My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file

Re:My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a sing... by grifball on Saturday February 08, 2020 @07:50PM (#22279685)

I use vim. Doing files based on timestamps sounds smart so I might steal that.

I used just one big file right now and one thing good about it is that you can search all your notes with one command.

I also use the uuid command to tag/reference sections. Then, I can just put the cursor on the uuid and hit '*' to jump right to that spot in the file.

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Re:My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a sing... by war1025 on Saturday February 08, 2020 @10:29PM (#22280220)

Had never used `*` before. Turns out it's search for the word under the cursor. Handy.

I guess that's basically what you wrote, but I had to play with it a bit to understand.

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Re:My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a sing... by the_white_oak on Sunday February 09, 2020 @11:22AM (#22282806)

A bit of a tip: while `*` is a search for a word onward, `#` is a reverse -- a search for a word backwards. Might help sometimes

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Re:My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a sing... by Amarok on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:43AM (#22325792)

Could you explain a bit more how you tag sections?

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