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Posted by Gorski
Aug 31, 2013 at 01:41 AM
Dr Andus wrote:
Okay, so formatting is limited to Markdown, and exporting is limited to
>text. I like the simplicity. It looks like there are ways to convert
>Markdown to .docx (e.g. http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) and then to
>RTF, so it should be possible to import a Gingko horizontal outline and
>turn it into a vertical outline in O4D (or your favourite outliner).
The easiest way I know of to go from Markdown to RTF/Word is with WriteMonkey, http://writemonkey.com/. Just use Ctrl-Shift F and paste into Word or an RTF editor.
Posted by shatteredmindofbob
Aug 31, 2013 at 06:51 AM
Astrid, Catch Notes, Google Notebook, Google Reader, Thinklinkr, Stickit….
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 31, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Personally, I am very reluctant to commit my work to any cloud-exclusive app. There is too much history of abandonment. Nevertheless, I am impressed by the concept of Ginko, and wish the developers good luck with it.
Steve Z.
Posted by jaslar
Aug 31, 2013 at 06:01 PM
Not bad. Lately, as I move from device to device, it seems to be more important to get to a file. That’s Evernote’s great strength. Gingko was kind of fun and interesting on a PC browser. But when I tried it on the iPad, I found that I could create and edit cards, but couldn’t effect any structural changes. And on my Android phone, I couldn’t display anything but the first column. So that makes me think it won’t move into a regular tool for me.
Posted by Dr Andus
Aug 31, 2013 at 06:54 PM
@ Steve Z & jaslar
Those things are important to me as well. However, from reading the Hacker News discussion, my sense is that this is a brand new service that is currently being developed by two guys, so all the bells and whistles are not in place yet. However, they seem to be making the right noises about the additional services they are planning to add (infinite levels, off-line access, local copies, OPML export etc.).