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After having been around these note-taking apps for years, I'm still stuck with a directory of text and Markdown files. It's an obvious benefit not to be tied t
by wvh 2y ago
After having been around these note-taking apps for years, I'm still stuck with a directory of text and Markdown files. It's an obvious benefit not to be tied to one application developer's opinion of how to structure a note-taking application, and you can use any editor, Markdown viewer or static site generators to deal with input and output. Also, notes are just files, so there are lots of simple ways to synchronise them between systems (ssh, rsync, syncthing, even imap) and anything can edit a text file.
While some wiki functionality across notes would be nice sometimes, I still am not convinced to give up on the "raw data and bring your own tools" approach yet. Nowadays, most IDEs have across-file functionality anyway and there's a lot more choice and no lock-in going that way.
- elric 2y agoZettlr is pretty much a text editor on top of a directory with Markdown files. With a bit of extra sauce to make navigation and editing easier. I migrated all my Zettlr notes to Obsidian, and it took zero effort because it's all just Markdown files.
- wvh 2y agoGood to know. But as a text editor, does it compete with your favourite editor or IDE?
- cholantesh 2y agoWhat do you use to read your notes on a phone?
- ParetoOptimal 2y agoI find something like org-roam or denote to be the best trade-off. Roam: Plain text, sqlite database you can delete/generate whenever, simple small codebase. Denote: Based on grep, no database, simple filename based system, can use any filetype.
- complaintdept 2y agoThis. Use it with vim and spend a day mapping any repetitive tasks to streamline things. It's magic. You could also use a bash script for creating backlinks, and it probably wouldn't be difficult to make a graph of all the connections using `dot` (graphviz).