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Owh.... not another note-taking and bookmarking tool [sigh]. What we need (if anything) is an open protocol or standard, and a thousand tools that just work wi

Owh.... not another note-taking and bookmarking tool [sigh]. What we need (if anything) is an open protocol or standard, and a thousand tools that just work with it.

jerrygoyal 4y ago
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- mellavora 4y ago
  Last I heard markdown had several standards.
  - distcs 4y ago
    It is time we settle on https://spec.commonmark.org/0.30/ https://spec.commonmark.org/0.30/ as the standard.
    - wartijn_ 4y ago
      Haven’t we more or less done that? There will of course always be Markdown projects that don’t use CommonMark and that won’t change. But every note taking app and website I’ve that supports Markdown uses CommonMark. The only problem is that you can use extension in CommonMark. So although GitHub and my note taking app both use CommonMark, they might not support exactly the same features.
    - encryptluks2 4y ago
      God no. CommonMark is where Markdown goes to die by never changing and promoting the most basic and many times worse implementation. Markdown should evolve to enable new features and improve, not fall victim to people wishing to prevent its advancement.
  - gustavorg 4y ago
    That's a problem, because you can't have several standard, the idea behind standard is its uniqueness
    - justusthane 4y ago
      I believe that was the parent commenter's point.
japanuspus 4y ago
I totally agree that we need a standard -- but it is already here: markdown files with YAML frontmatter, github-style checkmarks and hash-tags. All synced via your favorite filesystem synchronizer. This is supported by the tool discussed here (`nb`), and over the last 20 years, I have used it with all these tools: - Notational Velocity (macOS) - Resoph Notes (MS Windows) - nvPy (cross platform) - Obsidian (cross platform) - 1Writer (iOS)
- LordDragonfang 4y ago
  I'd say [[wiki-style linking]] is the most important feature that you didn't list, probably more important than YAML frontmatter (which I have never used besides aliases). I know obsidian and nb support it.
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bachmeier 4y ago
> Owh.... not another note-taking and bookmarking tool [sigh]. I can understand the concern, but (a) nb is not new, and (b) it does a lot of stuff that other tools don't do, so it would be newsworthy even if it were new.
pydry 4y ago
Orgmode?

Owh.... not another note-taking and bookmarking tool [sigh]. What we need (if anything) is an open protocol or standard, and a thousand tools that just work with it.

jerrygoyal 4y ago

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mellavora 4y ago
Last I heard markdown had several standards.
- distcs 4y ago
  It is time we settle on https://spec.commonmark.org/0.30/ https://spec.commonmark.org/0.30/ as the standard.
  - wartijn_ 4y ago
    Haven’t we more or less done that? There will of course always be Markdown projects that don’t use CommonMark and that won’t change. But every note taking app and website I’ve that supports Markdown uses CommonMark. The only problem is that you can use extension in CommonMark. So although GitHub and my note taking app both use CommonMark, they might not support exactly the same features.
  - encryptluks2 4y ago
    God no. CommonMark is where Markdown goes to die by never changing and promoting the most basic and many times worse implementation. Markdown should evolve to enable new features and improve, not fall victim to people wishing to prevent its advancement.
- gustavorg 4y ago
  That's a problem, because you can't have several standard, the idea behind standard is its uniqueness
  - justusthane 4y ago
    I believe that was the parent commenter's point.

japanuspus 4y ago

I totally agree that we need a standard -- but it is already here: markdown files with YAML frontmatter, github-style checkmarks and hash-tags. All synced via your favorite filesystem synchronizer. This is supported by the tool discussed here (`nb`), and over the last 20 years, I have used it with all these tools: - Notational Velocity (macOS) - Resoph Notes (MS Windows) - nvPy (cross platform) - Obsidian (cross platform) - 1Writer (iOS)

LordDragonfang 4y ago
I'd say [[wiki-style linking]] is the most important feature that you didn't list, probably more important than YAML frontmatter (which I have never used besides aliases). I know obsidian and nb support it.

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bachmeier 4y ago

> Owh.... not another note-taking and bookmarking tool [sigh]. I can understand the concern, but (a) nb is not new, and (b) it does a lot of stuff that other tools don't do, so it would be newsworthy even if it were new.

pydry 4y ago

Orgmode?