How to tweak vscode-crossnote ?

[Eucaly]

Hi,

In my search for markdown note taking tools, I found scode-crossnote could be a interesting candidate.

like

• native markdown and file system folders (prefer vscode-crossnote for more direct file system access)
• note trees reflect file system folders
• hierarchy tags
• notes panel => node summary

While, I am thinking of tweak or to improve as below. Are those align with vscode-crossnote roadmap?

wish for improvement

• notes tree
  • saved search
  • time range tree
• notes panel
  • multiple instance
  • show meta: tags / date
  • tweak for condense space
  • thumbnail / card / list view
• note tab
  • not able to search !!
  • spell check ?
  • tab/space consistence
  • drag-n-drop as title/link (or text paste ?)
  • multiple editor instance
  • original vscode editor theme or tweak CodeMirror
  • retain cursor position when editorMode change
• others
  • remember / optimize panel size
  • % zoom (notes panel, note preview)
  • respect file created date (from file system)
• vscode limitation
  • no single window doc => helped with browser extension ?

ps. My target for Hackable (Scriptable) Markdown Wiki (wish list) is available at https://github.com/beZong/bzWiki/blob/master/doc/bzWiki-spec.md

Also mentioned in Google Group

[Yiyi Wang]

Hi @Eucaly , your idea sounds great. Right now we have two versions of Crossnote:

The web version: https://github.com/0xGG/crossnote
The vscode version: https://github.com/0xGG/vscode-crossnote

I am putting the web version a higher priority than the vscode version.

Yeah any code contribution would be very helpful.

[Edward Cui]

Just to share some industry trends that I know of.

I know a lot of engineers / data scientists who like to take notes using Markdown. I think a lot of times, company will block certain URLs due to security reasons. Plus, a lot of research and development are basically trade secrets; therefore, those notes cannot really float on the web. So the web version may be less accessible to industry folks than the standalone / vscode version of this app. On the other hand, a couple browser-only note taking apps like Roam Research have also started to develop an offline version, probably due to strong demands.

The best standalone, cross-platform Markdown note taking app I have used so far is VNote which is written in Qt / C++. But its markdown feature is far less advanced than Markdown Preview Enhanced. I have also encountered several standalone markdown note taking apps with even fewer features written in Electron / Node.js. Perhaps developing on Electron would be easier than Qt/C++.