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iCloud Terminal Notepad

63 points by gothep 12y ago

analogmind 12y ago
This is lame. The title should also mention that you need to buy the app.
pherocity_ 12y ago
I use todo.txt for this. Works well across my devices. Besides, it's done by Gina Trappani (of ex-lifehacker) so supporting her is good too.
- sahilkhosla 12y ago
  Second that!
micah_chatt 12y ago
Can someone make a Vim plugin command for this?
joshstrange 12y ago
Your link to Ajour at the end of the article is broken. Link should be to: https://github.com/gopatrik/ajour https://github.com/gopatrik/ajour as your link to to your main github page and is missing the "http://" http://" and so it's getting appended on the end of your post URL.
- gothep 12y ago
  Ah, thank you for that! Should be fixed now!
basdp 12y ago
Is this also possible for the regular notes app on iOS/OS X? It does sync with iCloud but I am not able to check if it's available in iCloud Drive.
- gothep 12y ago
  It could be, there is a directory called com\~apple\~Notes in the Mobile Documents folder that looks promising!
- dalbin 12y ago
  This works : #!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript function run(argv) { var note = Application('Notes').notes['Terminal Note']; note.body = note.body() + new Date() + ' : <pre>'+argv.join(' ')+'</pre>'; }
  - kingnight 12y ago
    This is really great! A couple notes for anyone trying it: 'Notes' has to be running & there has to be an existing note with the first line 'Terminal Note'. Both could be handled if anyone wanted to make it more robust. This will be great for shooting specific tidbits of info from my work computer to my iPhone (which aren't connected via iCloud).
  - gargarplex 12y ago
    For anyone interested in learning more about JavaScript for OSX automation http://developer.telerik.com/featured/javascript-os-x-automation-example/ http://developer.telerik.com/featured/javascript-os-x-automa...
- _jsn 12y ago
  iCloud Drive or CloudKit-esque storage would be nice, but the regular Notes app uses IMAP for storage, for what I imagine are "legacy reasons". (The Notes feature was originally built in to Mail.app and used IMAP notes. Yes, IMAP has a notes feature).
joshstrange 12y ago
This is a pretty neat hack! Unfortunately it won't work with my setup of NVAlt [0] (OS X) and Simplenote [1] (iOS). I've got NVAlt hotkey'd so I can bring it up anywhere and use it as a scratch pad all the time that I know will be synced to my phone immediately, the problem being it doesn't use iCloud but rather simplenote's syncing solution, I'd wager to bet that I could do something similar that edits NVAlt's local storage and see if it's auto-synced as well (I bet it is).
unfamiliar 12y ago
I have something very similar set up. I have a terminal command called "log" which takes a string as an argument. It basically takes this string and writes it into my log file, prepended by the current date and time. This log file is in my dropbox folder. Typing "log" with no arguments will open up the log file in my editor. I have this set up with an Alfred workflow which works exactly the same way. I find it very useful for keeping track of what I am working on, what problems I was meant to be tackling, quick calculations I would like to keep a record of, etc EDIT: reading the article more thoroughly, my solution is basically identical.
- georgebashi 12y ago
  I do the same using jrnl (http://maebert.github.io/jrnl http://maebert.github.io/jrnl), which lets you do things like star, tag, and view entries from specific days - while still keeping everything in a plain text file.
teabee89 12y ago
"Voilà" is the correct spelling :)
tnorthcutt 12y ago
Great idea. I use iA Writer & nvAlt in conjunction with Dropbox for syncing, but this will work in that scenario as well. I also set up /usr/local/bin/notes, with the following: # !/bin/bash cat “path to your file” That way, you can also quickly read all your notes from that file on the command line
- gothep 12y ago
  Brilliant, did the same!
manicdee 12y ago
Day One has similar functionality built in, "dayone", with an Alfred workflow. Day One supports Markdown and hash tags, for what it's worth. The iA Writer method in this article feels a little fragile to me since it relies on that path. I guess it isn't likely to change in a hurry though.

