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by rcarmo 1927 days ago
I tried Dendron once and was put off by the dotted namespacing (foo.bar.note.md). Would be a lot simpler if I could just use folders instead (much less clutter, and I'd be OK with specifying the folder name in links).

Not sure if the current version already allows that - but this is a common flaw with most Markdown note-taking software (I have around 8000 posts/notes spanning 16 years of hierarchies, some time-based and some context-based).
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kevinslin 1927 days ago
the dotted namespace has been a back and forth in our community. some people love it, some people not so much.

we're still using the dotted namespacing but we've also introduced the ability to export your notes to plain markdown (it inlines dendron specific markdown like note references to regular markdown). if you have folder based markdown, you can import them to dendron's format using our markdown importer and then export them to the same format as well (this is coming soon)

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rcarmo 1927 days ago
Well, yes, but I'd rather not import/export anything. Either it can cope with the folder structure I want, or I will just keep using vim and ag.
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slightwinder 1927 days ago
Have you tried obsidian? It's directly working on the filesystem, including folders. No vendor lockin.
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rcarmo 1927 days ago
I did, and I sort of like and sort of dislike it because of the way it handles metadata.

For me, this kind of note taking app ought to use folder names as topics or categories (dev/rust) and have an index.md (dev/rust/index.md) as an entry point, and some sub-documents/sub-sections in the same folder.

Also, many of these tools only go half way: they have folder support but instead of a "bag of posts" you have to put images in a "bag of media" folder, which is even worse sometimes...

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slightwinder 1927 days ago
It's up to you how you use it. If you want folders being categories and have index.md'd, then do it, create them. Obsidian is very liberal in it's usage and does not enforce a specific workflow or structure.

I remember there is also a plugin which allows to use folder as notes, by loading a kind of index.md when opening the folder.

But what do you mean with "bag of media" folder?

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