Ask HN: A note taking system recommendation request
I believe that I have a weird note taking system requirement, so I am putting the request out here to get recommendations.
How I want to take notes A plain text file where I can keep putting items like my thoughts, ideas, ToDos (with deadline, schedule date, due date) all of these items can be tagged with $person, +project-name, #field=value kind of tagging system
How I want to see notes The application/cli tool should have a capability to answer queries as follows
Show notes for particular project Answer
Pending tasks Completed tasks Deadline tasks Recurring tasks Notes/ideas belonging to the project
Similarly if I query for Show notes for a person Answer should contain same line items as mentioned above
Requirements: plain text, cli, maybe markdown
Let me know if there is any such tool in existence. Thanks.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 19.7 ms ] threadLook at https://logseq.com/ or Emacs https://www.orgroam.com/ (or is org-mode enough ?). you will have to familiarize yourself with properties and querying syntax.
Edit : You can think of it like this: by simply jotting down a new line, you add a new entry in a DB. It does not matter that one line is an idea and the next one is a task, because, Later on, when you query your DB, you will get them regrouped as you like. Also, no more rigid forms : you only add the tags and properties that you need "on the fly".
I know logseq also supports plaintext (Markdown/Org-mode) and Recurring tasks
Table creation using query, if it relies on properties, makes the block very ugly to work with and manage.
Child block support is not as great
And separating notes and tasks is quiet difficult without properties.
I need to look into orgroam but I will have to learn Emacs first.
Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ FOAM: https://foambubble.github.io/foam/