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by jhoechtl 2333 days ago
> It’s amazing for how long Emacs’ Org-mode has been largely unparalleled!

I use org-mode all the day but frankly OneNote is great too!

If OneNote would save in plain text and have a cross-platform gui I would use it (even if it's resource-sucking electron)

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I use onenote extensively and the mobile app has gotten steadily a little slower and worse. I would love to have a simpler, faster mobile app that would sync to my computer in plaintext so I could use vim with it....

Basically, onenote is almost there but I would love to leave it

OneNote is the only note taking app that I've come remotely close to "successfully" useing.

I especially love how it automatically cites and links to whatever you copy and past from the web. That alone is so valuable for documenting workflow and how-to write-ups.

However the combination of me using a desktop less and mobile more, plus Microsoft's attempts to turn Office into a web app have soured me to it. That and the limitations mentioned above. I'd love to be able to export to a wiki style interface, but I cringe at thinking about what that html would look like (a la Word's html export).

But I have yet to find anything that I like better. Or will consistently use as much.

The OneNote format is documented. If I knew Haskell I might have a go at adding support to OneNote, but if anyone wants to have a crack at it I'd support you.