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Notes in VS Code

Hi! I spend a lot of time of VS code, I am curious if anyone know or use VS code as a note taking as well. I use notion for note taking, I would prefer having to code and search for necessary notes directly in VS Code.

hnthrowaway0328 2y ago
I do. Although most of them are scrambles.
vismit2000 2y ago
I have been taking notes in VS code for more than three years now in plain text. I use this extension for colors and syntax highlights: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=canadaduane.notes https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=canadadu...
al_borland 2y ago
I did it for a while (in Sublime Text and then later in VS Code), but ended up switching to Obsidian. I could still open up my Obsidian vault in VS Code if I wanted/needed. I tried several extensions for notes in VS Code and none of them really worked how I wanted them to work.
xenator 2y ago
I tried several different extensions but ended up with Obsidian. The biggest obstacle is that VS Code is projects centered and I don't want to recreate notes structure every time I start new. At the same time Obsidian offers consistent linearly growing tree of notes in your preferable structure. I can switch projects several many times a day in VS Code and almost never switch vaults in Obsidian. For every project I have its own structure and can copy-paste items between if I need. Just share how I organized my workflow.
- PurpleRamen 2y ago
  You could use a dedicated project for your global notes, and maintain specific notes in your project.
throwaway598 2y ago
I tried in Sublime. But settled on Zettlr which is designed for knowledge bases and academic writing: markdown, Zettelkasten, tags, directory structure, text search and bibtex - Jabref (or Zotero) integration - is useful too. Plus the map thing if that's your cup of tea though I find its usefulness limited.
sahinyanlik 2y ago
for each day I a have a page. Easy to search and you can also write reminder for the future. It is surprising to see some todo when you start working next day.
dandrew5 2y ago
I do this by creating a markdown file on my desktop and opening it in VSCode alongside whatever project I'm working on. Once open, I right click the file's tab in VSCode and click "Pin" which locks it into its own tab container. I can then reference it quickly and it doesn't get in the way of other open files. To search, just Cmd+F.
jareds 2y ago
I use https://wiki.dendron.so/ https://wiki.dendron.so/
RamVasuthevan 2y ago
I journal and keep my to-do list on a Jekyll site, which I store in Github and edit in VS Code

Notes in VS Code

hnthrowaway0328 2y ago

I do. Although most of them are scrambles.

vismit2000 2y ago

I have been taking notes in VS code for more than three years now in plain text. I use this extension for colors and syntax highlights: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=canadaduane.notes https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=canadadu...

al_borland 2y ago

I did it for a while (in Sublime Text and then later in VS Code), but ended up switching to Obsidian. I could still open up my Obsidian vault in VS Code if I wanted/needed. I tried several extensions for notes in VS Code and none of them really worked how I wanted them to work.

xenator 2y ago

I tried several different extensions but ended up with Obsidian. The biggest obstacle is that VS Code is projects centered and I don't want to recreate notes structure every time I start new. At the same time Obsidian offers consistent linearly growing tree of notes in your preferable structure. I can switch projects several many times a day in VS Code and almost never switch vaults in Obsidian. For every project I have its own structure and can copy-paste items between if I need. Just share how I organized my workflow.

PurpleRamen 2y ago
You could use a dedicated project for your global notes, and maintain specific notes in your project.

throwaway598 2y ago

I tried in Sublime. But settled on Zettlr which is designed for knowledge bases and academic writing: markdown, Zettelkasten, tags, directory structure, text search and bibtex - Jabref (or Zotero) integration - is useful too. Plus the map thing if that's your cup of tea though I find its usefulness limited.

sahinyanlik 2y ago

for each day I a have a page. Easy to search and you can also write reminder for the future. It is surprising to see some todo when you start working next day.

dandrew5 2y ago

I do this by creating a markdown file on my desktop and opening it in VSCode alongside whatever project I'm working on. Once open, I right click the file's tab in VSCode and click "Pin" which locks it into its own tab container. I can then reference it quickly and it doesn't get in the way of other open files. To search, just Cmd+F.

jareds 2y ago

I use https://wiki.dendron.so/ https://wiki.dendron.so/

RamVasuthevan 2y ago

I journal and keep my to-do list on a Jekyll site, which I store in Github and edit in VS Code