Write plain text files

Re:Write plain text files by nextos on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @07:44PM (#30522132)

I use org-mode the same way. I have a flat directory with many small files, inspired by Zettelkasten and by simple wikis. No server, no dependencies.

This also works well for small organizations. Both GitHub and GitLab are able to render org files, with some minor limitations. Hence, a simple repository full of org files is already a wiki. Even local links just work, with zero dependencies.

It's possible to transform org files into HTML with some CI task to get support for all org features. But I have found this a bit of an overkill. I don't need most org features. The basics are already great: outlines, timestamps, hyperlinks, tables and footnotes.

You can achieve more or less the same things with Markdown as well.

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Re:Write plain text files by rileyphone on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @11:42PM (#30523831)

There’s also org-roam, which introduces the bi-directional links that systems like Obsidian have. Just make sure you’re on v2.

This is truly the era of the memex.

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Re:Write plain text files by DerArzt on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:29AM (#30528414)

The only problem with org (which may not be a problem for some folks) is that if you want to be able to edit org files with the least friction you need to use Emacs. I tried the org extension for VS Code and vim in the past and they just weren't quite the same as editing org via emacs.

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