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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by sbeak@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev

My main requirement is that I am using Syncthing to sync my notes from my Android phone, which uses Quillpad. Quillpad is amazing and looks super nice, and functional too, but all the notes are in one big folder rather than being subdivided by notebook. So I require a markdown editor that can create "notebooks" but don't change the folder structure of the notes (I tested putting notes in subfolders, and quillpad thought the notes were deleted. Silly Quillpad!)

So the notebooks/similar organisation of notes needs to be specific to the app and should not change the folder structure. I would prefer if the app is open-source too, and something that fits with my desktop (KDE Plasma) would be cool too :D

~~This rules out Obsidian (which puts notes in a folder structure. Obsidian is great, but won't sync well with Quillpad)~~, Joplin won't work either. Ghostwriter is pretty much a markdown notepad (quite good, but can't see all my notes in one place)

I am using EndeavourOS with KDE Plasma

edit: To clarify, I want a markdown editor that is able to separate notes into different groups without using folders as Quillpad doesn't like folders. I also need to have a way to view all the notes at once in each group

Using a code editor VSCodium wouldn't really work as there isn't really a way to organise notes, aside from putting them in folders (which I don't want), and I am not yet ready to jump into the Vim rabbit hole of plugins and configuration

edit 2: Markdown editor to note organiser to satisfy the pedant

edit 3: Looks like Obsidian has tags, so I could use those to organise notes without folders. I will try that and see if it works!

edit 4: Obsidian does have tags, but it seems like you sort by tags by typing tag:#NAME, and you can't use spaces for tags. So not Obsidian then unfortunately. Are there any other options that have a larger focus on tags or similar?

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[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago

Can you clarify what you mean about the folder structure? As far as I know, Obsidian doesn't change up the directory structure at all; it just uses what's already there: if you've got folders, you'll see them in Obsidian. If you don't, all the notes will be in one big directory.

[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

But to organise notes, you need folders. I'm looking for an app that lets you organise notes in a way that doesn't use folders. (so still able to group notes together and being able to separate them, but not with folders since Quillpad doesn't like folders)

[-] boatswain@infosec.pub 3 points 19 hours ago

Just use Obsidian without using folders, then? They're completely optional.

[-] priapus@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

It sounds like you could use any markdown app that supports tags or links. You can search for file by tag or create index notes that you link other notes to, letting you view all of them from the backlinks pane.

A lot of Obsidian users do not use folders for organization at all, both of the methods above are common. You could also look at Logseq which has similar features.

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding your requirements, lmk if I did.

[-] Morphite88@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago

What about tags?

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