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For me the killer feature of Zim is the native integration with Git. It's super easy to write and commit, write some more, commit again. You don't even have to
by prima-facie 5y ago
For me the killer feature of Zim is the native integration with Git. It's super easy to write and commit, write some more, commit again. You don't even have to leave the editor interface.
I've coupled this with git pre-commit and post-commit hooks which basically ensure that the changes are always pushed to GitHub.
I've found a similar application for Android called GitJournal. Unfortunately it doesn't do the wiki syntax which Zim recognizes. Only markdown and plain text. So I have a separate repo for my mobile notes. They're usually much shorter anyway, the type of notes you'd put on a sticky.
Hopefully one of these tools will learn the format of the other in the future. That would allow us to use both of them on the same repo.
- embeng4096 5y agoOn Android I use Markor to edit text -- it also recognizes Zim Wiki format if I remember correctly. And then Termux is nearly a full Linux distro with convenient touch icons for things like Tab, modifier, and arrow keys -- I installed the git package for it and used that to push/pull to my GitHub repo. Maybe that could be a solution for you?
- prima-facie 5y agoThanks for sharing, but this approach is not what I'm looking for. Being able to (auto)commit to git from the editor is priceless to me. I've used Markor but there's too much file management involved, instead of organising pages at a higher level and letting the app handle the filesystem ops.
- vhanda 5y agoI'm the GitJournal author. I'd be open to adding the zim wiki syntax support, assuming I can have at least one designated person who uses Zim, and can test things out and report issues. GitJournal now has basic support for OrgMode, and the code is now in a state where it doesn't necessarily assume Markdown. How about you file an issue on GitHub? [0]. Ideally, if you could get some other people to vote on it, I'll be more motivated to prioritize it. Additionally, do you know a good source for the zim syntax? I see [1] and [2], but I'm not sure if I'm missing more. [0] - https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal/issues https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal/issues [1] - https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Wiki_Syntax.html https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Wiki_Syntax.html [2] - https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Check_Boxes.html https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Check_Boxes.html
- prima-facie 5y agoI'd be happy to help. I do use Zim on a daily basis and would love for GitJournal to support it natively.
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- prima-facie 5y agoDiscussed here https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal/issues/594 https://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal/issues/594