63 points by gothep 12y ago

This is lame. The title should also mention that you need to buy the app.

I use todo.txt for this. Works well across my devices. Besides, it's done by Gina Trappani (of ex-lifehacker) so supporting her is good too.

sahilkhosla 12y ago
Second that!

micah_chatt 12y ago

Can someone make a Vim plugin command for this?

joshstrange 12y ago

Your link to Ajour at the end of the article is broken. Link should be to: https://github.com/gopatrik/ajour https://github.com/gopatrik/ajour as your link to to your main github page and is missing the "http://" http://" and so it's getting appended on the end of your post URL.

gothep 12y ago
Ah, thank you for that! Should be fixed now!

basdp 12y ago

Is this also possible for the regular notes app on iOS/OS X? It does sync with iCloud but I am not able to check if it's available in iCloud Drive.

gothep 12y ago
It could be, there is a directory called com\~apple\~Notes in the Mobile Documents folder that looks promising!
dalbin 12y ago
This works : #!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript function run(argv) { var note = Application('Notes').notes['Terminal Note']; note.body = note.body() + new Date() + ' : <pre>'+argv.join(' ')+'</pre>'; }
- kingnight 12y ago
  This is really great! A couple notes for anyone trying it: 'Notes' has to be running & there has to be an existing note with the first line 'Terminal Note'. Both could be handled if anyone wanted to make it more robust. This will be great for shooting specific tidbits of info from my work computer to my iPhone (which aren't connected via iCloud).
- gargarplex 12y ago
  For anyone interested in learning more about JavaScript for OSX automation http://developer.telerik.com/featured/javascript-os-x-automation-example/ http://developer.telerik.com/featured/javascript-os-x-automa...
_jsn 12y ago
iCloud Drive or CloudKit-esque storage would be nice, but the regular Notes app uses IMAP for storage, for what I imagine are "legacy reasons". (The Notes feature was originally built in to Mail.app and used IMAP notes. Yes, IMAP has a notes feature).

joshstrange 12y ago

This is a pretty neat hack! Unfortunately it won't work with my setup of NVAlt [0] (OS X) and Simplenote [1] (iOS). I've got NVAlt hotkey'd so I can bring it up anywhere and use it as a scratch pad all the time that I know will be synced to my phone immediately, the problem being it doesn't use iCloud but rather simplenote's syncing solution, I'd wager to bet that I could do something similar that edits NVAlt's local storage and see if it's auto-synced as well (I bet it is).

unfamiliar 12y ago

I have something very similar set up. I have a terminal command called "log" which takes a string as an argument. It basically takes this string and writes it into my log file, prepended by the current date and time. This log file is in my dropbox folder. Typing "log" with no arguments will open up the log file in my editor. I have this set up with an Alfred workflow which works exactly the same way. I find it very useful for keeping track of what I am working on, what problems I was meant to be tackling, quick calculations I would like to keep a record of, etc EDIT: reading the article more thoroughly, my solution is basically identical.

georgebashi 12y ago
I do the same using jrnl (http://maebert.github.io/jrnl http://maebert.github.io/jrnl), which lets you do things like star, tag, and view entries from specific days - while still keeping everything in a plain text file.

teabee89 12y ago

"Voilà" is the correct spelling :)

tnorthcutt 12y ago

Great idea. I use iA Writer & nvAlt in conjunction with Dropbox for syncing, but this will work in that scenario as well. I also set up /usr/local/bin/notes, with the following: # !/bin/bash cat “path to your file” That way, you can also quickly read all your notes from that file on the command line

gothep 12y ago
Brilliant, did the same!

manicdee 12y ago

Day One has similar functionality built in, "dayone", with an Alfred workflow. Day One supports Markdown and hash tags, for what it's worth. The iA Writer method in this article feels a little fragile to me since it relies on that path. I guess it isn't likely to change in a hurry though.