What do you do differently in Joplin in comparison to other note taking apps?

inabhi9 · 2020-04-20T03:22:13.802Z

I recently switch to Joplin from Boostnote because Boostnote doesn’t have mobile app so there’s no way for me to access them on my phone.

I found Joplin has far more features than Boostnote; especially sync, web-clipper and mobile app. I’m very impressed!

I always wanted to write a blog but a big lazy to setup and maintain server and software like wordpress. Also, to write a post, login into a portal and make changes is very cumbersome for me. I needed something for blog that can fuse with my day-to-day note taking process.
So I wrote script that converts Joplin notes to Hugo markdown format and hosted it on Github Pages with automatic. This way I don’t need to maintain any server or software and spend on server cost.
If anyone interested to look at the setup check out the blog post.

heviiguy · 2020-04-21T14:39:49.360Z

I had been using Zim on my Linux boxes for years. Then, when I went to the dark side and purchased a MacBook for work in the field, I became enamoured with its Notes app. Being able to store graphics was an important feature. However, I soon felt limited. Since I didn't fall head-first into the entire Apple eco system, I was unable to sync everything between my Linux box, the Apfel and the Droid Fone. But then I discovered Joplin! After doing some additional fiddling with my self-hosted Nextcloud server setup, I was eventually able to experience my Holy Grail of syncing between the various devices. Haven't looked back since. Although it scared me at first,I don't even mind writing in markdown any longer!

rvleduc · 2020-04-21T18:18:28.516Z

Hey,

Joplin has become my main tool for taking notes.
It’s great, & since hosted on nextcloud, I used it on desktop & phones.
I use also Simplenote for a shared account with my wife.

thanks for sharing [toc] & references to others notes.
and yes, this last feature also (or of course ?) works under Linux.

EricB10 · 2020-04-21T23:49:14.642Z

I agree that having so many columns to work with is a hassle… especially on one monitor where I often have Joplin split-screen with a browser or IDE.

I do like how the layout toggle works for editing/viewing notes, so I think my ideal overall layout would be to simply move the notebooks column to a row on the top.

tessus · 2020-04-22T02:04:28.494Z

EricB10:

to simply move the notebooks column to a row on the top.

I don't get that. I want to see a list of notes / notebooks. If either of these columns is moved to the top and replaced by a row, you can only see 1 or 2 notes/notebooks. For me that would be useless.

zen-quo · 2020-04-22T07:01:34.577Z

Same here. I even use Firefox with a sidebar for tabs.

EricB10 · 2020-04-22T12:03:34.694Z

I don’t get why you’d only see 2? A row of notebooks across the top, you could probably see 6-12 depending on the length of the names.

I am just wanting a way to freely navigate around without having to see 3 or 4 columns. Unless in a dedicated full screen, even 3 columns can be really crammed.

Anyway I am really impressed with Joplin overall. This is just a minor annoyance.

tessus · 2020-04-22T14:05:41.869Z

It still does not make sense. How do you show a notebook hierarchy in one row?

- Folder A
     - Folder A.1
           Folder A.1.1
           Folder A.1.2
       Folder A.2

or

- Folder A
     + Folder A.1
       Folder A.2

EricB10 · 2020-04-22T16:38:51.129Z

Point taken. I try to avoid displaying the notebooks column whenever possible for the reasons listed above… so I don’t use sub-notebooks at all. Instead, I have somewhat broad notebook categories and I name my individual notes in a way that I can easily find them.

Still experimenting, but having more than 2 columns displayed makes it difficult to use for my needs.

michael1maass · 2020-08-11T20:07:07.251Z

I use typora as an external Editor on Mac and Win10 Works like a charm and has a mix of layouted text and Tags that appear when you need to see them.

Michael

myicq · 2021-03-13T19:31:40.332Z

I have been using BoostNote, then boostnote.next for a few years. Now the legacy is discontinued, and the .next version is pushing heavily and constantly for paid cloud storage, I have been looking for alternatives.

Joplin seems to have much of it:

tree-like organization which can be re-arranged simply
keyboard oriented workflow
copy/paste
actual support for dropbox through integration instead of working on file level
android support
export of entire tree structure

There are some things I will miss dealry on the way out:

Adinmotion markdown (for "NOTE", "WARNING" etc sections
better themes

Think I will stay with Joplin. It would be awesome to have a simple boostnote.next ==> Joplin import.

zen-quo · 2021-03-15T14:17:19.394Z

myicq:

There are some things I will miss dealry on the way out:

Adinmotion markdown (for "NOTE", "WARNING" etc sections

better themes

joplin is highly customizable with css. you can check out some examples here: Share your CSS. the last post has note and warning boxes in the rendered view which might be useful to you.

you can quickly access the css files by going to settings > appearance > show advance settings. then you can paste the code there. or if you want to make a small change, you can toggle development tools under help, to look for the names of elements etc. (you need to restart the app to apply changes, more info at https://joplinapp.org/ under custom css section).

manouchk · 2021-06-15T08:53:47.325Z

codyburleson:

Is there a way to create links to other notes in Joplin?

Quick links plugin allows to include link using @@ which shows a pop-up menu of notes. Just to type the title to get your link to note.

manouchk · 2021-06-15T09:13:40.202Z

michael1maass:

I´d love linking to a reference Managemtent tool or Zotero for the purpose. (just fantasizing)

By reading this idea I got interested! It seems that it is already possible to do so. See: Linking to Zotero items and collections from Org mode – Org mode Exocortex

You can configure zutilo plugin in zotero in order to create zotero link or zotero.org links. Here on archlinux, I have to configure zotero protocole here in archlinux but zotero.org links works out of the box.

codyburleson · 2021-06-15T12:44:20.635Z

This sounds great, but do you have any idea how to install it? I have visited the plugin's GitHub repository, but there's nothing on the README about how to get the plugin installed. It feels like everyone is assuming we should be developers to use Joplin plugins.

whitewall · 2021-06-15T12:51:00.963Z

Have you gone to tools > options ?

You will see this if you then click on plugins and click on the gear icon:

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Sorry this is kind of off topic.

codyburleson · 2021-06-15T13:50:10.012Z

I see that, thanks. It takes me to a list of all the plugins. It still does not say anything, however, about how to actually install them. On the drop-down, it says, "Install from File." But what file? And where do I get it?

whitewall · 2021-06-15T14:18:22.248Z

Oh, very sorry. I didn't realize that the browse all plugins took you to an external site. Yeah, that's not great.

The way to browse all plugins within the Joplin interface is to type a space in the search field (also not great UX! but I think they are changing). Or having clicked on browse all plugins once you know the name of the plugin, just type it into the search bar. Then you will see something like this:

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I already have the quick links plugin installed, so it indicates that. But if it is not, then the button will say Install.

codyburleson · 2021-06-15T16:12:37.812Z

Got it and it works. Thank you for educating me!!!

ThibaultJanBeyer · 2022-01-07T13:17:53.973Z

It's fully open-source, very extensible, and has an end-to-end encryption feature