klogg VS CherryTree

I'd love to see a tool that lets you modify large files efficiently.

I had to replace line 4 of a 200 GB SQL dump, it took a substantial amount of compute time to perform a find / replace with sed and it also required having over double the disk space since sed creates a temp file before it writes out the new file.

Using a hex editor could have worked but it seemed too risky because data integrity was really important.

There's also some other scenarios where maybe you have a massive file and the tool that's using it (such as a SQL import) throws an error on line 1,025,421. Trying to find what the contents of that line is on the command line could be time consuming if you need to read in the whole file. For read operations I know there's a few graphical tools like https://github.com/variar/klogg that efficiently let you scan, search and jump to points in a file quickly but I haven't found a good one on the command line.

reminds me a bit of klogg https://github.com/variar/klogg which is more for log files and based off glogg which went dead. it has nice filtering and highlighting type stuff. It's great for live views of log files.

glogg / klogg

For anybody who goes through this hell, I highly recommend [Klogg](https://github.com/variar/klogg).

For example, the file star2002-full.csv from https://sdm.lbl.gov/fastbit/data/samples.html is a 1.99GB file and it takes less than 10 seconds to load in Notepad+. It's almost instant in https://github.com/variar/klogg.

I am started using CherryTree. (There is a screenshot here.)

I wonder if an extensible editor (example: Atom) could do both of those things with Markdown files. Assuming by styling you mean things like being able to highlight and custom-style some text, even in a typically text-only view of a markdown file. It wouldn't be a big surprise if that could be done...somehow. Collapsible points ought to be doable for sure.

Personally I use other methods for styling within markdown, for example emoji, tags, link formatting with brackets (for things that are not really links), etc.

I also take any list that's longer than 8-10 items and break it up by category or reorganize it so it's less visually overwhelming.

Otherwise you may find it helpful to look into more rich-editor-style notetaking solutions like cherrytree or Notecase Pro. The latter is proprietary but I used it for years and was very happy with it. Good luck in your search.

https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/

https://www.notecasepro.com/

I'm kinda surprised no one mentioned cherrytree yet.

cherrytree

I use FocusWriter. It's a lightweight, full-screen app that does more than enough for a manuscript. I used to use Google Docs with Wavemaker, which has a lot of extra functions like cards and timelines, etc. Docs slowed down a lot with a lot of open windows or really long docs, however. And with WFH the sync isn't that important to me anymore. For notes lately I've been using CheeryTree. All these are free.

CherryTree for a general note-taking database. As an Application Packager I can't remember PowerShell scripts I wrote two weeks ago, so saving my recipes in here is priceless.

How do you keep track of/document everything? I have been using Cherry Tree. It is a fancy open source note taking program that lets you keep notes in a tree like structure.