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It's very easy to note them, so I'd be surprised if you missed them.I just see them as part of the conversation. Has been the first mention of some interesting sites and software.-wraith808 (July 19, 2020, 04:30 PM)
I'd say the thread is very much on the topics of "going primitive with discursion into zettelkasten".Certainly feels like that to me.-tomos (July 19, 2020, 04:59 PM)
So how do you guys deal with images?Obsidian has an option to have attachments folders, and I use that. It keeps things together which makes it easier to manage backups.
Do you place them in the same folder as the txt notes? or in a subfolder?-superboyac (July 19, 2020, 03:36 PM)
There's just a lot of random interspersion about new software- not that I mind, but all of it has sort of littered the thread.I don't see any random posts or any littering. It's a conversation, people write what feels relevant to them at the time.-wraith808 (July 19, 2020, 03:10 PM)
It might be good to separate out the software into a different thread.I'd certainly not want anything split out, because that would lose the to and fro of the conversation.-wraith808 (July 19, 2020, 03:10 PM)
here is mostly around note taking software and not zettelkasten as a method?The thread has been an interactive developmental conversation. It's not about note taking apps, it's not about zettelkasten. It's at least as much about plaintext or databases Vs files.-Attronarch (July 19, 2020, 11:00 AM)
Why do you say 'purely for your own documents'?Poor phrasing.-wraith808 (July 13, 2020, 09:35 AM)
plain text files --> good looking websiteMarkdown should certainly be good at this. It's part of what it was designed for and most websites accept markdown. PICO looks like a reasonable option for designing a website purely for your own documents, though there's a lot of techie type setting up. Obsidian will be adding it as a (paid) option in the next few months, but I think it will need to be simpler for many users (many Obsidian users appear to be programmers, IT students or techie other - but many are at the other end of the techie spectrum).-superboyac (July 12, 2020, 04:40 PM)
I find Markdown attractive for writing on the computer. The guy has good points.I think he's writing out of long experience and frustration.
Part of the attraction is that developers have been trying to use markdown to create nice gui's for writing, like zettlr. It's very satisfying to see all the colors and headings change by putting the pound or asterisk symbol, etc.
It's nice that a lot of people have latched on to the format, and we all feel we can use these text files to get around in life. I think part of this guy's comments doesn't appreciate the aesthetics of the writing community.
But again, on a technical level, he has points...and I have struggled very much with the conversion of documents.-superboyac (July 12, 2020, 04:40 PM)
In other words, the Brave fork won't be a Brave fork much longer.Not so brave then-Deozaan (July 09, 2020, 08:28 PM)
What’s Wrong with Markdown?
https://www.adamhyde...wrong-with-markdown/-panzer (July 09, 2020, 08:52 PM)
GitJournal has just added wiki style links for compatibility with Foam, Obsidian etc.Had a quick look. Not super impressed. Doesn't use the syntax that works elsewhere for colour and font size. Didn't see the wikilink working.-Dormouse (July 09, 2020, 01:53 PM)
Are the MD files taged somehow to indicate that they are linked to other filesMultiple links to other files and notes in most md documents. Read by any program that can interpret md.-sphere (July 09, 2020, 10:07 AM)
I am curious what other systems you use and to what purpose.My system is only starting to evolve. Hesitant to put too much weight on it when I know that Obsidian could be very different in 6 months.-sphere (July 09, 2020, 10:10 AM)
Most of what you listed can already be "in" a plaintext noteAnd one of the aspects I like is that the note itself isn't "in" the system. It can simultaneously be "in" many systems so long as conflicting changes are avoided. Work in one program, save before switching to another.-Nod5 (July 09, 2020, 03:12 AM)
However, in theory it means I might be able to use that scripting to automate some of my workflow going forward, and if I am lucky, incorporating that vast amounts of files I have scattered in different formats.And presumably the same would be possible through the Obsidian API.-sphere (July 08, 2020, 02:34 PM)
It does also seem to have a huge following that will likely drive it as wellVery true. There appear to be hundreds developers eager for the API, all delirious at the prospect of an early alpha/beta that's likely to change before full release. I've little idea what they want to develop, they mostly just seem to want to develop something.-sphere (July 08, 2020, 02:34 PM)
for instance I can't seem to render mathObsidian renders math perfectly well now.-sphere (July 08, 2020, 03:08 PM)
Having a system freely showcases the inherent connections between pieces of information is really attractive. I think Roamresearch and Obsidian are getting closer to that.The graphs are interesting. Pretty, even if they're not very useful yet. Can zoom in. Quite a lot of examples on the Obsidian discord channel. They will become much more powerful. I assume Roam has similar, though I've not been interested enough to look.-sphere (July 08, 2020, 10:35 AM)
I think I'll have a look at NotableDoes at least include wiki-links since the developer was talked into allowing it.-Dormouse (July 07, 2020, 02:30 PM)
notelessSo this is an Android version of Notable. Which is a recently closed source markdown app for Windows. I think I'll have a look at Notable, despite its hating wysiwyg, but I'm not so keen on installing apps through the app. Interesting.-panzer (July 07, 2020, 12:06 PM)
the features in this one are a lot more polished from what I've seen so far.Useful to know that, thanks.-wraith808 (July 06, 2020, 09:57 PM)