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I looked at every note taking app out there and finally decided to just write arbitrary text files and sync them with Syncthing. I am using the Kate editor on a
by dizhn 3y ago
I looked at every note taking app out there and finally decided to just write arbitrary text files and sync them with Syncthing. I am using the Kate editor on a Linux for this. (I don't use it for anything else) My requirements was that it had a search interface that can go into directories and that it displays a simple directory/file view. It does both great. On Android I use a similarly capable simple app called Markor which gives me a view into the exact same directory tree. Markor also has a good search.
It would really be hard to convince me to use any proprietary format for notes now.
- justarobert 3y agoWhat do you use, if anything, for linking between your notes? I'd ideally like to move to just plain markdown/text files, but being able to link notes together seems like an essential feature. Vimwiki seems to have support for linking and navigating between notes within markdown, but then I don't think Markor would be able to handle them, and it doesn't seem like there's any automated way to update references if a link is moved. I've considered writing some small scripts to automate the gaps, but then it starts to feel like I'm just designing another note app.
- dizhn 3y agoFrankly I haven't even thought about linking. I am a very light user. Though since markdown supports links and both editors support markdown, there might be a way. I literally just write notes then find them mostly by search even though I do have a basic directory structure and sensible file names.