cheatsheets/cheatsheets/workflow/notetaking-workflow.md

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title: Vim Notetaking Workflow categories: [cheatsheets]

tags: [workflow]

Vim Notetaking Workflow

For notetakig with vim, the plugin vim-notes is used.

• Source: Github Repository

Note: vim-notes is using mostly markdown syntax (great for converting to html, ...)

Settings in the .vimrc:

let g:notes_directories = ['~/documents/todo']
let g:notes_suffix = '.note'

" use this extension to autocmd Goyo
autocmd BufAdd *.note :Goyo 90%

Workflow

• To open a note use the following syntax: vim note:thesis
• The same works for creating a new note
  • Benefit: Can be done from any directory (all notes are stored in ~/documents/todo)
• Search all notes with: SearchNotes xyz
• Use it with :Goyo 90% for the cleaner look! 😃
• Have one file referencing all available notes (as index index.note file)
• bind it in i3 to mod+n and start it as floating/scratchpad window

-> Have one unique note-file for different topics. (eg. thesis, generic todo, ...)

Rules

For Todo-Items use:

* TODO For todo items
* DONE For things that are already done
* XXX For important things

Basic Layout:

title

## General

## Notes/Misc