digital notes

idea of using a single file with vim tags was first noted in 2010-04-04

use ! to link another note/tag, for example digital notes

started with @ but there are some conflicts with url and python decorator
Ctrl-] to jump to definition and Ctrl-T to jump back
:ts /pat to seach for tags with a given pattern, use :tj to jump if only one match

src/print_tags.py to collect tags and generate a tags file to enable the above commands to work

converts title to tag and include in tags file
using the title as id (like wikis) creates links that are more readable compared to Luhmann’s id or timestamps

notes initially folded using modeline in first note to set markers as - and -.

title as identifier

title is not stable, renaming a title breaks links
- detect this with linter
https://zettelkasten.de/posts/add-identity/ advocates using timestamp
- hard to add links since the ids will look similar, unless editor supports adding link via searching the note
coming up with a good title is important, e.g. Evergreen note titles are like APIs by Andy Matuschak

Dynamically generate content with Python code between ```exec and ```. Access to notes and out.

Prefix tags with # and prefix backlinks with @ in tags file

Publish markdown files using src/write_notes.py

Modify Ctrl-] to create a new note with the word under cursor if it does not exist

Auto run parser on save via BufWritePost in vimrc

gitjournal for mobile

Possible improvements

formatting mostly in org-mode

markdown seems to be better supported but maybe it doesn’t matter as long as it is consistent
many variants of markdown, pandoc seems to have many good extensions
hugo uses goldmark for md files but also supports pandoc for pdc files

possible to avoid closing fold marker by using opening fold marker with level number

metadata at start of note, must be right after header