notetaker that uses the filesystem and has powerful search?

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Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 21, 2011 at 12:34 PM

Rats! No, not absolutely perfect after all - unfortunately it trashes the folder structure (or rather, it extracts all subfolder content and copies it to the top level/root folder. Shame. I use folders rather than tagging, by preference. Ah well. Maybe in a few months time (that’s the nice thing about software!).

Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 21, 2011 at 12:59 PM

Moving a little way away from notetakers and/or outliners, you might also want to look at Soonr (http://www.soonr.com), which offers a file synchronisation service with extra features - notably full-text search, project management, document preview and the ability to edit office documents on e.g. iOS devices.

It’s very powerful, and the low-end option (3 users + 2 external users) is very modestly priced.

Cheers,
Bill

Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 21, 2011 at 01:03 PM

You might also want to take a good, hard look at TiddlyWiki. I haven’t played with tiddlywiki for a long time, but it’s still evolving, and it’s easier than ever to set up a hosted tiddlywiki service with local synchronisation. I’ve also just discovered a very nice, professional tiddlywiki editor that runs on iOS (TWEdit), allowing you to keep local and server-based files updated from your iPad or iPhone. The search function is very powerful, of course, and there are now so many plugins you can turn TiddlyWiki into more or less anything you like!

Posted by JBfrom
Oct 21, 2011 at 01:17 PM

I use TiddlyWiki, and have a post explaining the learning curve here: http://www.cyborganize.org/productivity/software/tiddlywiki-installation/

Also, Emacs Org Mode doesn’t so much use the file system as replace it, and it has more search functionality than you will ever need. See Xah Lee’s Emacs site to get started.

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Mar 4, 2012 at 07:35 PM

Jose Quesada wrote:
>Does
>anyone know any notetaker/PIM that uses the filesystem and has powerful search?

Well, a new candidate has just arrived to the forum: Outwiker http://jenyay.net/Outwiker/English

I couldn’t resist the temptation to make the cross-reference :-)
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3166

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