vim-table-mode VS vimwiki

While not built around CSV, two terminal spreadsheet tools I have successfully used in the past are sc-im and the (neo)vim plugin vim-table-mode:

https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/

https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode

Back then I stopped using sc-im because it could not import/export XLSX, if I remember correctly. Apparently it can today!

vim-table-mode always felt a little fragile and I don't want to be bound to vim anymore. That said, it still feels like a small miracle to me to have functional spreadsheet formulas inside markdown documents – calculation and typesetting all in one place.

Use the grid_table extension of markdown, which many renderer such as pandoc support. You can also use Vim Table Mode in conjunction. I regularly use it to keep my tables human readable.

vin table mode. Creating tables in markdown file.

This plugin works pretty well too: https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode

I use vim-table-mode, very good plugin.

On its own it does very little -- not much else besides making the links work. I use the author's wiki-ft.vim alongside vim-table-mode to accomplish more or less what Vimwiki used to. Wiki.vim is far more supportive of other filetype plugins than vimwiki is.

I do this in markdown with vim-table-mode.

"basic visual settings set number set linebreak "text type settings set encoding=utf-8 "Remapping keys inoremap jk nnoremap j gj nnoremap k gk "to quickly open NERDTree filebrowser. nnoremap :NERDTree "to open files with external programs from paths written in vim. nnoremap gF :!xdg-open "to make Y behave similar to D and C nnoremap Y y$ "to make a new line after the word without entering insert mode nnoremap e a "insert a new line without entering insert mode nnoremap o ok nnoremap O Oj "search settings set hlsearch set incsearch "clipboard settings set clipboard=unnamedplus "for use of Vim plug plugin manager. call plug#begin() " To change the surroundings a text. Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " A Vim Plugin for Lively Previewing LaTeX PDF Output " Use this command to start the previewer :LLPStartPreview Plug 'xuhdev/vim-latex-live-preview', { 'for': 'tex' } Plug 'https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki' "It is a file browser and does basic file ops. Plug 'preservim/nerdtree' "It highlights most movement commands like w,j,f,t,/ etc.Triggered by "leader twice plus the movement key. Plug 'https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion.git' "enables completion with tab instead of control p. Plug 'https://github.com/ervandew/supertab' "To edit csv files in vim and display them nicely. Plug 'chrisbra/csv.vim' "To make org mode like tables in vim with spreadsheet capabilities. Plug 'https://github.com/dhruvasagar/vim-table-mode' "To use org mode of emacs in vim, but tables not supported and not maintained. Plug 'jceb/vim-orgmode' "It opens a calendar in vim which is read only, like in emacs. Plug 'https://github.com/mattn/calendar-vim' call plug#end() "settings required by plugins. "to use markdown in vimwiki instead of learning vimwiki syntax let g:vimwiki_list = [{'path': '~/vimwiki/', \ 'syntax': 'markdown', 'ext': '.md'}] "to make markdown compatible tables in vim-table-mode plugin. let g:table_mode_corner='|' "Self defined commands which can be executed on vim command line.(must start "with caps) "This is shortcut for quickly sourcing vimrc. command Src source ~/.vimrc "shortcut to delete entire file. command Dal norm ggdG "shortcut to copy entire file. command Yal norm ggyG command Erc vsplit ~/.vimrc "to make presentations with pandoc using source markdown and then opening the pdf through external viewer. command Mkppt :!pandoc % -t beamer -o output.pdf ; xdg-open output.pdf "changing the default leader key which is "\" let mapleader = "\" "auto commands to do stuff based on certain events "This inserts # when leader + c key is pressed in a python file. autocmd filetype python nnoremap c I# autocmd filetype python nnoremap C ^x "saving macros or registers. "macro for anki cloze deletion let @b="f:a{{c1::jkA}}jkj0"

No, Neorg does not use the same markup as Org-mode. They use their own specification that is specifically designed to be different from Org-mode spec.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvim-neorg/norg-specs/main...

Furthermore, each item you have listed as a benefit to Org-mode is in fact capable of being done in Markdown via plugins for neovim, and probably other markdown editors, like Loqseq, Roamresearch, or Obisidian, much in the same way you speak of plugins that interface with .org docs.

https://github.com/wthollingsworth/pomodoro.nvim

https://github.com/Myzel394/easytables.nvim

https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

So, my suggestion is that before dismissing a comment regarding a plugin that is unfamiliar to you, is to read its spec, and then try to understand why people would be perhaps dismissive of that tool, especially when it chooses to conflict with existing, more popular choices.

you might want to look at how vimwiki does markdown tables https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

I've been thinking of setting up a note taking enviroment in neovim. I've been searching around, and plugins as vimwiki, and nabla.nvim are great choices for me. I'm using Notion right now because of the great commands that brings that make the note taking pretty enjoyable. But the dividers, or putting background to text are features that I don't wanna lose, if possible.

I wrote a manuscript in vim a couple Novembers ago, for NaNoWrimo. I used a couple plugins, primarily Goyo [1] to add some margins, but otherwise, yeah, plain vim.

I don't think it was really any more productive than my current workflow in Obsidian. Vim keybindings are more useful for editing than for writing (and for editing code in particular, where the changes you're making are much more structured). Also, while the extra features afforded by Obsidian don't really make a difference during the writing process, I find they're really useful for outlines and other preliminary work, which is something of a point against a vim-only workflow unless you want to use vimwiki [2] or something.

Granted, Obsidian is still a markdown-based tool, so there's still some level of minimalism going on there, but by that point we're really discussing markup vs word processors, which is its own conversation—and to my mind, a much more important one. I much prefer working in markup than in a rich text editor, because plain text is easy to edit and process through the terminal, and because it lets me separate style choices from content.

I find that the markdown live preview that editors like Obsidian and Typora provide (and which vim doesn't) is a really nice compromise between a slick composing experience and the technical affordances of markup. Between that and Obsidian's hypertext features, I think I'll stick with Obsidian for the foreseeable future.

[1]: https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim

[2]: https://vimwiki.github.io/

I use vimwiki.

Hey folks, I have been using Neovim for the past 2 years, don't have any complaints, however, I really want to give Emacs an honest try but not really sure where to start. I want to do basic text editing, programming and something similar to vimwiki (https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki)

How about learning vim and using vimwiki ?

What, we're talking about wikis and vim, and not mentioning vimwiki?

https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

I tried a whole bunch of personal wikis over the years (I see Zim has been mentioned, that's one of the ones I remember trying) and this is the only one that stuck.

I have created full on programs to systematically created screenshots with the game emulators with RetroArch. Also an automation tool to use a preexisting program named chdman that converts files into a needed format (also unpacking from archives). A little Python script to create a recents list of files for Vimwiki. I also created a program to access 🌈 emojis 🌈. I wrote my own GE Proton downloader and manager. Hell even the window manager I am using on Linux is written and configured in Python, Qtile. I wrote one or two plugins for it and the entire configuration is written in Python, meaning I can use functions, modules and every logic of Python to enhance it. It's Awesome.