really liked the simplicity of it, but later on, discovered org-mode and switched to it.
marvinblum 6y ago
Have you tried one that's controlled by keyboard? I haven't used Vim since I think rich text formats provide more value, but I like to control as much as possible by keyboard if possible. There are certain applications where you really need a mouse (like image editing), but I feel like the keyboard is under appreciated. I've been working on the new user interface for Emvi [1] for the past three months or so and once you have build the muscle memory, you can use it blindly. You can read about it here [2] if you like and find current screenshots/gifs on Twitter [3]. One thing that might have turned people away from learning keyboard controls is that they get overwhelmed by a ton of different shortcuts. We (hopefully) solved this issue by using commands (words) you can type out instead of remembering two or more keys. [1] https://emvi.com/ https://emvi.com/ [2] https://emvi.com/blog/a-new-experimental-user-interface-QMZgmZG1L5 https://emvi.com/blog/a-new-experimental-user-interface-QMZg... [3] https://twitter.com/emvi https://twitter.com/emvi
flarg 6y ago
Want to clarify for the OP that there is still a Windows port available and it is feature complete. The new 0.7 line is the one where more work is required to build an installer.
felixr 6y ago
I used WikidPad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikidPad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikidPad) for a while and quite liked. It looks somewhat similar to zim-wiki. Unfortunately it does not look like it is under active development. Whats good about: 1) cross platform 2) entries are plain text files 3) scriptable/extendable with python
dotancohen 6y ago
I used Zim-wiki for years, and loved it. However, there is a fatal flaw in Zim that people using it for notes about code should know about. Zim parses all text as "wiki text" and some computer code snippets get parsed and interpreted as formatting. See this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/585300 https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/585300 Other than that issue, Zim is brilliant. The developer is very responsive to most issues and feature requests. Sadly, Zim wasn't for me as many of my notes involve code.
- tuxychandru 6y ago
  You can format code as "Verbatim" (Ctrl+T), and it will not be interpreted as wiki text.

by hd4 6y ago

bachmeier 6y ago

Zim has its good points, but the biggest problem I have with it is the inability to wrap lines shorter than the full monitor width. On a 13" laptop, it's usable; on a widescreen desktop monitor it just doesn't work. Other wikis like tiddlywiki, pmwiki, and dokuwiki are able to avoid this.

hawski 6y ago
Sorry if I misunderstood, but does changing the window size solves the problem? I never maximize it, so I was not aware.
- bachmeier 6y ago
  I could shrink the window, but that's definitely not an optimal solution. It also means that I lose much of my screen width. That creates its own problems. Here's a bug someone filed that hasn't even so much as gotten a response after nearly eight months: https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/954 https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/issues/...
Maha-pudma 6y ago
Certainly not had that problem myself but one of the reasons I use zim-wiki is because it supports displaying embedded pictures which for certain things is very useful.
deleted 6y ago
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pge 6y ago

I just started a project to get 0.70 running for windows on my own machine. If I’m successful, I will share with the community.

Maha-pudma 6y ago
I'd love to help out but my programming experience is limited. Use zim-wiki all the time on both Linux and Windows. It's one of the best note taking programs out there.

vasergen 6y ago

Used zim as well really liked the simplicity of it, but later on, discovered org-mode and switched to it.

marvinblum 6y ago

Have you tried one that's controlled by keyboard? I haven't used Vim since I think rich text formats provide more value, but I like to control as much as possible by keyboard if possible. There are certain applications where you really need a mouse (like image editing), but I feel like the keyboard is under appreciated. I've been working on the new user interface for Emvi [1] for the past three months or so and once you have build the muscle memory, you can use it blindly. You can read about it here [2] if you like and find current screenshots/gifs on Twitter [3]. One thing that might have turned people away from learning keyboard controls is that they get overwhelmed by a ton of different shortcuts. We (hopefully) solved this issue by using commands (words) you can type out instead of remembering two or more keys. [1] https://emvi.com/ https://emvi.com/ [2] https://emvi.com/blog/a-new-experimental-user-interface-QMZgmZG1L5 https://emvi.com/blog/a-new-experimental-user-interface-QMZg... [3] https://twitter.com/emvi https://twitter.com/emvi

flarg 6y ago

Want to clarify for the OP that there is still a Windows port available and it is feature complete. The new 0.7 line is the one where more work is required to build an installer.

felixr 6y ago

I used WikidPad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikidPad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikidPad) for a while and quite liked. It looks somewhat similar to zim-wiki. Unfortunately it does not look like it is under active development. Whats good about: 1) cross platform 2) entries are plain text files 3) scriptable/extendable with python

dotancohen 6y ago

I used Zim-wiki for years, and loved it. However, there is a fatal flaw in Zim that people using it for notes about code should know about. Zim parses all text as "wiki text" and some computer code snippets get parsed and interpreted as formatting. See this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/585300 https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/585300 Other than that issue, Zim is brilliant. The developer is very responsive to most issues and feature requests. Sadly, Zim wasn't for me as many of my notes involve code.

tuxychandru 6y ago
You can format code as "Verbatim" (Ctrl+T), and it will not be interpreted as wiki text.