Re entering equations. You could enter them as images freehand, and then transcribe them later. I would worry that entering them as latex would introduce errors and/or slow the note process.
-- Mark On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 3:13:08 AM UTC-8, Luca Dorigo wrote: > > Hi there, > > I've been doing just this for the past year. TW is a wonderful tool for > the purpose, but it does need some tweaking in order to be usable as live > notetaking. > > Here are some tips: > > > * Use the node version of TW. Preferably storing it on dropbox or some > cloud provider so you don't want to kill yourself the day your HDD fails > and you loose 3 months of work (been there) > * You need the KaTeX plugin for typesetting math equations > * Get a powerful keyboard-macro program (on macOS I am using > https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/, most well-spent 30$ of the year) > and define keyboard shortcuts for common latex symbols and structures. That > is your only hope of entering math equations fast enough. Chorded shortcuts > (that involve more than one combination of keys) are especially helpful to > organize shortcuts in an easy to remember way. > > For instance, `cmd-l + l` writes the KaTeX delimiters and positions the > cursor between them: > > $$ > > $$ > > `cmd-l + k` starts listening for greek symbols input: whatever character I > press next is converted to the corresponding greek symbol in latex. Ex: > t -> \theta > T (shift-t) -> \Theta > w -> \omega > d -> \delta > D (shift-t) -> \Delta > alt-d -> \partial (delta used in partial derivatives) > etc. > > `cmd-l + w` starts listening for triggers for "wrapping" latex > expressions, and positions the cursor at the right spot: > > i -> \int_{}^{} , positions the cursor inside the first set of brackets > s -> \sin\left( \right), positions the cursor after the "(" > a -> \begin{aligned} \end{aligned} , for blocks of several equations > > > There's a lot more, those are just some examples. This allows me to write > latex equations/notes extremely fast, and is the only way I found to keep > up the pace of a lecture. > > * Write a script or find some way to speedup the image import process. > That's something I complained about several times before here, inserting > images is sooo clunky in TW and completely disrupts the notetaking flow. > > With a combination of the keyboard shortcut program above and some bash > scripting, I now have a keyboard shortcut that allows me to capture a > screenshot of the area I need, save it in the TW folder with a random name, > generate the corresponding .meta tiddly file, and put the corresponding > `[img[img_name]]` in my clipboard so that I can paste it inside my tiddly. > It now takes me less than a second to insert images in my notes. > > * Define some tiddlywiki macros for stuff like "definition", "example", > "important", etc. an associate them to keyboard shortcuts so you can take > structured notes without losing too much time for it. > > * Find the right level of "graining" for your tiddly's. I initially split > my notes into very, very small chunks (tiddlys) but I found that to be > counter-productive. My heuristic is now "will I ever need to link to this > concept on its own ?" . If yes, it goes into a tiddly. Otherwise, just > include inside the "parent" tiddly. > > > That's what comes to mind now. > > If you work on macOS, feel free to message me, I will be happy to send you > the macros/scripts that I have. > > > > > Le mercredi 2 janvier 2019 16:42:49 UTC+1, Evžen Wybitul a écrit : >> >> Hey, >> >> I'm revising my note-taking system for the next semester. Initially I >> planned to use simple Markdown files, maybe with some tags added, but I can >> see that TW could be better for my use case — I'm a math major and I could >> use some modular definition/theorem Tiddlers that could be interlinked and >> tagged, rather than searching for them in individual markdown files. I have >> a question, though: >> >> *How should I start?* >> >> There's so many different plugins, saving schemes, different servers, >> themes... Is there any TW that would skip all the hassle and come with (the >> most important) batteries included? And which are those "batteries" anyway? >> I don't want to miss out on something great just because I don't know I >> need it. The question could be phrased differently: >> >> *How would you take college/class/meeting notes with TW? Which plugins, >> which workflow? And how would you review the notes later?* >> >> I'm sorry, I didn't manage to find the info I'm looking for here in this >> group, nor on the internet. Thank you for your help. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/09087404-9d4b-4d4a-ba4b-7b4124b5ebd7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
