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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 14, 2020, 09:48 AM »

Man, I have to say I am VERY impressed by the slick interfaces these people are coming up with.  It's like you want all the good bits of each in one.

-superboyac (July 13, 2020, 11:04 PM)

Exactly.  And the cool thing is that since they are componentized in extensions, you can have the best of each!

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 13, 2020, 04:55 PM »

Dendron is a local-first, markdown based, hierarchical note-taking application built on top of VSCode and friends:
https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron

-panzer (July 13, 2020, 03:24 PM)

Not using it wholesale, but there were some really good extensions that I'd not seen.  I've found that the major advantage of using VS code- the fact that I can mix and match functionality.


From this one, I am using:

Paste Image - https://marketplace....n.vscode-paste-image
- lets you directly paste an image into the document, and it will create the image file and insert the link.
Markdown Shortcuts - https://marketplace....n.markdown-shortcuts
- adds a lot of shortcuts for commonly used commands to the command line.  Also does some pretty interesting formatting of pre-existing text.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 13, 2020, 10:24 AM »

Actually, I upload them to the website in the folder structure.  The one for making a website out of your documents would be more akin to Jekyll or Postachio.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 13, 2020, 09:35 AM »

PICO looks like a reasonable option for designing a website purely for your own documents

-Dormouse (July 13, 2020, 05:24 AM)

Why do you say 'purely for your own documents'?

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 12, 2020, 08:29 PM »

My dream is that something like markdown text files can be used to create live websites, similar to what andy matsuchack has going on in his blog that he won't share with anyone.

-superboyac (July 12, 2020, 04:40 PM)

This is already a reality.

I currently use it on my site with Pico.  There's also Postachio which does the same with files in Evernote, and Jekyll.  I'm sure there are others, but those three have distinct differences so I posted those (and they're the ones I've used- go figure).

Pico generates the files on the fly.  I upload Markdown, and it stays as Markdown.  It's just rendered in the browser.

Postachio grabs the Markdown files from an Evernote folder.  I suppose for all intents and purposes, since it's Markdown in Evernote, it does the same as Pico, other than the fact that your Markdown notes are in Evernote.

Jekyll is a static site generator.  You run it, it generates the site in a folder that you upload as is to your site.

I personally settled on Pico as I don't have to generate the site, and I have the plain files as text files that I can do whatever I want with, and the source is on the server.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 11, 2020, 11:22 AM »

So, one thing I found out about using VS code for editing- the editor isn't actually plain text.  I was writing up some e-mails in response to a couple of action items that I had in a note, planning to transfer it to gmail to send.  When I copied and pasted the text, it came in formatted like it is in VS Code.  Just thought it was a jarring thing that some might find interesting.  In no way a deal breaker, but just something to be aware of.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on July 10, 2020, 01:32 PM »

No, it was in direct reply to Stoic.  I didn't intend it for silly humor.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 10, 2020, 08:27 AM »

It just looks like fluff predisposed towards an opinion rather than a truly unbiased piece.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to create a web FORM, with several questions, and get back email replies?

« Last post by wraith808 on July 09, 2020, 08:06 PM »

I've only ever used it to create forms from scratch in the application.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Brave: A new browser with built-in adblock and payment solutions

« Last post by wraith808 on July 09, 2020, 07:50 PM »

They've also released a way to convert BAT into gift certs.

-wraith808 (July 09, 2020, 09:03 AM)

That's not officially affiliated with Brave as far as I can tell.

-Deozaan (July 09, 2020, 03:02 PM)

I learned about it from Brave, and not from an ad but within the browser when I was checking my BAT settings, so I don't know.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 09, 2020, 09:04 AM »

Obsidian looks as if it will grow into a great spider, with any number of mites on its back, but lays no claim to own any of the notes.

-Dormouse (July 09, 2020, 04:21 AM)

This is what I like also.  I use a variety of programs to work with my zettels, and none of them care about the others.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Brave: A new browser with built-in adblock and payment solutions

« Last post by wraith808 on July 09, 2020, 09:03 AM »

They've also released a way to convert BAT into gift certs.

https://market.tapnetwork.io/home

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by wraith808 on July 09, 2020, 09:02 AM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on July 09, 2020, 09:00 AM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 08, 2020, 05:54 PM »

Someone else mentioned  TiddlyWiki + Krystal Theme + a few plugins...

