NIckGeek

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   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   Thanks! I can look into it. If you follow the instructions on https://github.com/MicroPad/Electron/blob/master/README.md you should be able to build one on your machine too.
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   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   Thanks for the feedback! I like the undo concept, that should be do-able. On the quick-typing thing I was thinking that I could make it so that if you just start typing with the insert thing open, it'll automatically put you in a text
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   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   Thanks. Dragging/copying in images is something I really want to do, so hopefully I'll have enough free time to get to that soon. The closest I can give you to lines right now is for you to insert a "drawing" element and
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   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   I suspect that's because your browser doesn't support srcdoc with IFrame, I know Edge is getting it on the next version, they're just a little behind. Also, yeah. After trying OneNote for a couple years I was just hooked with
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   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   Oh wow! That looks really cool. You could possibly even create compatibility with my app using the parser that I wrote https://github.com/MicroPad/Web-Parser
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   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   I agree, although this isn't 100% zero-knowledge. The keys are managed server side because the server needs to be able to read your notepad for the diff-sync. I have written what I hope is a pretty plain-english privacy policy here ht
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   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   This notepad app does support LaTeX equations (instructions are in the help notepad). Sadly it might be an issue on mobile for you too. MicroPad _works_ on mobile, but not very nicely. That is a key thing I want to improve though.
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   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   Yeah, other platforms support it. I want to get drag and drop working as well, so that would probably be a good thing to add with that. Thanks for the comments :-)
9. 39.▲
   by NIckGeek 8y ago

   It's just this project, it's what I call my file thing. I should probably ditch that part though.
10. 40.▲
    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Nope. The client is on its own. The only connection to node is in preload.ts, but that's a one-way relationship. Have a read of https://github.com/MicroPad/Electron/blob/master/main.ts if you'r
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Thanks! I was trying that for drawing a while ago but I was having a lot of trouble getting it to work. I'm thinking as a compromise for the mean-time I plan to automatically insert the text-box when you have the insert menu open and j
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Thanks, the reason I made this was because of how big of a fan I was of OneNote, but all the little things that I wanted to change (and first-class linux support) drove me to write this.
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Thanks for the list! Just on a couple points I may already have what you're looking for, you can type in a hashtag (like #todo) anywhere in a markdown element and then that note will show up in a search for that hashtag (that search al
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Yeah, the mobile UX is really a sore point right now, on the sidebar, you create a section and then create a note. When you open the note you should see a message saying your note is empty. Dismiss the sidebar and when you tap on the canvas
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    There are some on the snap store page: https://snapcraft.io/micropad I'll look into adding them to the main site.
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Sorry to hear that you got frustrated. I did try to make little help videos (and I have a note about structure in the help notepad) but I understand that it should be intuitive without having to watch that or view the help notepad. The bibl
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Ah, yeah. I'll have a look into that. I really like the instant-text suggestion. I might be able to make it so when you have the "insert" menu open it'll automatically insert a markdown element if you just start typing.
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Is it the Snap version? I think that does some decompression on load.
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Thanks! There are some keyboard shortcuts (there's a page in the help notepad on them) but I would like to add more. Not too sure what you mean on the bounding box thing, like the little border around elements? If you want to dismiss t
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    You can click anywhere on a note to insert an image element, but yeah drag-and-drop would be cool. You can quickly add a sketch by clicking on an empty note and then insert a "drawing" element. It'll also work with the Surfac
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    Thanks. This also supports markdown to-do lists and I manage all of my tasks by putting #todo on my notes (which then show up when I search for the hashtag). The only thing missing there is spreadsheets, which feels like it might be a littl
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    by NIckGeek 8y ago

    I got featured in https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/07/17/get-productive-on-the-lin... under #6, so that was pretty cool.
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    Show HN: Open source non-linear notepad app(getmicropad.com)

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