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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 21, 2020, 09:30 PM »

which markdown flavor is recommended for the best compatibility and long term usage?

-superboyac (June 21, 2020, 06:30 PM)

I just use basic markdown- the only thing I add is tables.  The other stuff I've found that I don't need, and it works with everything.

I just had to share this - someone's graph.

https://www.dropbox....4%2016%20PM.gif?dl=0

It's pretty crazy that someone can have that indepth of a graph!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 21, 2020, 01:10 PM »

You might be able to put in a request in the git repo to see if they might know how to do it.  Unfortunately, I've never worked with Note Station nor that format, so other than a few Google searches, I can't be of more help than that offhand.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2020, 10:51 PM »

Maybe it was an earlier version?

After conversion you will get:

Directories named like exported notebooks;
Notes in those directories as markdown-syntax plain text files with all in-line images in-place;
Assigned tags and links to attachments at the beginning of note text;
All images and attached files in media sub-directories inside notebook directories.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2020, 09:29 PM »

Not sure how well this works, but there is a tool that extracts the notes from an nsx file into Markdown.

https://github.com/M...-Station-to-markdown

From there, it's a short hop to HTML.

There's also a script that imports into Joplin, which might be helpful for maintaining structure.

https://github.com/K...otestation-to-joplin

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2020, 05:07 PM »

I think DS Note is the older version, and Note Station is the one in their newest OS.  Not sure if DS Note has the same functionality as Note Station, but you can export to HTML files:

https://www.synology...on_managing_notes#t7

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2020, 09:28 PM »

The only idiosyncracy now with Obsidian for me is that if you create a document from a link, it puts it in the root folder so you have to move it.  Annoying, but I'm liking it a lot more.

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General Software Discussion / Re: any software can do a batch S&R "multi strings" in "multi files" at a time?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2020, 09:26 PM »

If FAR is a knife, then PowerGREP is a damn spaceship.

-chashnniel (June 19, 2020, 04:59 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: any software can do a batch S&R "multi strings" in "multi files" at a time?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2020, 08:08 PM »

dnGrep - https://dngrep.github.io

-4wd (June 18, 2020, 06:23 PM)

Looks a lot different from when I tried it out a few years ago.  I might have to give it another look!

Update: Found out I still have the last version that I used installed- from 2009!



Definitely a lot different!

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2020, 08:04 PM »

I agree with you I would like that ID hidden.  I don't know a way around it.

-superboyac (June 18, 2020, 05:25 PM)

Edit the markdown file so that the ID is commented out or put into front matter. Though that doesn't help if you review the files in edit mode.

Maybe zettlr will ignore anything hidden,  but I doubt it.

-Dormouse (June 18, 2020, 05:54 PM)

You can do it with [[ID|Text to be shown]] - I think that's the syntax.  Make the ID the link, and describe it with text.

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General Software Discussion / Re: any software can do a batch S&R "multi strings" in "multi files" at a time?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2020, 03:31 PM »

PowerGREP is the king of this.  However, it demands a King's ransom.  That said, the $159 is cheap if you need that power.  Add that to regexbuddy and your search for things is pretty powerful.

-wraith808 (June 18, 2020, 10:30 AM)

I keep telling myself that PowerGREP would be total overkill for anything I might want to do. It's blatantly obvious,  I shouldn't have to tell myself even once.
But,
It also strikes me that having it would mean I'd never have to think about the best way of doing a lot of things. And not having to think can be quite valuable.

-Dormouse (June 18, 2020, 01:45 PM)

In my job I had to do this a lot.  Not as much now, but I did before I moved into more of an architectural position rather than coding.  I got regexbuddy to preserve my sanity long before I convinced them to get it for the other devs.  I put off getting this because of sticker shock.  Looking back on things- I got things done.  But this would have paid for itself many times over.  It still could, in all honesty.

But it's rare other than IDEs I pay that much for software.

Those lusting after PowerGREP, but unable to stomach the price: don't overlook BareGrep, which is much more affordable and very, very fast.  Has been mentioned on DC before (long ago).

-rjbull (June 18, 2020, 03:04 PM)

That does look cool.  Still lusting after PowerGREP because of the integrated editing...

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2020, 11:19 AM »

IN that sense, what I want did work using Zettlr and Obsidian.  I loaded my zettlr files in obsidian and the web links were there, very nice.  The problem is this....in zettlr, it file ID is read from that specifically formatted date item that usually is inserted automatically.  Then there is a separate "title" that is more descriptive.  When that is imported into obsidian, you only see the date number in the web visual, no title.  This is rough as the screen is just full of numbers, useless.

-superboyac (June 18, 2020, 10:53 AM)

They have an add on that alters those links - I haven't looked at it to know if it will solve your problem.

from - https://obsidian.md/features

Markdown importer: imports your Markdown export from Zettelkasten systems and Roam Research into Obsidian.

