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My notes system is: On desktop: Nvim with some markdown plugins plus Goyo On mobile: Obsidian Syncthing for sync (though previously I've Dropbox as well for

My notes system is: On desktop: Nvim with some markdown plugins plus Goyo On mobile: Obsidian Syncthing for sync (though previously I've Dropbox as well for the same) On desktop I find Obsidian's vim mode slightly uncanny valley-ish. Close enough to be able to emulate my vim flow. But not _quite_ right. On mobile, I've found Obsidian to be just top class. Though admittedly most of my real note taking happens on desktop, on the few occassions I've had to jot down something quick on mobile, Obsidian app has been perfect.

david1302 3y ago
I also tried Syncthing to sync my Obsidian vault between my desktop PC and my Android smartphone. However, I don't like having a file synced multiple times in the background while I'm editing it. Since I want my notes to be versioned with Git, I ended up finding a sync solution using Git that works just fine! I have documented my setup with Git, the Obsidian Git plugin on Desktop and Termux on Android here: https://github.com/davidkopp/termux-scripts/ https://github.com/davidkopp/termux-scripts/ Nevertheless, I still use Syncthing to sync other files between my devices. Great tool!
twiclo 3y ago
Why not use VimWiki on desktop?
- Loxicon 3y ago
  I used to use vimWiki and then changed to normal vim because I like netrw and vim-vinegar + Goyo + netrw makes for a simpler workflow.
- jbstack 3y ago
  I used VimWiki for a couple of years and build up a sizeable set of notes with it. Although it seems to have most of the features you'd want, in the end it feels a little clunky to use in practice. A huge minus for me (at the time; perhaps this is fixed now) was the lack of ability to open multiple windows / notes simultaneously. I'm not aware of any other text editor which lacks that feature. I since switched to Emacs + Org Roam, and I'm much happier. If there's something I don't like or a feature I feel is missing, I can either find a plugin for it or just change it myself.
Loxicon 3y ago
+1 for Goyo and markdown.
ChatGTP 3y ago
So your notes are sprawled across different apps?
- hannofcart 3y ago
  Sure, I suppose that's one way to look at it. From my perspective though, I like that my notes are simple plain text files in a single folder whose backup and sync is entirely under my control. This often lets me run grep on my notes to quickly find old note topics.
  - ChatGTP 3y ago
    Can obsidian render and edit the same files you edit with nvim?
    - BoxFour 3y ago
      Obsidian just works on markdown files so seems like it shouldn't be a problem
    - alpaca128 3y ago
      Yes
- crimsontech 3y ago
  Both apps can edit the same notes because Obsidian is just a folder with markdown notes in it.
minzi 3y ago
How are you using syncthing on mobile? I didn't know that was even possible.
- cybert 3y ago
  It’s available on Android but not iOS unfortunately
  - pomatic 3y ago
    There's a paid (and lite version) available for iOS - I just installed it yesterday as it happens! It's called Mobius Sync.
proxycon 3y ago
hey, this is exactly same as my notes setup too! For neovim markdown plugins my recommendations are SidOfc/mkdx and dbridges/vim-markdown-runner.
mrpotato 3y ago
Mine's close to yours also desktop: nvim + syncthing + vimwiki (md markup instead of default) mobile: syncthing + Markor[1] On mobile I have a todo.txt[2] in addition to the vim wiki files which are all synced. All this works pretty well for my personal needs. For work I use OneNote because the whole company uses OneNote. [1] https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/ https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/ [2] http://todotxt.org/ http://todotxt.org/
- drio0 3y ago
  Which mobile app do you use for todo.txt?
  - ta988 3y ago
    Markor does that really well.
    - drio0 3y ago
      Thanks. I missed that you were talking about android
ta988 3y ago
Give a try to Markor it is much more usable than the mobile Obsidian.
- hannofcart 3y ago
  Strong disagree. I have indeed tried Markor and used it for quite a while. Atleast several months if not a year. It doesn't hold a candle to Obsidian. Just two things off the top of my head among plenty of others: 1. No live edit mode in Markor. You can either edit or see the live preview. (Not sure if that's changed in recent times). 2. Here's the most thoughtful killer feature IMO of the Obsidian mobile app: it let's you configure the order of formatting tools that appear on the toolbar above the keyboard. This let's me put the checkbox edit and indent as the most frequent actions on top left. This makes my life so much better.
  - ta988 3y ago
    Not sure if you are going to read that, but Markor now allows to reorder and toggle action buttons for the editor. Look inside the markdown settings.
  - ta988 3y ago
    No your point 1 still stands, and 2 sounds like a feature I would enjoy as well. I still much prefer Markor for all the quick notes, todo.txt, images and speed in general.

