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I read a comment somewhere in hacker news about a guy managing their daily planning on a locally saved plain text file. I started doing it and _loved_ it. But a
by kushan2020 5y ago
I read a comment somewhere in hacker news about a guy managing their daily planning on a locally saved plain text file. I started doing it and _loved_ it. But after a while I was missing some of that nice WYSIWYG UI interface. I couldn't find an existing tool which allows me to continue to use that local text file and also have a nice pretty interface.
One thing led to another and I ended up scratching my own itch by creating a web app [1] which lets you edit a locally saved text file. It is a simple tool with some niceties of tabbed browsing, `#tags` and `[[backlinks]]`.
Before someone in the comment asks if I have tried xyz tool and the answer is - yes I have, but I wanted a fast web app that allows local file editing and is also fun to build as a side project.
[1] https://bangle.io https://bangle.io
- pelayjesus 5y agoYou should try Typora, a markdown editor that looks really nice.https://typora.io/ https://typora.io/
- jonalmeida 5y ago+1 for Typora. I've been using it for maybe 5 years (it feels like that at least) and it hasn't let me down. Like others, I have single file and a section for each week containing all my tasks. Then I move the unfinished ones down to the next week at the end. It's easy to sync those files in git of course.
- kushan2020 5y agoYa you can do that in bangle too, plus you can have a split screen.
- Ecstatify 5y agoLooks really nice. A+
- flyingchipmann 5y agoI just write markdown and put it in a private repo. Simplest I can do with the most of the functionalities I wanted.
- itake 5y agojust out of curiosity, why don't you want to also manager your todos from your phone? the mobile github markdown editor is pretty clunky compared to a native todo app.
- flyingchipmann 5y agoPersonally I only use my phone to read. Most of the non-serious stuff are fine without write. If I need to write something I would use my laptop.
- trykondev 5y agoWow, this looks great -- I normally use a local plaintext file but this seems like a must-try. Will be using it this week, thanks for sharing!
- jcuenod 5y agoThis looks pretty cool. Any plans to add support for images?
- kushan2020 5y agoYou can drop images to the editor and it will automatically save in an `assets` folder in your notes directory. Is that what you were asking for?