Re: [Dorset] Knotes and other means of keeping files

[Keith Edmunds]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:39:00 +, p...@aptanet.com said:

> Anyway, I now use Joplin

Paul, thanks for that. I'd looked at Joplin once before but - for some
reason that escapes me - I'd dismissed it. Since you posted your note,
I've moved all my Simplenotes notes to Joplin and more besides. The fact
that it works on Linux, Mac and Android, and the fact that I can store
data under my control (in ownCloud in this case), ticks just about every
box.
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Re: [Dorset] Knotes and other means of keeping files

[PeterMerchant via dorset]

On 18/03/2019 16:39, Paul Tansom wrote:


For that reason, I have started using Simplenote. Not as sexy as Keep, but
it does support markup, and runs natively on Linux, OSX and Windows as
well as in a web browser.


Anyhoo, my strange issues apart, Joplin is probably worth a look.


As I now have converted all my notes, both from knotes and from Colornote into 
Keep, I thank you for your suggestions, but I think that I'll just run with 
this for awhile. It does what I want.

Peter



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Re: [Dorset] Knotes and other means of keeping files

[Paul Tansom]

** Keith Edmunds  [2019-03-16 16:55]:
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:19:53 +, dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk said:
> 
> > Until Google retires Keep.
> 
> For that reason, I have started using Simplenote. Not as sexy as Keep, but
> it does support markup, and runs natively on Linux, OSX and Windows as
> well as in a web browser.
** end quote [Keith Edmunds]

I was using Evernote for a while, until I realised that I was using it
primarily to save bookmarks from my phone and changes had made that no longer a
good option. I seem to remember it was no longer saving the link but taking a
snapshot or something, and getting them out was a pain. Data was going in but
never coming out, and my other notes were getting lost in the mix. Migrating
was a nightmare; which happened when they changed some terms and conditions
iirc.

Anyway, I now use Joplin which uses markup and stores the data in Dropbox
(currently, I'll be moving Nextcloud soon). That means I can sync with my
desktop; I'm using an Appimage on the desktop...

...and thanks to this post I've finally got round to both configuring it and
migrating my data to Nextcloud from Dropbox. On the other hand, I have also
realised why I haven't already done it, which means my phone and desktop are
currently at odds!

My Nextcloud instance moved to a temporary home on a Raspberry Pi (Nextcloud
Box) and is still there. This leaves me slightly restricted in terms of adding
an https certificate. It does support Let'sEncrypt, but only if I open up a
port forward to my Pi to authenticate, which I don't want to do. Self signed
certificates are not handled well on many Android apps (they don't allow
override easily, or keep wanting to to confirm the override - sensible security
measures no doubt). I'm assuming that is why I can't connect on the Android
app; the desktop version has a nice checkbox to ignore certificate issues.

Anyhoo, my strange issues apart, Joplin is probably worth a look.

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Re: [Dorset] Knotes and other means of keeping files

[tim]

I have looked at Boostnote in the past, never really got into using it (I was 
looking for
something to use for a job at work). I ended up downloading it and looking at 
it. I was interested
as it was available for windows and Linux (.deb format and install on to Debian 
based distro ok).

I guess it depends on what you want at the end of the day.

Tim H

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Re: [Dorset] Knotes and other means of keeping files

[Hamish MB]

I use Evernote which sound fairly similar as a solution. There's an unofficial 
client for Linux called nixnote.

Hamish
On 17 Mar 2019, at 08:01, 
t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk wrote:

On 16/03/2019 16:55, Keith Edmunds wrote:
 On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:19:53 +, dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk said:

 Until Google retires Keep.

 For that reason, I have started using Simplenote. Not as sexy as Keep, but
 it does support markup, and runs natively on Linux, OSX and Windows as
 well as in a web browser.

Another option is Emacs Org mode. Everything from note taking, todo lists, 
agendas, calendaring, project time tracking to producing formatted documents 
(using markup) and publishing to LaTeX, PDF, HTML, and can use Tramp mode to 
access from anywhere over SSH.

Cheers

Tim
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Re: [Dorset] Knotes and other means of keeping files

[tda]

On 16/03/2019 16:55, Keith Edmunds wrote:

On Sat, 16 Mar 2019 16:19:53 +, dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk said:


Until Google retires Keep.


For that reason, I have started using Simplenote. Not as sexy as Keep, but
it does support markup, and runs natively on Linux, OSX and Windows as
well as in a web browser.


Another option is Emacs Org mode. Everything from note taking, todo lists, 
agendas, calendaring, project time tracking to producing formatted documents 
(using markup) and publishing to LaTeX, PDF, HTML, and can use Tramp mode to 
access from anywhere over SSH.

Cheers

Tim

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[Dorset] Knotes and other means of keeping files

[PeterMerchant via dorset]

At the last meeting I was asking about knotes recovery and exporting. What I 
ended up doing is putting back the old hard disk from before I upgraded, and 
copying and pasting the knotes 'post-it's' into Google Keep.

I then looked into getting the stuff from Android Colornotes so that it is 
available on my PC, and google is not very helpful on this, though it did point 
to the  'send' option in the ... menu. That is wonderful and has sent my notes 
directly to google Keep.

Everything is in one place now, so no more wondering where I recorded something 
I wanted to remember -- hah!

Until Google retires Keep.

Peter



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