Fwiw, iirc a while ago someone reported on this list performance issues with ~5000 pages in a flat structure. (while no such issues are known to me for nested structures)
---- Daniel Hofer wrote ---- >Thanks a lot for this detailed description. >Yes, I think it helps. I really have to think about it. I think I don't need >or use tags a lot. I saw it in Evernote. There you have also tagging >functions. It was more frustrating than anything else. > >Currently I'm writing on my bachelor thesis. And while I'm reading in books >(many books;-)), I make notes in Zim. >What I find useful, if I use tags like: >@BTtoCite >@BTproblem >@BTimportant >(while BT means BachelorThesis). >So I find concrete notes very fast. For finding other notes I generally use >the search function. This is my favorite in most cases. > >Daniel > >Von: Alec [mailto:[email protected]] >Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Januar 2017 23:00 >An: Daniel Hofer <[email protected]> >Betreff: Re: AW: [Zim-wiki] "Flat usage" of Zim-Wiki without a nested >structure? > > >Daniel, > >I see what you mean now. Using only tags will become difficult as the scale of >your notebook increases. Ive found tags become messy after you add more than >25 or so, especially if you don't think about your tagging methodology. Using >a combination of nested directories and tags may be a good method to overcome >your issues, but you should define your own tagging methodology to keep it >simple. > >Personally, I use zim and org-mode to manage notes and todo lists, and I use >directories to separate different notes by their context, (Personal, >Education, Work, Projects (not personal ones), etc). Each context directory >has no more than 2 more levels of contexts, and then tags are used when >information within notes is relevant to multiple contexts. I keep tags limited >to the title of the page or of the main headers within the page, but rarely >use tags. > >Hope this gives you a bit of inspiration. > >Best, > >Alec > >On 01/17/2017 04:30 PM, Daniel Hofer wrote: >Hi Alec > >Thanks for your information. Yes I've already enabled the tags plugin. >My question was more about the phylosophy rather than the technical aspects. > >I'm not sure if it really makes sense if I had a flat structure. >Ah, I could make a copy of the notebook and test it. Perhaps I'll be happier >than with my current tree. > >Best, >Daniel > >Von: Alec [mailto:[email protected]] >Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Januar 2017 22:08 >An: Daniel Hofer <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> >Betreff: Re: [Zim-wiki] "Flat usage" of Zim-Wiki without a nested structure? > > >Daniel, > >There is a plugin for organizing your page index by tags. Here is the info >online<http://zim-wiki.org/manual/Plugins/Tags.html>. Otherwise you can press >F1 to open the help in zimwiki and find it under plugins. > >Enable it in your preferences and there will e a tags tab on the left beside >index. > >Regarding the tree structure, just put all of the text files in the main >directory of your notes directory instead of nesting them. > >Best, > >Alec > >On 01/17/2017 03:02 PM, Daniel Hofer wrote: >Hello everybody > >Is there anybod who uses Zim-Wiki without a tree structure of pages? I mean, >instead of a tree on the left side one could have all notes in one column but >work with tags for example. > >What do you think about this ? >My problem is very often that I really can't find the correct item for my new >subitem. Very often an item could fit in more than one position in the tree. >And another problem I could solve: my problem with the link text I mentioned >recently. Without a tree structure every link would have <the right> link text >for me. > >Mhm, a bit confused if it could help. > >Thanks >Daniel > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Mailing list: >https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki<https://launchpad.net/%7Ezim-wiki> > >Post to : [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > >Unsubscribe : >https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki<https://launchpad.net/%7Ezim-wiki> > >More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > >_______________________________________________ >Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >Post to : [email protected] >Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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