[HN Gopher] Zettlr: One-Stop Publication Workbench
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Zettlr: One-Stop Publication Workbench
Author : hgyjnbdet
Score : 101 points
Date : 2024-07-21 07:53 UTC (15 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.zettlr.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.zettlr.com)
| 1oooqooq wrote:
| grammarly but local? given that grammarly started way before
| heavy llms, i assume there's none of that here also?
| Tomte wrote:
| See https://docs.zettlr.com/en/core/readability/
| pogue wrote:
| It sounds good. Can you plug it in to a local or online LLM
| to check grammar & have it proof read if I wanted?
| dartos wrote:
| It's all just text.
|
| Just copy and paste
| treetalker wrote:
| I think it's trying to be a markdown-based Obsidian/Logseq
| zettelkasten with built-in support for (1) interfacing with
| reference managers and (2) exporting/publishing with
| LaTeX/pandoc.
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| If you want to see it and get an idea about what it does and how
| it's supposed to be used, go here:
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| https://docs.zettlr.com/en/core/user-interface/
|
| Finding that information took some digging -- although there is a
| visual on the homepage after scrolling several screens down (at
| least on mobile).
|
| Constructive feedback for the team: I find the website and
| documentation difficult to use because they present details first
| and main ideas later. See if you can put the bottom line on the
| top line.
|
| Also, as I navigated through the site, every time I followed a
| link I got asked, again and again, whether I wanted to opt out of
| cookies and data collection. Answering once should be enough.
| slightwinder wrote:
| > I think it's trying to be a markdown-based Obsidian/Logseq
| zettelkasten
|
| Zettlr is older than both of them. It has no plugins, and not
| sure about Logseq, but Obsidian is not really in the
| zettelkasten-cult. So besides also using Markdown and being
| notes-managers, there is very little resemblance between those
| apps.
| achileas wrote:
| Obsidian isn't opinionated on the system you use, but it's
| trivial to implement a zettelkasten system - I've been using
| a modified one (inspired by Andy Matuschak's evergreen notes
| [1]) for several years now.
|
| [1] https://notes.andymatuschak.org/%C2%A7Note-
| writing_systems
| marban wrote:
| What makes it better than iA Writer?
| hgyjnbdet wrote:
| It's free?
| kvmet wrote:
| I use Zettlr somewhat often. Honestly my favorite features are
| just:
|
| - inline markdown preview
|
| - VIM Keybinds (with some issues, as many implementations have)
|
| - mermaid and LaTeX math support built in
|
| (Notice that 2/3 of these are easily done on many other editors
| via plugins/extensions)
|
| It has some other nice things too but I find it to be kind of
| slow and clunky. Still I come back for the way markdown works
| there because it feels like WYSIWYG but without so much mouse
| clicking. I have minimally used the pandoc and other publishing
| features but wasn't blown away by them vs just using pandoc
| wiradikusuma wrote:
| From quick glance it's like open source scrivener?
| throwaway211 wrote:
| I ended up on Zettlr after a long search for a note taking
| application that would allow not only easy note taking but
| retrieval and linking as part of the process of creating larger
| rigorous documents. I especially wanted something that wasn't
| about a gimmick, was operable without a cloud, was reliable, and
| was open source. I've found Zettlr wonderful for personal note
| taking, academic note taking, and putting that together in
| creating academic and professional use papers.
|
| For me: It fits the Zettlekasten method as far as I want to take
| that. However the tools in doing to don't impose that. Tools I
| like in particular:
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| Configurable left pane with files and folders similar to a code
| editor like VSCodium or SublimeText.
|
| Quasi WYSIWYG markdown. It helps, especially for things like
| quotes.
|
| Inline tags, inline references via linked bibtex (for me, from
| Jabref), timestamps.
|
| Another pane on the right I configured summarising links,
| references. These panes can be hidden for full screen editing
| too.
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| Exports in a wide range of formats.
|
| Zettlr facilitates the creation of knowledge better than any
| other note taking application I've tried. On top of that, it's
| open source.
|
| Apologies in advance if this sounds like an ad. I have no
| affiliation with the project other than as a user.
| jxy wrote:
| I was trying this for a while, but the inability of labeling and
| refering to specific math equations became a deal breaker.
| hgyjnbdet wrote:
| I might be wrong but you'd need to install pandoc-crossref and
| add it as a filter in Zettlr, somewhere in the pandoc
| preferences. Then use pandoc-crossref's syntax on the
| equations.
| jzb wrote:
| I'm trying this out on Linux but for the life of me I can't get
| the split window stuff to work. The Flatpak for some reason
| wouldn't even open files - but the Debian package seems to work
| fine.
| pessimizer wrote:
| "The Flatpak cannot access your file system by default. To give
| it access to your documents, you must first configure that with
| a package like, for example, Flatseal. In case of problems,
| please get in contact with the Flatpak maintainer on the
| corresponding GitHub repository. Do not file reports on the
| main repository - we won't be able to help you."
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| https://docs.zettlr.com/en/getting-started/setup/
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