I am really disappointed by the current state of org mode (or just note taking in general) on Android.
I really want a simple, dedicated app where I can:
- make a simple list or takes some notes
- have that be saved in some plain text format that can be edited in vim or emacs on my computer
- have that file be accessible in a way that Syncthing can pick it up
- Pick up changes made on the file system
Orgzly seems to want to do its own thing and fails at 3 and 4. orgro is read-only. Every other note-taking or list app I’ve seen just stores stuff in its own little database in its own format.
@dimentium Yes, I looked into it: https://qoto.org/@pganssle/110860523437818336
From what I can tell, they aren’t in the App store because they would get rejected for having over-broad permissions.
They aren’t in F-droid because their syncing thing (which I don’t care about) is proprietary (I don’t know why they don’t supply a way to build it without that part).
The way to get it is to either download an APK from their website (no thanks) or add a custom repo to F-droid that basically downloads an APK from their website.
None of this gives me particularly high confidence in the quality and security of this app…
@pganssle @dimentium
You are not wrong, the Logseq team is incredibly good at self-sabotating and I couldn't get out of them anything but corporate-speaking replies...