![]() ![]() I could go on for much longer but the pros of this program post cover much of it. ![]() Software that put identification at the end of the file, such as writer, is easily handled by NP++. Being a regular user of older equipment notepad helps transition documents and files from old 8-bit computers to modern systems, by looking for identification at the start AND end of the files. Tag dictionaries help clean up the results from such dirty conversions. Extensions allow quick (dirty) conversions between DMLs and DTDs. Rather than choke like notepad (Microsoft) and preview (Apple), notepad++ throws up what garbage it can pull from the files no matter how damaged. Such as sorting a broken jpeg from a j2k. Support for displaying representation of NPCs make tagless meta-less files not only loadable but decipherable. That said this is still the simplest scratch pad for programming AND file verification. it refuses to load with any implementation on MacOS. So if you are looking for an a lightweight plain text, open source, note-taking app, then FSNotes is worth a peek.Lostinlodos's Experience My only complaint is it’s windows only! Don’t misunderstand me though. Having said all that, I have recently been made aware of another Notational Velocity clone out there that is in active development. Second, even if there were significant changes, this is the beauty of plain text, moving to another app will not break your system. To which I would suggest that first, I can’t imagine Bitwriter will depart from the nvALT workflow much at all – the user base for Bitwriter are nvALT users, so moving to the new app will be trivial when it happens. Open the dev tools, however, and Atom's web-based core shines through. Like other desktop apps, it has its own icon in the dock, native menus and dialogs, and full access to the file system. You might wonder why I would recommend an app kept in the barest of maintenance cycles while the developer openly builds its replacement. Atom overview Atom is a desktop text editor application based on web technologies. When it comes to capturing text as quickly as possible on the Mac, I have a hotkey set for nvALT, so it has become so ingrained that it just happens. OR if you would prefer you can synchronise it with another stalwart app, the minimalist and reliable Simplenote. The official stamp of approval for an iOS companion was given to 1Writer, another app I have no hesitation recommending, and one that includes a Javascript automation enginE. You can use nvALT wit any iOS text editor you choose as a companion, just set the default folder inside nvALT to your favourite cloud service and sync between the two apps. Coda 2 comprises all you would expect from an IDE: it supports multiple languages (including all the standards) it performs autocomplete of project names, as well as language functions it supports SVN and GIT it has good support for plugins (or you can write your own) it has a configurable editor and it has. Brett Terpstra is promising a commercial replacement to nvALT, with an app called BitWriter apparently close to beta release. Nerds might roll their eyes – a detour through the history and utility of nvALT would be an undertaking of its own – but nvALT remains as useful as ever, despite being eclipsed by a new wave of notes apps in the past couple of years. nvALT was tool of choice for quick text capture where keyboard ninjas were concerned. Where haste is concerned, for a long time there was a pretty clear favourite among the mac community. Which brings me back to the aforementioned problem. ![]() Plain text also has one more significant advantage, the speed at which you can work with it. ![]() For that reason, I find myself only using Apple Notes as a kind of place holder for links I will use immediately, or when very basic collaboration is in order.Ī plain text system is the antithesis of proprietary, it is as open as you can get for storing text. Rich text relies on a proprietary database, meaning portability and future-proofing are open questions for notes kept in a system that relies on them. This rich text approach is both the major strength and weakness of Apple Notes, at least now that iCloud syncing has become so reliable and fast. The Apple Notes share extension captures URLs in a form it calls rich links, which includes a thumbnail and text snippet to make captured links that much easier to recall. Apple Notes, for example, has some hard to overlook advantages – native integration means an unparalleled user experience when it comes to sharing material with the system-wide share extension on both the macOS and iOS. There are trade offs no matter which way you look at it. The real problem is not so much being torn between numerous different tools, but being torn between waiting on an old favourite to be reincarnated, so to speak, and moving on to something new. If you happened to have read any of the posts I have made about note-taking, you might think I have a problem. Update 10-01-2019: For an update on plain text note taking for macOS: Thoughtful Plain Text Note Taking with The Archive and Zettelkasten In Praise of Plain Text ![]()
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