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Posted by JDS
Jan 1, 2019 at 04:54 PM
I have started to work on developing Dokuwiki as a replacement for CT. Prior postings have discussed using Namespaces and Tags as the near equivalents to Categories. I have not seen anything on the topic of potential substitutes for Properties/Attributes.The closest I have found to date is the Struct plugin, which I think will do the job quite well. However, if others have alternatives, I would love to hear about them. The list of plugins is enormous, and the description are often vague, to say the least.
All in all, though, I have been pleasantly surprised by Dokuwiki, and ability to use it cross platform more than makes up for the fact that an exact replication of CT is not possible.
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 1, 2019 at 05:49 PM
Thank you for this. Please do keep sharing your experience, as I’m thinking of doing the same, probably later this week.
I’ve been procrastinating on this but I’ve come to the realisation that having my notes database in Windows only is holding me back.
It sounds to me like Namespaces are more equivalent to “Projects” in CT, in the sense that they can be used to keep big domains separate (such as e.g. personal notes vs. reading notes vs. work-related notes etc.).
I was hoping that Tags would act as CT categories (but I haven’t actually seen what those look like in reality).
The Struct plugin sounds interesting, but you’re right, it’s not easy from the plugin descriptions to work out what they actually do.
Posted by JDS
Jan 1, 2019 at 07:20 PM
I am far from an expert, but the documentation refers to Namespaces as similar to folders. They can have a hierarchical structure. So, by creating a page with the structure namespace1:namespace2: pagename (each separated by a colon), there is a hierarchical structure created, with Namespace1 at the top of the tree, pagename at the bottom.. So, I don’t think they are exactly like projects in CT, nor like categories. Tags are like any other tagging system. Between the two, though, I think one can replicate a system that will cover categories in CT.
Posted by Christian Tietze
Jan 7, 2019 at 06:12 PM
@Dr Andus: Why the wish to switch? Is it coincidence that you and @JDS want to transition at the same time, or did something break in ConnectedText?
Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 7, 2019 at 10:48 PM
Christian Tietze wrote:
>@Dr Andus: Why the wish to switch? Is it coincidence that you and @JDS
>want to transition at the same time, or did something break in
>ConnectedText?
No, ConnectedText works perfectly for me, nothing wrong with it at all.
The only limitation is that it is a Windows app, and my Windows laptop is big and heavy and noisy, and I prefer to use my Chromebooks for reading and research, especially when I’m mobile.
It’s just frustrating when I’d want to look up a note on CT but my Windows laptop is not with me. And I don’t really want to buy another Windows machine (or a Mac).
I’ve tried remoting into my Windows laptop, but not all networks allow it, and it’s not smooth. I’ve also looked into installing CT on some kind of virtual online Windows machine, but there were either some practical or cost limitations.
Basically I’m transitioning to the cloud, as most of my favourite apps now are online, and I like the Chromebook concept.
Obviously the ideal solution would be to have an online version of CT, but since that doesn’t exist, Dokuwiki sounds like the closest thing to it (hosted on a server).