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Wow, no one has mentioned Org mode (https://orgmode.org https://orgmode.org). I started using Emacs nearly 20 years ago specifically because of Org. I use Org f
by subsection1h 3y ago
Wow, no one has mentioned Org mode (https://orgmode.org https://orgmode.org). I started using Emacs nearly 20 years ago specifically because of Org. I use Org for all my static sites, note taking, to-do lists and calendar. Org has a lightweight markup language that has far more features than Markdown (e.g., plain text spreadsheets!), but the markup isn't visible to the extent that Markdown is in most editors. Emacs with Org files behaves almost like a WYSIWYG editor. For example, links in Org files are clickable and their URLs aren't visible unless a cursor is hovered over them. I'm an obsessive note-taker with more than 6,000 Org files in my personal knowledge base and none of the dozens of other writing apps that I've evaluated comes close to Emacs with Org (given my requirements). But to be fair, I create content on Linux only so support for mobile devices doesn't matter to me.
By the way, it's funny that you mentioned Dreamweaver, dv35z, because I experimented with using Dreamweaver as a writing app in the 90s. I still have hundreds of HTML files that include notes and essays I wrote back then using Dreamweaver. Needless to say, I definitely prefer Emacs with Org!
- dv35z 3y agoI would love to give orgmode a chance. "On paper" Emacs sounded great to me. Last year, I gave it a few days time to try to get it to work - I just could not figure it out! It's been awhile since I tried it, but between the keyboard shortcuts, and "buffers", the various plugins to install and configure, and emacs felt slow (which surprised me, because I'd thought it would be extremely snappy, being a text app)... I'm sure if I sat down with a pro for 20 minutes, a lot of the blockers would be eliminated and could get to a productive state. If you can recommend resources, that result in an Org-Mode "easy mode", I'd love to check it out... Emacs Org-mode is on my list technologies to check out which have stood the test of time, and may continue to do so...