-sphere (July 08, 2020, 03:08 PM)

So there's a link on that site that leads to twitter: https://twitter.com/...574525342793730?s=20

That leads to this page: https://learnawesome...g/digitalgardensetup

I did it, and it's up and running on github.  But something bothers me.  Since you save your Personal Access token in tiddler, does that mean that anyone will be able to edit your notes?  I tested that out, and people can edit the wiki, but when they save, it downloads a copy, so your PAT is stored in your local browser only.  It seems that sometimes you have problems in saving the wiki also.

I'm not sure about leaving my notes public though.  It was a cool experiment, but one that I think isn't for me.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to create a web FORM, with several questions, and get back email replies?

« Last post by wraith808 on July 08, 2020, 02:27 PM »

If you're going to be doing this often, MachForm might be worth the investment for you.  I got it years ago, and still use it.

https://www.machform.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 06, 2020, 09:57 PM »

Memo - Markdown knowledge base with bidirectional [[link]]s built on top of VSCode:
https://github.com/svsool/vscode-memo

-panzer (July 06, 2020, 03:52 PM)

Ok.  I like this one better than Foam.  I have both of them installed right now, and so far, they're playing nicely.  But the features in this one are a lot more polished from what I've seen so far.

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Living Room / Re: HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

« Last post by wraith808 on July 04, 2020, 09:56 PM »

Great to see you!  Happy 4th to you too!

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 03, 2020, 07:17 PM »

https://notes.andymatuschak.org

This website design is so incredible.  I want this.  How can I do this?

-superboyac (July 02, 2020, 05:45 PM)

It's very similar to gingko, so you could use that for the same.  I keep a lot of my notes in that.  It just doesn't have the reference links nor the mouseovers.

-wraith808 (July 02, 2020, 08:04 PM)

I just saw right on his front page....he says he doesn't make the system available to others.  He's still testing it out and doesn't want to scale it yet.

-superboyac (July 02, 2020, 11:23 PM)

Oh, I know that.  I was suggesting Gingko as an alternative.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on July 02, 2020, 08:04 PM »

https://notes.andymatuschak.org

This website design is so incredible.  I want this.  How can I do this?

-superboyac (July 02, 2020, 05:45 PM)

It's very similar to gingko, so you could use that for the same.  I keep a lot of my notes in that.  It just doesn't have the reference links nor the mouseovers.

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Living Room / Re: How can I automatically mirror specific folders in the cloud?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 30, 2020, 10:36 AM »

How can I specify specific folders or files and mirror them automatically in the cloud?

-kalos (June 29, 2020, 02:50 AM)

Use hard links.

-Tuxman (June 30, 2020, 05:18 AM)

Depending on the syncing software, hard links can give you unexpected results.

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Living Room / Re: How can I automatically mirror specific folders in the cloud?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 29, 2020, 09:12 PM »

I use http://pCloud.com it allows mirroring/folder syncing. It works great.

-c.gingerich (June 29, 2020, 01:12 PM)

I'd forgotten about that one.  It does have a lot of options that others don't, including local drive mapping of the cloud folder which is what I mostly use.

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Living Room / Re: How can I automatically mirror specific folders in the cloud?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 29, 2020, 11:22 AM »

As far as I know, if you're wanting to do specific folders that they do not control, i.e. are not in a OneDrive, Dropbox, etc folder, you're going to have to know a lot for than "In the cloud".  You'll have to have your own cloud to set it up.  At your level of technical expertise, I'd suggest just sucking it up and putting your documents in their folder structure, or syncing your required folder into their structure using something like Syncovery.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Any idea why capturing triggers a bluetooth notification with "YourPhone"

« Last post by wraith808 on June 29, 2020, 10:47 AM »

It could be because yourphone is paired with your phone for notifications (or is trying to).  I know that when I get notifications on my phone, it goes to my screen.  And MS is getting aggressive over setting that up when you install the new update.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on June 27, 2020, 01:04 PM »

Thanks Wraith, that sure helped
Not so sure about using the URL - I've no idea atm whether notes I'm creating are being synced or not. Perhaps from messing about yesterday I've already used it. 
Will worry about that after seeing how this all note creating/composing works.

-tsaint (June 26, 2020, 10:36 PM)

If you were able to proceed from that point, then in order to sync, go to that same button/tab, and click the button to commit and give it some reason that you're commiting.  It should commit to the git repo.  Step by step of me doing it today...

1. Click the highlighted button


2. Click Yes on the Dialog that appears


3. Enter a label that describes (I usually for these use the date and zettel update, i.e. 2020-06-27 Zettel Update