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.
@pganssle I haven't used Syncthing so I don't understand your difficulty with that, but I use orgzly with nextcloud sync and it's been working great for years
@ryanprior Interesting, when I tried earlier I thought it was trying to manage all the .org files itself (not importing stuff that already existed), but I think the actual issue is that it doesn’t recursively look into folders, and all my .org files are organized into folders.
The problem I have now is that orgzly seems to use a completely flat file structure, which is feeling a bit unmanageable to me, since I organize by folders.
Practically speaking I only really touch a few notebooks frequently, so maybe “sort by last modification” will work for now.
Thanks!
