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by jclos 3393 days ago
I don't know if it's bad form to do feature requests on HN but having gone through a lot of these note clients (see list [here](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13642527)) the three-ish features that I'd like to see on a note client that can, but does not have to, sync to the cloud and that I couldn't seem to find in a single one are:

* Support for LaTeX math notation (like Zim-Wiki) * Support for code (like Quiver) * a good, clean UI if possible with a dark mode so that I can stare at it for long periods of time

2 comments

Have you ever tried [org-mode][1]? It's an emacs major mode for taking notes, making to-do lists, building websites, having an agenda, etc... It's quite powerful since it's basically a markup language. It can be exported to multiple formats (including latex) and supports writing code and even executing it inside the same file with [babel][2].

Everything's saved as a plain text file so you can sync them across different devices with Dropbox, Drive or even git (which I use).

[^1](http://orgmode.org/)

[^2](http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/)

I've tried emacs a long time ago but could never get it to stick. With everybody advising me to switch to org-mode I might have to give it another try.
Standard Notes has support for code, can theoretically support a LaTeX editor, and has a clean UI (but no dark mode yet). See extensions: https://standardnotes.org/extensions