It seemed like it was to take care of the cases where the zettel id and the description were munged or separated.  If not, you could see what people think on the community.  I'm sure you're not the only one with this problem.  The features board is located at https://forum.obsidian.md/c/plugins/10

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General Software Discussion / Re: any software can do a batch S&R "multi strings" in "multi files" at a time?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2020, 10:30 AM »

PowerGREP is the king of this.  However, it demands a King's ransom.  That said, the $159 is cheap if you need that power.  Add that to regexbuddy and your search for things is pretty powerful.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2020, 10:26 AM »

Step 1 is going to the inbox
Step 2 is thinking about where it should be once it's in the inbox

I can't get from step 1 to step 2 in most cases.  If I just do it without thinking about it, I get little idiosyncracies in how they're categorized.  So my notes never get from the inbox to the archive referenced.

-wraith808 (June 17, 2020, 03:02 PM)

If we forget the formal zettelkasten method which is predicated on the notes eventually being published, then my current system makes it very easy to do in one pass. Using tags rather than folders or equivalent.

• If it's something not ever worth seeing again,  it goes to the Attics (possibly I'll note why it's worthless).
• If it's not worth spending more time on,  it goes to the Archive, usually with a few more tags.
• If I make a note,  it goes to the Library. Note into the Scriptorium; I'll add links if I can think of them, but don't get hung upon it.

I don't spend time going through them trying to find ways of extending the notes. I only go through them when there's another purpose in mind. But if I have a new thought I add a new note - and the link will be obvious.

-Dormouse (June 17, 2020, 05:10 PM)

This in hand, I'm trying Obsidian again, with a different approach.  The aim of my note-taking is to make sense of my creative stream-of-process thinking about my writing projects.  I was trying to meld keeping track of those random thoughts with my manuscript.  But using Obsidian just to keep track of the thoughts and as a reference to my writing in another process seems to be working better.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 17, 2020, 03:02 PM »

I like this visual, it is helpful.

-superboyac (June 16, 2020, 07:34 PM)

It is!  Thanks for sharing - I can really see the workflow from this image.  My only problem is the same thing that I have with everything- I can collect, but going through the collection is a problem for me.  I need to do the first two steps at the same time.

-wraith808 (June 17, 2020, 09:14 AM)

Do you mean the Zettelkasten notes *and* the reference database?

-tomos (June 17, 2020, 12:03 PM)

Altering your image -


Step 1 is going to the inbox
Step 2 is thinking about where it should be once it's in the inbox

I can't get from step 1 to step 2 in most cases.  If I just do it without thinking about it, I get little idiosyncracies in how they're categorized.  So my notes never get from the inbox to the archive referenced.  It's a failing on my part, but I haven't found anything that really helps with that without it seeming like 'too much'.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by wraith808 on June 17, 2020, 02:56 PM »

StopTheMadness - an extension for Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Brave that stops web sites from making your browser harder to use. And it protects your privacy on the web:
https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/

-panzer (June 17, 2020, 01:25 PM)

For only $4.99 you can have this functionality too!  With no trial!

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Quick toggle some monitors

« Last post by wraith808 on June 17, 2020, 09:16 AM »

You mean hardware toggle?  Or just blank out.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 17, 2020, 09:14 AM »

I like this visual, it is helpful.

-superboyac (June 16, 2020, 07:34 PM)

It is!  Thanks for sharing - I can really see the workflow from this image.  My only problem is the same thing that I have with everything- I can collect, but going through the collection is a problem for me.  I need to do the first two steps at the same time.

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General Software Discussion / Re: OpenSCAD is a game changer for 3d printing

« Last post by wraith808 on June 16, 2020, 05:35 PM »

something like that could work.. another option would be to find a small flat metal piece, and modify the 3d gear print to have an indentation where i could lay it in to be the bottom of the D bore -- since thats the place thats getting worn down.

-mouser (June 16, 2020, 02:25 PM)

That was the approach that I was thinking of.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 15, 2020, 03:08 PM »

(With apologies to any jazz musicians...)

What's the difference between two large pizzas and a jazz musician?

The pizza can feed a whole family.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 14, 2020, 02:45 PM »

One thing I hope for is standardization of some of the newer features. Like double bracket style links, timestamps as references and automatic backlinking, autocompletion and highlighting tailored for note taking, and more. A superset of CommonMark with features for working with information in large sets of interrelated plaintext files.

-Nod5 (June 14, 2020, 06:17 AM)

Standardisation in markdown? 

