Ok, I've got to say this. The original WorldWideWeb (Nexus) browser from 1990 had the ability to edit, link, and browse documents. And didn't HyperCard have this functionality too? Basically a rich text editor, browser, and note organizer? The internet is massive now but I think the original purpose behind the whole thing was kind of lost. I mean, I don't know of anything that really has this functionality that is targeted for power users and works rock solid. I've never used Evernote. Maybe it can do it? It is hard for me to buy into it, especially if it locks me into their product. Maybe this broke down because nobody could decide what the best editor was (we still have vi) and well, Netscape vs Microsoft and now Google.
James > On Apr 20, 2021, at 10:26 AM, James Reynolds <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've been watching this thread and because someone mentioned Joplin I tried > it out. I'm having so many problems with it I'm afraid of using it now. It is > constantly losing the undo history. When I performed an undo, it wouldn't > zoom to the location that was undid so I had to copy the before and after > text out of Joplin and put it in BBEdit to do diff to see what changed! I > even set BBEdit to the external editor and tried working exclusively that way > but if I did anything in Joplin at all it was just a huge liability. I can't > even see the point of using it now. I have to reread my entire document now > because I don't know what Joplin has done to my document. > > I think BBEdit has spoiled me because it has so many rock solid less-popular > features that I've used to work faster and be more productive but they don't > transfer to other text editors. And in this case I've learned to use undo and > redo to do maybe crazy things like navigate around my document and when I > tried it in Joplin it actually put my document in peril. > > I'll just add the only reason I tried Joplin is because I want something that > is like Apple's Notes but with Markdown, synchronizes to a cloud of my > choosing, and it runs on macOS, iOS, and Linux . It looked like Joplin had > all of those things. But yeah, I don't think it's going to work out. I'm > wondering if replacing Apple Notes is also the goal of the person who started > this thread. > > James > >> On Apr 20, 2021, at 9:54 AM, Tibor Páli <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear Patrick, >> >> many hanks for clarification! >> >> Interestingly, the situation is the same with Devonthink on .md files. I can >> open an md. file and it gets rendered but clicking on a link to another .md >> file will be opened in BBEdit editor mode. (Some time ago, I could use DT as >> browser on rtf documents, but it is its internal doc format). The situation >> is same even with Obsidian whose document format is .md, but any time I >> activate and external .md file it gets opened with BBEdit :) . (Within the >> app I can of course browse over the internal .md files). >> >> So, my best bet right know for presentation/browsing over arbitrary >> interlinked markdown files (without living preview mode) is to try Marked 2 >> or a similar program. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Tibor >> >>> On 2021. Apr 20., at 17:39, Patrick Woolsey <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 4/19/21 at 12:00 PM, [email protected] (Tibor Páli) wrote: >>> >>>> Is it possible to have the BBEdit preview to open new .md files by >>>> clicking to links and REMAIN WITHIN THE BBEdit Preview, preferably in full >>>> screen mode (and opening the .md files in the background)?. >>>> >>> >>> I regret it is not currently possible to work with Markdown documents in >>> the manner you describe above. >>> >>> In broad terms, when you preview a Markdown document, BBEdit will >>> automatically generate an HTML temp file from that document and open the >>> resulting file in the Preview window. >>> >>> The Preview window is however 'not a browser' i.e. its sole purpose is to >>> display the contents of the associated Markdown file (as rendered), and >>> thus though any links you click within this window will be externally >>> resolved, you cannot use the Preview window to browse through other >>> documents, no matter how they're related. >>> >>> That all said, the ability to work with 'sets' of associated Markdown files >>> is a matter we have given some thought to over time, and if any of you >>> folks have any _specific_ requests or suggestions[*] then you know the >>> drill... ;-) >>> >>> [*: emphasis intentional :-) ] >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Patrick Woolsey >>> == >>> Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> >> >> -- >> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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