deft VS markdown-mode

If, like me, OP is a little slap-dash, happy-go-lucky, can't-decide-what-to-use, lazy, or uncoordinated, https://github.com/jrblevin/deft is a pretty handy package.

For (neo)vim users, there's notational fzf [1], which also requires fzf to be installed [2]. For Emacs, there's Deft [3]. They all what to me are nvalt's core functionality which is fuzzy search into quick note creation/editing. They can also be used in conjunction with nvalt or other markdown based applications since all of them use plaintext. For Deft, you can also choose to create .org files.

[1] https://github.com/Alok/notational-fzf-vim

[2] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

[3] https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/

Check out Deft.

Take a look at Deft, this is what I use.

You may be looking for deft: https://jblevins.org/projects/deft/

I like deft for this.

Honestly I've been in the same boat as you for ages and have even tried writing my own zettelkasten packages here and there on top of things like deft (I started with zetteldeft, which shows).

Is there an easy way to move a ton of org files into org-roam? I've used just a flat directory of org files that I've searched with the excellent Deft package for years, and I'd like to give org-roam a whirl. Is there an easy way to import all those notes in bulk? (Don't all notes need an ID?)

‘Course, there’s an Emacs command to do that: Deft mode.

My main authoring tool is then Emacs Markdown Mode (https://jblevins.org/projects/markdown-mode/). For data entry, it comes with some bells and whistles similar to org-mode, like C-c C-l for inserting links etc.

I seldom export my notes for external usage, but if it is the case, I use lowdown (https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/) which also comes with some nice output targets (among the more unusual are Groff and Terminal). Of cource pandoc (https://pandoc.org/) does a very good job here, too.

Even emacs has a markdown mode:

https://jblevins.org/projects/markdown-mode/

There is markdown-mode if you really prefer it over org. I use it to read markdown files sent by colleagues. It's very powerful, and very well documented, though honestly I don't use much of it's functionality. I use it mainly for it's ability to hide the markup (much like org) and follow hyperlinks.

As much as I love Emacs with markdown-mode, I agree that ghostwriter is the simplest for most users.

I can't find it here https://leanpub.com/markdown-mode/read#leanpub-auto-lists and here https://jblevins.org/projects/markdown-mode/

;; This is a workaround to a bug in markdown-mode: ;; See: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/377 ;; https://github.com/joaotavora/eglot/issues/333#issuecomment-913015564 (defun mpolden/gfm-unescape-string (string) "Remove backslash-escape of punctuation characters in STRING." ;; https://github.github.com/gfm/#backslash-escapes (replace-regexp-in-string "[\\]\([][!\"#$%&'()*+,./:;<=>?@\_`{|}~-]\)" "\1" string))

Emacs makes autosaves by default and supports markdown-mode. Usually though it's nicer to put them in a central location by setting backup-directory-alist instead of the default behavior of putting them in directory you're working in of the original file. I stuff them into a directory ~/.saves with (setq backup-directory-alist(("." . "~/.saves")))`.

markdown-mode by Jason Blevins seems not have this function.

You might wish to install the Markdown Mode package. If don't want to do that for some reason, you can tell Emacs that files with names ending in ".md" should be opened in Text Mode by doing something like

github better: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode