Do you people write your journal? Do you use some app on your phone or do you write it on your laptop/desktop? Or do you prefer just plain paper? Why do you prefer some things over another? Do you keep your diary super private, private or public? I am just curious because I have started writing my diary in just plain text in editor on my android phone and I am searching if there are other medias for this. Thank you
@freemo
Ye I am writing markdown in markor (MD editor for android). On PC I want to try switching to vim... But since you use spacemacs. I think you have some experience with vim too at least the binding no? I think spacemacs users are mostly using the evil flavour and thats why they use spacemacs... Or maybe even the layers... I don't know...
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@k11m1 Strictly speaking, yes, I use spacemacs in Evil mode and thus have access to the vim bindings. Though the bulk of the keys I use are likely spacemacs specific.
@freemo
Why do you use vim binding? Do you find it superior to just plain emacs shortcuts? Are those shortcuts too much for your hand?
@k11m1 When i started I had no preference for either. so I picked what was most popular at first.. then I realized that emacs shortcuts tend to be rather convoluted and just didnt appeal to me.
In the end 99% of the shortcuts I use are spacemacs specific anyway so it just wasnt a big issue.
@freemo
And do you use those commands with leader and vim style or just C-M-S key
Or something?
@k11m1 most spacemac keys are not really chorded keys... you press ach key in sequence releasing the previous key before engaging the last.
So for example if i want to open up theproject tree for my configuration i presss each one of these keys in sequence one at a time: space p t
@freemo
I get it, thats the vim style. I have read that its better for your fingers to use these commands instead chorded. Also they say they might be faster... Who knows
@k11m1 its more comfortable, but i like the fact that spacemacs uses chords that are intuitive. but yea its not unlike vanilla vim. Afterall it is based on the vim approach through evil as you said.
@k11m1 Your approach of using a plain text editor is simple and works. It would be nice to have an app or programme that did the text entering and displayed it on a calendar screen; so it might be easier to find by date, or browse through.
There might be some apps in the Play store intended for journaling, maybe take a look and see if any fits the need?
I don't keep a journal, but do use a text editor to create blog posts in a similar manner.
@design_RG
I dont use google services and on fdroid the options are limited. Also I dont look back at the diary... So the calendar feature wouldnt be that useful for me.
About your blog. Just static site generator?
@k11m1 I use write.as, it's nice and simple and little distractions. Actually, it could even work well for your journal -- you have the option of keeping it private, a new page is created with the day's date, and can be edited later if needed.
So it's a possibility. As a blog platform, I find it quite nice.
@design_RG
I found out app called Typora, its yet free (soon paid) markdown editor with sweet features like diagrams latex etc. Its a pity I dont know how to reproduce the convert process ... I would love to be able to export it just with pandoc or something and it would look nice... I dont like the default latex look of pandoc + for diagrams one needs a pandoc filter
@k11m1 I did a search for a journal at F-Droid and there's some options to consider there too:
@design_RG
I had a look too :) , but no or them seems to support local saves so I could use some sync service to sync them... Which... Well I currently have with syncthing
@k11m1 Ah, sounds good, from the search results the most promissing seemed to be Diary -- https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.billthefarmer.diary/
from the screenshots, I am guessing it does support markdown language, which would be a nice thing.
I remember looking for and finding some nice Notetaking apps to use in my laptop, one of which did support and display markdown natively; it could be a nice place for my drafts, as I do a lot of text format manually in the blog posts, markdown makes it so easy. Can't remember the name atm.
@design_RG
I have checked those apps. And none are better than just markdown editor `markor`
@k11m1 Found it, and it looks good, thanks for mentioning it.
@k11m1 I use static site generators that convert one of a few formats into my journal format.. usually markdown. I write it using a basic text editor of somekind (usually spacemacs)