zk VS scimax

Hey there, here's some packages that might help you: - Org Roam - Denote - Zk

The citar package, which I created, has note integration packages available for both org-roam and denote (along with zk).

You could try denote as some others suggest. I found this, which takes inspiration from zettelkasten like roam but uses plain text and no database, https://github.com/localauthor/zk

You might try zk. I think it checks most of those boxes. https://github.com/localauthor/zk

Thanks for the links. A lot of ideas are very relatable and I agree, that the Zettelkasten might not fit the general note taking needs. As I pointed out, I am specifically interested in utilizing the zettelkasten-method in a research-workflow aiming to assist (and track) a structured cognition process. However, tools like org-roam and delve (which I recently checked out) introduce a certain degree of complexity to the system -- especially if you want to understand the technicalities of the utilized solution. Therefore, I'm very much intrigued by zk, developed by /u/oldjawbone recently. Asking you as the die hard PIM-enthusiast who you certainly are: What is your opinion on zk's general design decisions? Do you think it is reasonably future-proof,/u/publicvoit?

Located here: https://github.com/localauthor/zk

Scimax should have out of box setup for bibliography, references etc. Anyway, regardless of what you use Emacs for, one step a time, would be my recommendation. Just start using it and solve problems as you experience them. It is better to add a single thing at a time when you need it, than to add 1000 different things because you think you will need them, and then not know what you have or what causes a problem.

https://github.com/wdavew/org-excalidraw is close. I discovered you can install Excalidraw from Chrome, and then it is like a local program. That is pretty amazing in itself. org-excalidraw indeed offers an org-link and way to make an excalidraw file from emacs, edited natively in an external excalidraw window. The svg preview does not work though if you use freehand lines in your image, and I was unable to install the npm packages on my Mac for some uninteresting reason related to DNS, but it did work in a node docker image. I find writing in excalidraw less advanced than in tools like Notability or PDFExpert. There are some artifacts in excalidraw from smoothing, or dangling pixels that I don't love. I forgot I had previously used https://github.com/lepisma/org-krita. Krita is a full drawing program, and this integrates into org-mode with image previews nicely. I am not that skilled in using it, and as a full drawing program, it has a learning curve. I wrote https://github.com/jkitchin/scimax/blob/master/scimax-inkscape.el to integrate inkscape into org-mode. It works, but I find inkscape slow to open, and I am not that skilled in using it.

Maybe give scimax a go?

Anyway, if you want something geared toward scientific usage, there is Scimax by J. Kitchin. There may be some others, but I am not aware off.

Apart from the ones already mention, John Kitchin's science-focused Scimacs is also an option.