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Yet another request for a note taking app (lemmy.kde.social)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello! I'm still not satisfied with my note taking app. I tried dozen of them, read tons of lists on random blogs on the internet, without any success. I'll try to ask you then.

I'm looking for a note taking app with just this 3 features:

richtext/WYSIWYG (i don't want to write plain text and then press a button to see it rendered)
it has to support CHECKBOXES! Most of the apps I tried does not support them, or supported them only if all the note was a checklist. I don't want a checklist, I want a note where I can put some checkbox inside!
FOSS and active

The one I'm currently using is obsidian, but it's not FOSS and it feels very overcomplicated for a simple note apps.

Any suggestion is welcome!

EDIT: forgot to mention, I'm talking about Android XD

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Emacs org mode could work if you're okay with tinkering a bit. There are keyboard shortcuts for check/uncheck, and you can do a lot of customization of how it renders in Emacs. Search might be a problem though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sorry I forgot to clarify, I'm talking about Android XD

I updated OP to explain it

Thanks for the tip anyway!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I use orgzly for android, with syncthing to synchronise the files.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.orgzly/

It's very flexible, but I'm not sure it's quite what you're looking for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Emacs does have an Android version, though it's kind of buggy and not worth it (especially not without a physical keyboard).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Emacs in org mode can do anything. Doesn't mean its an easy or good for the use case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Emacs is actually one of the easier editors to use in my opinion. The ribbon at the top makes most functionality accessible even without knowing any of the keyboard shortcuts.