-Dormouse (June 14, 2020, 12:29 PM)

People are trying.  The creator is resisting.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 12, 2020, 02:25 PM »

I guess if you get it, you really get it.  But from my use, I'm not one that sees the value of $180 a year for it.  Even at half that price I wouldn't see it.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 11, 2020, 03:23 PM »

FYI- Roam has released its pricing.  It's $15/month.  You can continue for free right now, but as at some point they will do away with the free plan (and their language is shaming people that don't want to pay that price), I'm done with Roam.  That's just way too much a month for me.  Emphasized the part below about the not free forever part...

Beloved Roamans:

Have a few major updates for you.

First - and most important - we shipped pricing yesterday for new users who wanted to get off the waitlist, but ROAM IS STILL FREE FOR YOU IF YOU AREN'T READY TO PAY.

Just scroll down past the pricing component that appears when you sign in. You'll see all the Roam "graphs" (databases - might change this term) you've created, and any shared ones that you've been added to.

Second - and I should have sent an update to all of y'all many weeks ago, but I've written a bit about the scaling problems we 5-7 weeks ago, and why we put the waitlist up in the first place.

For those of you who had days where you were locked out of your Roam with the dreaded infinite astrolabe, for those of you who had syncing problems and lost notes - I can't express my regret enough.

I do hope that our local backup system meant much less lost work than the first time we had scaling problems back in February - but my communication was way worse 6 weeks ago than it was the first time - and I'm very sorry you had to go through those problems without helpful communication from us.

Third - for you privacy oriented folks - and particularly for those of who want to roam with thoughts you can't trust to any 3rd party organization (state or trade secrets, info that could get you killed or thrown in prison) - we finally shipped local-only databases.

Right now this feature is only available for users on the Believer Plan - which might be a good incentive to upgrade - but we do plan to eventually make this available to everyone, even folks who got into the beta who aren't paying for any plan.

You can learn more about how local databases work here. tl;dr they work off the same local storage system we use that enables offline editing in normal Roam, we just don't send any data to our servers.

Now back to subject of pricing.

IF you are one of the people who have been wanting to give us money for ages (and thank you for reminding us of this so often!), you now can! When you sign in here, you'll see this pricing component and can pick a plan that works for you.


WARNING - if you change plans, our payment processor removes the free trial and you'll be charged right away.

IF that price is too much for you but you still want to pay - please fill out the ROAM SCHOLARS application form!

IF you do not want to pay - either because you aren't sure about Roam yet (what are you waiting for!) or you just want to milk the free plan as long as you can (shame on you for not supporting tool makers!) you do not need to worry, YOU CAN KEEP USING ROAM FOR FREE.

I know I've tweeted at points that we are keeping beta free for another month, but I've removed those tweets now, because honestly we aren't particularly thrilled to build a paywall anytime soon - and frankly have bigger features that we're more excited about (like full offline, a desktop app, the API, plugin support, and getting mobile apps).

Finally, if you haven't been relentlessly following us on social media, there have been a bunch of other huge updates in the past few weeks, and a ton of amazing things coming out of the community.

We shipped custom theming and CSS - and there have been some beautiful ones created by the community.

Here is a tweet thread with video instructions to set up themes, a link to where you can find the themes (and Paypal links to donate to the creators), and some screenshots of featured ones.

www.RoamPublic.com has launched (thank you Francis Miller of www.RoamBrain.com). It highlights public Roams with canonical texts - like the King James Bible, The Qur'an (in English and Arabic), the Mahabarata, and other great works - all formatted for easy import into your personal Roam.

As a warning, these texts are large, and will definitely slow down your database. To help deal with this, we also shipped an improvement to the ALL PAGES so that you can bulk delete pages, or export a subset of a graph - suggest you export only the sections of these public Roams you are most interested in, so that Roam is still reasonably quick for you to load on mobile, or with slow internet.

Have shipped a bunch of other small improvements and new features over the past few weeks. To learn more about those, check out our Change Log.

We also opened up a new forum and support site - since Slack was archiving all old messages.

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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!

« Last post by wraith808 on June 10, 2020, 04:32 PM »

Braver Browser - a non-profit community-maintained Brave browser without any adware or crypto tokens:
https://github.com/b...owser/braver-browser

-panzer (June 10, 2020, 01:34 PM)

Brave doesn't have adware. It has ads if you explicitly opt in.  Same for the crypto tokens.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 10, 2020, 09:53 AM »

I  like your certainty that there is only one true markdown but I'm not a believer at all.

-Dormouse (June 10, 2020, 09:41 AM)

There's a markdown that I use, and certain variations from it that I can't deal with.  That's good enough for me.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 10, 2020, 09:24 AM »

I quickly abandoned Obsidian. There are just a few idiosyncracies I couldn't get past- the most critical being that it doesn't actually use Markdown, just a syntax which is similar to Markdown.