FromScratch: A simple but smart note-taking app

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Is there not a way to copy and paste? I just typed all my class notes and I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place...

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10yr ago

Polypane

Maker

@alexg473 coping shortcuts seem to not work on osx, sorry 😟 Luckily everything is saved in a text file: ~/.fromscratch/content.txt so you can get the content from there. I'll fix copy/paste on osx asap!

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10yr ago

Play

@kilianvalkhof thanks, love it!

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10yr ago

Polypane

Maker

@alexg473 You can download a new version for OSX with working copy and paste! https://github.com/Kilian/fromsc...

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10yr ago

Play

@kilianvalkhof fantastic, thanks so much for putting that in there so quickly!

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10yr ago

Love the clean look, but it really needs a few more "smart" things. Lists, Underline, Bold, Italics, Headings. Why not support Markdown? The ability to save automatically is neat, but not enough for me to abandon Sublime for note taking

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10yr ago

Polypane

Maker

@jaco_vanderwalt to understand, do you write your notes in markdown? I'm interested in adding things like lists and smartly checking/unchecking, but I'm not sure if the ability to add headers etc is something I want to add.

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10yr ago

@kilianvalkhof I use Markdown syntax when taking notes, although it doesn't really do anything right now. I just like to save it in Markdown notation so that if I move it to my wikipage or something I don't need to rewrite it. It's totally up to you what you want to do with your project, but it's something I'd enjoy :)

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10yr ago

Polypane

Maker

Hi guys! I built this out of frustration with my previous note taking situation. I took a step back, envisioned what I really needed out of a note taking app, and built just that. The app does one thing: It gives you quick and easy access to some text. That can be a TO DO, or notes, or whatever you like. Anything you type is automatically saved and text editing is made easy by some extra shortcuts (see website) for quickly ordering or removing lines. It sounds simple and that's because it is, but it's exactly what I need :)

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10yr ago

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Hunter

@kilianvalkhof but dude, why is the program so big? ;) see the gif

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10yr ago

Polypane

Maker

@milann it's built on Electron (same as the Atom editor) so it bundles it's own node and chrome, that's where the bulk of the size comes from. You don't notice the size when using the application though ;)

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10yr ago

@kilianvalkhof @milann maybe this would make a great Chrome App in that case :)

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10yr ago

Peerspace

Just installed. Love the idea of the auto-saving. Looking forward to closing my 4 million Text Edits with partially saved notes. Thanks for building!

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10yr ago

I didn't know how to install the Mac app...

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10yr ago

Polypane

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@rrrraulsc Like any other mac app: rightclick on fromscratch.app, select open, voila! If you want to "install" it, you can also drag fromscratch.app to your application folder.

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10yr ago

@kilianvalkhof uops, I download Windows..

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10yr ago

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Hunter

@rrrraulsc @kilianvalkhof add to that, allow software from unidentified developers from the Silicon Canals. ;)

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10yr ago

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Hunter

Love the simplicity :)

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10yr ago

Anchor

Giving this a try right now. Very simple, love it.

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10yr ago