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Oui un wiki est une bonne solution, mais il y a encore plus simple: zim qui est une application à faire tourner sur ta machine. Pas besoin d'avoir un serveur qui tourne et de se trimballer des scripts de maintenance à droite à gauche. Tout comme Dokuwiki, tout est dossiers et fichier texte, pas de base de données à gérer.

Encore encore plus simple: TiddlyWiki. Un simple fichier à télécharger et à ouvrir avec ton navigateur. Une fois dedans tu peux utiliser le plugin qui va bien pour ton navigateur et les changements seront enregistrés directement dans le fichier. Après tu peux ouvrir ce fichier partout, il marchera comme il faut.

Pour des usages personnels il y a bien des solutions qui ne nécessitent pas de serveur à maintenir, mais qui ont toutes les fonctionnalités dont tu as besoin. Plus simple, plus stable, plus rapide.

About a month ago, /u/truongtfg posted about the experimental version of MyTetra. One of the most important features he was looking for was the ability to paste images.

Post: https://redd.it/518kcu

> Before using MyTetra, like you I run KeynoteNF in Wine and tried many other apps such as CherryTree, Zim, Rednotebook, Mediawiki, Basket, Nixnote, Gnote, Tomboy, Keepnote, TiddlyWiki, Opennote, Jotter, and Tinynotebook but I could not make them to copy/paste images from websites (specifically from Onenote online)

I participated in the discussion but for my specific needs, I settled on Zim Desktop (which does not have this pasting ability).

The post includes installation instructions. Reviving the post, to answer any specific questions you might have, could prove beneficial since he is an active user.

I was gonna make this a top level comment, but your structure seems awfully similar to what I use, via Zim.

If most of what you do is text, minimal formatting, and not images and the like, you might wanna check it out.

I too have started writing down quotes that meaningful to me - not journaling - as that is time sequenced, but more of a random record of things important to you (and also very useful for handwriting practice).

I saw a quote here in r/quotes :

"Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.“ — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I realized this was a practice from a long time ago - my grandparents put notes in the back of their bible, including significant events, births, deaths, weather events, crop yields, etc. and my darling wife pointed out this is also known as a Commonplace Book . I now have a small book specific to such quotes.

I also am using a desktop computer free program called Zim, which lets me grab and record specific things that I want to save. I have been using it for a quite a number of years - a bit of getting used to, but much better than other notebook programs I have tried in the past and now realize I have been using it as a Digital Commonplace repository more than anything else.

“Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day.”

I keep one of several notebooks in my shirt pocket where ever I go, along with a multi-point pen/pencil combo (and frequently add a Lamy Safari/Vista fountain pen to my pocket). I use it for jotting notes, quotes, measurements/specifications, shopping list reminders, items to look up & appointments.

When I get home I transfer them to other books/journals/computer text files and/or my ZIM Desktop Wiki. Love that bit of software, once you get used to it, it is very easy to add notes or links to. Example: ZIM is where I gathered my notes about Lamy nibs and converters, and finally posted them here and here

I too dislike using my phone for note taking as I seem to have fat-fingers and touch screens for data entry just frustrate me beyond my patience (even with stylus pens). My phone isn't the sharpest tool in my kit and possibly the least used.

I am now 'travelling light' as if I have to physically carry things in my hands, I tend to put them down and lose them. So I have gotten used to - like a cat (my shirt pocket) - if it fits, that is where it sits, but I do have to keep in mind how full the pocket gets/looks. Frequently it is only just a very slim notebook (20-30 page count) and one of my multi-function pens.

I am not sure this will work on an ipad, but on my windows and Linux devices, I like using ZIM desktop Wiki - HTML based with some interesting plugins. ZIM desktop Wiki

I have used both at work and at home now that I am retired.

Hey there! I was looking for a note application recently, and I found these worth considering. I have not used all of them personally though.

• Laverna
• Standard Notes
  
• Zim

I've never used OneNote, but Zim Wiki is what I use for... almost everything. Simple internal linking, easy to navigate and cross reference everything. The only grievance I have is that it doesn't support spreadsheets, they just paste in as an uneditable image.

I haven't had any problems with using WM and I love the full screen mode. Of course, I don't use Store apps at all, so that might be it.

Zim is a desktop wiki. It's my dumping ground for everything story related - character sheets, pictures, outlines.

Both are text based and synced so I could work on things whenever. But I hate typing on my phone so I just use a Hipster PDA if the mood strikes ;)