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I generally use a text file - the most important thing for me is being able to store notes quickly and hierarchically, without worrying about whether I'm logged
by whichdan 15y ago
I generally use a text file - the most important thing for me is being able to store notes quickly and hierarchically, without worrying about whether I'm logged in or how to insert an item between two other items.
I think my perfect program would be something that lets me edit notes as a plain-text document (any time, not just initially), and then automatically versions it, timestamps rows, and adds whatever markup it wants.
I guess I'd just want a gui wrapped around a VCS.
- jurjenh 15y agoThat sounds a lot like etherpad... but I'm not too sure how the offline editing would work. On second thought, maybe dropbox and a text editor would work better...
- whichdan 15y agoI'm looking at EtherPad, and it doesn't seem to offer a huge benefit. I'm not really concerned with WYSIWYG features, or whole-file versioning, rather, I'd like to see when I last added or modified a line, and possibly have it auto-convert dashes to checkboxes (I use - to indicate a new item, and x to indicate a finished item).
- mikeleeorg 15y agoI use a text file saved in a Dropbox folder. It's really handy and offers version control as well. As a bonus - I can view the file on my iPhone too (via the Dropbox app). I have Evernote too, and sometimes think I really ought to use that instead, but I like my plain text files. To Evernote's credit, I use that for recording audio notes.