ned and used not nearly to its potential for almost 10 years now. It
has a wiki links functionality that I've never explored. Since I use this
software for other functions already, I think I might be able to make a
good Zettelkasten-based system using index folders but with text file
creation and ed
n approach to a zettelkasten system. The
main
things are there: just one repository (folder) and date based id's in
the
file names.
Here are some thoughts that you may also read as tipps:
- My most important advice would be: do not relate on one app. As
astounding as BBEdit is, it hast
is working, there is no reason to implement something by force
that does not feel right to you.
My requirements differ from yours, as my fraction of searching vs. creating
documents is about 3 to 1 or even higher – quite different from yours (I
try to automatize ways to input new information into the zettelk
On 17 Dec 2019, at 0:07, Lawrence Salberg wrote:
In other words, when/if I can ever figure out how to remove line
numbers,
use a nicer font and size (like IA Writer's DuoType), and other
adjustments, I might even use BBEdit for long-form writing, too.
Take a look at "Languages" and "Text
nyway, I digress.
There is a live search feature in BBEdit (Option-Cmd-F), but it is only for
the present document (as near as I can tell). The option above, for me
anyway, is more than sufficient.
However, that may be because I'm not doing zettelkasten correctly. I have
seen for years that
Hi Christopher,
I'm actually doing a home brewn approach to a zettelkasten system. The main
things are there: just one repository (folder) and date based id's in the
file names.
Here are some thoughts that you may also read as tipps:
- My most important advice would be: do not relate on one
use tags/search
then it's easier.
I haven't tried doing a zettelkasten but a simple hierarchical folder
structure, combine that with BBEdit projects and search functionality
and it's pretty powerful. No links etc but perfectly OK.
= jem
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All,
I am wondering if anybody has experience using BBEdit as their primary
location for a Zettelkasten-based note-taking system? For the uninitiated,
Zettelkasten is just another way of keeping track of notes and ideas
<https://zettelkasten.de> - a system rather than a piece of software
