jack
jack
Emacs vs Vim vs None Of The Above jack.baty.net
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dgold
dgold

@jack Some days I just edit crap in nano, other days I use the micro text editor, because its like nano but has some extra features. I don't like GUI-based editors, despite all their bells and whistles, although I sometimes edit in TextWrangler because its so lightweight for the power.

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jack
jack

@dgold I think it's partly the fatigue induced by editors like vim and emacs forcing me to keep everything in my head (key bindings, features, buffer lists, etc.) all the time. Some days I just want to find the tool I want by browsing menus and pointing and clicking. It usually passes after a week or three :)

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sumudu
sumudu

@jack Do all of these apps have their Mac OS and iOS versions so your notes are in sync ?

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jack
jack

@sumudu In a sense, yes. iA Writer and Agenda have both iOS and macOS apps. The Archive does not, but doesn't need one really as it's meant to be a wrapper around a folder full of Markdown files in Dropbox, so I use 1Writer on iOS for that. BBEdit is for heavier text manipulation, which I never do on iOS so that one doesn't matter to me. Until recently, I haven't really cared about having iOS counterparts, but that's changing, which is part of what prompted me rethinking my tools, (again) :).

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sumudu
sumudu

@jack I have been contemplating between Ulysses and iA Writter for iOS lately

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sumudu
sumudu

@jack How’s your bullet journaling going lately ?

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jack
jack

@sumudu I'd describe it as "sporadically consistent" :). I use it only for personal stuff, and mostly when away from a computer. I also stopped trying to be "fancy", which helped avoid the constant tinkering. I still find it valuable. The immutability of notes on paper helps stabilize my thinking.

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jack
jack

@sumudu Both great apps! I found Ulysses to be a little too "heavy" somehow for my use.

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sumudu
sumudu

@jack But reading on stuff on your blog site you are mostly close to computer most of the time :)

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jack
jack

@sumudu That's very true, which is what causes the "sporadic" part :). I keep it on my desk always but don't always think to switch to it. This is one reason I try to spend at least 30 minutes every day at my (analog) writing desk.

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sumudu
sumudu

@jack Ever tried handwriting on iPad with Apple Pencil ?

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jack
jack

@sumudu Yes. It's neat but I don't love it. Still too much friction between wanting to write something down and actually writing it down. I'd rather write on paper and scan it afterwards.

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sumudu
sumudu

@jack I've been using it quite frequently almost two years and loved it, though pencil battery has now started to drain

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