david1302 3y ago

I also tried Syncthing to sync my Obsidian vault between my desktop PC and my Android smartphone. However, I don't like having a file synced multiple times in the background while I'm editing it. Since I want my notes to be versioned with Git, I ended up finding a sync solution using Git that works just fine! I have documented my setup with Git, the Obsidian Git plugin on Desktop and Termux on Android here: https://github.com/davidkopp/termux-scripts/ https://github.com/davidkopp/termux-scripts/ Nevertheless, I still use Syncthing to sync other files between my devices. Great tool!

twiclo 3y ago

Why not use VimWiki on desktop?

Loxicon 3y ago
I used to use vimWiki and then changed to normal vim because I like netrw and vim-vinegar + Goyo + netrw makes for a simpler workflow.
jbstack 3y ago
I used VimWiki for a couple of years and build up a sizeable set of notes with it. Although it seems to have most of the features you'd want, in the end it feels a little clunky to use in practice. A huge minus for me (at the time; perhaps this is fixed now) was the lack of ability to open multiple windows / notes simultaneously. I'm not aware of any other text editor which lacks that feature. I since switched to Emacs + Org Roam, and I'm much happier. If there's something I don't like or a feature I feel is missing, I can either find a plugin for it or just change it myself.

Loxicon 3y ago

+1 for Goyo and markdown.

ChatGTP 3y ago

So your notes are sprawled across different apps?

hannofcart 3y ago
Sure, I suppose that's one way to look at it. From my perspective though, I like that my notes are simple plain text files in a single folder whose backup and sync is entirely under my control. This often lets me run grep on my notes to quickly find old note topics.
- ChatGTP 3y ago
  Can obsidian render and edit the same files you edit with nvim?
  - BoxFour 3y ago
    Obsidian just works on markdown files so seems like it shouldn't be a problem
  - alpaca128 3y ago
    Yes
crimsontech 3y ago
Both apps can edit the same notes because Obsidian is just a folder with markdown notes in it.

minzi 3y ago

How are you using syncthing on mobile? I didn't know that was even possible.

cybert 3y ago
It’s available on Android but not iOS unfortunately
- pomatic 3y ago
  There's a paid (and lite version) available for iOS - I just installed it yesterday as it happens! It's called Mobius Sync.

proxycon 3y ago

hey, this is exactly same as my notes setup too! For neovim markdown plugins my recommendations are SidOfc/mkdx and dbridges/vim-markdown-runner.

mrpotato 3y ago

Mine's close to yours also desktop: nvim + syncthing + vimwiki (md markup instead of default) mobile: syncthing + Markor[1] On mobile I have a todo.txt[2] in addition to the vim wiki files which are all synced. All this works pretty well for my personal needs. For work I use OneNote because the whole company uses OneNote. [1] https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/ https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/ [2] http://todotxt.org/ http://todotxt.org/

drio0 3y ago
Which mobile app do you use for todo.txt?
- ta988 3y ago
  Markor does that really well.
  - drio0 3y ago
    Thanks. I missed that you were talking about android

ta988 3y ago

Give a try to Markor it is much more usable than the mobile Obsidian.

hannofcart 3y ago
Strong disagree. I have indeed tried Markor and used it for quite a while. Atleast several months if not a year. It doesn't hold a candle to Obsidian. Just two things off the top of my head among plenty of others: 1. No live edit mode in Markor. You can either edit or see the live preview. (Not sure if that's changed in recent times). 2. Here's the most thoughtful killer feature IMO of the Obsidian mobile app: it let's you configure the order of formatting tools that appear on the toolbar above the keyboard. This let's me put the checkbox edit and indent as the most frequent actions on top left. This makes my life so much better.
- ta988 3y ago
  Not sure if you are going to read that, but Markor now allows to reorder and toggle action buttons for the editor. Look inside the markdown settings.
- ta988 3y ago
  No your point 1 still stands, and 2 sounds like a feature I would enjoy as well. I still much prefer Markor for all the quick notes, todo.txt, images and speed in general.