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KeenWrite
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Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on
KeenWrite is my free, open-source, cross-platform desktop Markdown editor that can produce beautifully typeset PDFs. I started working on it years ago to help write a novel that has a complex timeline and I couldn't find a text editor that would allow me to integrate a character sheet with the story itself.
https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite
Tutorials:
* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9...
Here's what I mean by using variables directly:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFCqe3A5dFg
CommonMark doesn't propose a standard for bibliographic references. Would anyone find the editor more appealing if it had cross-references and citations?
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Documentation as Code for Cloud Using PlantUML
My cross-platform desktop text editor, KeenWrite, allows users to define variables in an external YAML file. The editor calls out to Kroki[1] to convert text-based diagrams to SVG. The diagrams can reference variables and are rendered using EchoSVG[2].
KeenWrite[3] can produce PDF documentation from Markdown documents that has PlantUML diagrams with elements stored in an external, machine-readable file. Here are screenshots showing variables on the left, diagram text in the middle, and a real-time render on the right:
* https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DaveJarvis/KeenWrite/main/...
* https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DaveJarvis/KeenWrite/main/...
KeenWrite supports all diagrams offered by Kroki, which includes "diagram-plantuml".
[1]: https://kroki.io/
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On why Markdown is not a good, or even a half-decent, markup language
Here are a few Markdown documents I've typeset into PDF:
* https://impacts.to/downloads/lowres/impacts.pdf
* https://pdfhost.io/v/4FeAGGasj_SepiSolar_Highlevel_Software_...
* https://dave.autonoma.ca/blog/2020/04/28/typesetting-markdow...
My text editor, KeenWrite[1] (see tutorials[3] for details), converts from Markdown to XHTML. The XHTML is then typeset using the ConTeXt typesetting software to create a PDF. The PDF is stylized using a theme[2].
[1]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite
[2]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite-themes/tree/main/exa...
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9...
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MdBook – Create book from Markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust
I wrote KeenWrite, a free and open-source cross-platform tool, to create Markdown-based books. KeenWrite calls out to ConTeXt to typeset the documents and uses my KeenType fork for typesetting math while in preview mode. KeenWrite can generate PDF files from the command-line.
* https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite
For example:
java -jar keenwrite.jar \
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Interactive CommonMark Tutorial
Although not interactive, I've created a video series that shows advanced usage of Markdown. Namely R, external variables, diagrams, math, annotations, and a different approach to metadata:
* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9...
Tutorial 4 shows basic Markdown:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbGSiRzx-0
The top-right of each video shows keyboard and mouse clicks to help follow along.[1] My desktop text editor, KeenWrite[2], is used in the tutorials.
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“Exit Traps” Can Make Your Bash Scripts Way More Robust and Reliable
https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite/blob/main/scripts/bu...
My template script provides a way to make user-friendly shell scripts. In a script that uses the template, you define the dependencies and their sources:
DEPENDENCIES=(
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EchoSVG: SVG rasterizer library supporting level 4 selectors (Apache 2)
I didn't create the fork, nor am I affiliated with the project. I use it in my text editor, KeenWrite to rasterize SVG.
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Millions of dollars in time wasted making papers fit journal guidelines
KeenWrite Themes[1] are instructions that tell ConTeXt how to typeset XHTML documents (content) into PDF files (presentation). I made a tutorial that shows how my FOSS desktop text editor, KeenWrite[3], allows users to write in Markdown to typeset a document against a particular theme.
Before it can be used for scientific papers, it needs cross-references, which, unfortunately, aren't part of the CommonMark specification.
I posit that the vast majority of LaTeX users don't grok how to separate content from presentation. When I asked a question on TeX.SE about how to adjust the line spacing between enumerated items (spanning a couple dozen enumerated lists), the vast majority of people voted for the answer of using `\itemsep0em` to tweak each list ... individually.[4] The correct answer, IMO, is to fix the problem globally, and not waste time tweaking individual lists.
[1]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite-themes
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QpX70O5S30
[3]: https://github.com/DaveJarvis/keenwrite
[4]: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/6081/reduce-space-be...
Zettlr
- Obsidian 1.5 Desktop (Public)
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Zettlr VS Einwurf - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 20 Dec 2023
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Why note-taking apps don’t make us smarter
I can't recommend the Zettlekasten Method enough: https://zettelkasten.de/introduction/
You can do it with index cards or you can use software to practice the method and grow your note collection. I now prefer Zettlr (https://www.zettlr.com) after using Joplin (https://joplinapp.org), which are both FOSS.
One of the core strategies of the Zettlekasten Method is to link notes to each other. That's how knowledge grows: connections and synthesis (internalization/application of the connections)
Here's a 3-year-old video on the method that serves as a good primer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFZHuWLA09M
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Beaver Notes: A Privacy-Focused Open-Source Note-Taking App
I’ve been using zettlr [1] for the same thing. Been pretty happy with it.
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A collection of useful Mac Apps
Zettlr - Price: Free (with optional donations) Markdown editor for Mac that features a user-friendly interface and advanced features for writers.
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Notion alternative: AppFlowy vs Outline vs Affine?
I discovered recently [logseq](https://logseq.com/) and it's beautiful. I use quite a lot Zettlr for taking notes on concepts and ideas but I have to say that logseq has become my starting point for daily, short, notes and tasks. I need to work on an integration with Zettlr however, I like the possibility of the latter to organize and connect the texts, especially convenient when writing essays.
- How would you read your files if Obsidian disappeared?
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Any alternatives to Obsidian that are not built on Electron?
Zettlr - https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr
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I read the top ten Zettelkasten articles on Hacker News so you can do something more wholesome with your day
GitLab software engineer Tomas Vik runs through the slip-box method, based on Sönke Ahrens's book, How to Take Smart Notes. He recommends creating individual plain text (markdown) files and gives clear examples of how this is structured. He used Zettlr as his markdown-enabled text editor of choice, but mentions alternative apps that do similar things. As a bonus, there's a follow-up post a year later, in which the author describes how his process has changed (not much) and why he now uses Logseq instead of Zettlr.
What are some alternatives?
logseq - A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. Use it to organize your todo list, to write your journals, or to record your unique life.
Trilium Notes - Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes
obsidian-export - Rust library and CLI to export an Obsidian vault to regular Markdown
obsidian-pandoc - Pandoc document export plugin for Obsidian (https://obsidian.md)
marktext - 📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.
obsidian-releases - Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.
QOwnNotes - QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.
zotero - Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share your research sources.
obsidian-kanban - Create markdown-backed Kanban boards in Obsidian.
Obsidian-MD-To-PDF - A command line python script to convert Obsidian md files to a pdf
org-roam - Rudimentary Roam replica with Org-mode
markdown-preview.nvim - markdown preview plugin for (neo)vim