My Todo app is a Markdown file because I can cross stuff out.
What is the point of crossing stuff out as opposed to just deleting finished tasks? That’s what I do.
I leave finished tasks in so I can see when I did things and refer to the links that I left myself.
I guess I must have way more tasks than you, then, because I can’t be bothered with the past, haha; too much to do! No problem; to each their own.
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More satisfying and gives me a little more motivation to see the tasks I’ve already done.
I’m using .md
Notion, Todoist, Things 3, OmniFocus, Asana, Trello, Any.do, TickTick.
This article is a cry for help
I find it even easier just not to do things in the first place.
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.tnmgl.ntodotxt
I have used flat txt files and also ntoodotxt for other stuff. Sync them all with syncthing.
Obsidian just stores the data as TXT files. Only now you can have formatting, links, tags, lists, charts, images, etc.
That or Joplin. Created a checklist today for my trip and what to bring.
But a lot of meta-data is stored somewhere extra.
So? It’s stored in the same folder locally
Saying Obsidian uses just TXT files suggest, that I could use any editor and that Obsidians file format is compatible with any editor. That is technically the truth, but the problem is, that if I decide to use another editor I might get problems because of the lacking ability to usefully edit the metadata. So, if I use Obsidian, the files are de facto not compatible with other editors.
Of course I could switch off of Obsidian and I have the raw data, so I am not locked in. But I think stating that obsidan uses just txt files without any explanation is a bit misleading.
You won’t get any problems. I’ve done it before. If you make Obsidian use Markdown links you can even sort of make links to other files through other editors, but it’s a little janky still.
I also tried a bunch of things. Obsidian with journals plug-in is the perfect solution.
(Ok, journals + like 10 other plugins)
1list is my choice of todo app
I split my notes/todos into multiple files, but I wrote a small program which basically just creates a file with a randomized name in a flat directory and then opens it in my default editor.
I just want to be able to start typing right away without worrying where to put the note or what to title it or whatever. Like, I will put a title on it and include some keywords to help me find things again, but I can do that later when I don’t need to noting things down…I’ve been using Quillpad for some time now. It’s kind of a “glorified markdown editor” (like Joplin) but stripped down to the only things I need: bullet lists for todo and grocery, quick notes, audio notes. Recently version 1.5 came out which allows to sync local files so it can now work with Syncthing and that made it an instant favourite for me
I use it with CalDAV via Baikal. Apple reminders support it and other CalDAV supported applications like thunderbird and tasks.org with DAVx5.
I miss the days when all the best plans were hastily scribbled on a cocktail napkin for later reference.
I concur with the article. I’ve tried various tools but I keep coming back to text files in vim. Recently I’ve been using a
notes/directory with a bash function to quickly create and edit a named text file for a new topic. That gives me the little bit of organization and separation for isolated tasks, while still having a mainnotes.txtfile for miscellaneous notes and todos. I really like being able to stay in the terminal and using ripgrep for everything.I just use a physical bullet journal. I always dislike manufactured books/apps etc.
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