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[Vim keybindings](https://www.reddit.com/r/joplinapp/comments/ww4crz/vim_mode_...) are possible with the [exception of hitting :q to exit](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/236). For that, you still need to type :exit.
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1. We're currently using QWidgets which doesn't look good on mobile. But we plan to port the UI to Qt Quick (logic will stay in C++). Our new kanban feature and some other widgets are already built with Qt Quick/QML. And we'll work on syncing too. I wrote that in my comment.
2. We're actually using a major componenet from the maker of QOwnNotes called QMarkdownTextEdit[1] for our Markdown editor. It Works great (thanks @pbek!). Just two days ago someone managed to port the syntax highlighter to QML which paves the way for us to port the UI over to QML[2].
3. I never used Evernote (maybe I used it for a short time but I can't remember). Because we currently don't have a mobile app I use the built-in Apple's Notes on my phone that syncs well to the Desktop app and the I'll just copy over the notes to my app.
[1] https://github.com/pbek/qmarkdowntextedit
[2] https://github.com/pbek/qmarkdowntextedit/issues/158
I tried many note-taking apps and finally settled on Notable[0]. It's simple and you can point it to a folder with markdown files and attachments. Plus, you can just sync the folder using any syncing service, and use Noteless[1] on Android. And the tagging support is superb.
Because of the simple folder structure, you can also use vim+fzf to search/navigate your notes. The notational-fzf-vim plugin[2] is superb for that.
For web-clipping, I just use the markdownload[3] extension in firefox and save the markdown file in the notes folder.
Why not joplin? Mostly because joplin stores notes in an sqlite database instead of a simple folder structure making it not easily accessible by normal unix tools and editors.
Why not obsidian? Was never able to grok obsidian. In notable, I can tag a note as Books/CS, and CS/Books, and it'll show up in corresponding folder-like structures in the left panel.
0. https://notable.app/
Indeed, I want this feature badly myself to create wikis and such. There's an open issue[1]. We'll definitely implement that some day.
[1] https://github.com/nuttyartist/notes/issues/431
For those that want to crosslink anything and everything I suggest Logseq[1]. Its journal and graph view are fantastic. And it has many iseful plugins. I use it along with git-sync [2] and syncthing [3] now I can sync the notes across my work, personal desktops and my mobile.
[1] http://logseq.com/
[2] https://github.com/simonthum/git-sync
[3] https://syncthing.net/
For those that want to crosslink anything and everything I suggest Logseq[1]. Its journal and graph view are fantastic. And it has many iseful plugins. I use it along with git-sync [2] and syncthing [3] now I can sync the notes across my work, personal desktops and my mobile.
[1] http://logseq.com/
[2] https://github.com/simonthum/git-sync
[3] https://syncthing.net/
For those that want to crosslink anything and everything I suggest Logseq[1]. Its journal and graph view are fantastic. And it has many iseful plugins. I use it along with git-sync [2] and syncthing [3] now I can sync the notes across my work, personal desktops and my mobile.
[1] http://logseq.com/
[2] https://github.com/simonthum/git-sync
[3] https://syncthing.net/
These are the types of applications that I really love. It stores the data in a cloud service that already has enough free capacity for say a notes app. It's like how we can store pass(1) passwords on a git repository (Sync it with Github) and use that as the destination of Android Password Store[1], and you have a easy password manager.
[1] https://github.com/android-password-store/Android-Password-S...
These are the types of applications that I really love. It stores the data in a cloud service that already has enough free capacity for say a notes app. It's like how we can store pass(1) passwords on a git repository (Sync it with Github) and use that as the destination of Android Password Store[1], and you have a easy password manager.
[1] https://github.com/android-password-store/Android-Password-S...
After trying Joplin (for several years), I finally decided on Obsidian instead.
It is the better product and has a better 3rd-party support.
https://obsidian.md/
Perhaps poster was thinking of https://notesnook.com?
Their pitch is as a privacy focused notes manager.
No discussion of note taking apps is complete without Zim Desktop Wiki [1], so let me be the one who sings its praise! It's less web or mobile oriented than Joplin but gives me everything I need. Plain text files, syncing, lots of plugins. And task management, oh boy. Task management is second to none, including orgmode. I'm a faithful user for years now and I am still happy I found it.
[1] https://zim-wiki.org/
I wrote my own note-keeping system[0] and very much wanted all of the notes to just be markdown files on the disk. It turns out that there are trade-offs to this. If you want plaintext markdown files on disk AND want fancy features like file versioning, a search index, tags, etc then you need to store all of that metadata somewhere and you're down writing a half-assed implementation of a DBMS.
Now, you can certainly bite the bullet and full-ass the implementation like Dokuwiki did, but that is really quite a lot of work and effort against simply `import sqlite` and writing a couple of tutorial-level queries. And it turns out that exporting all of your documents to plaintext, if you should so choose, is a one-line command away.
[0]: https://github.com/cu/silicon