[TriLUG] Web-based note taking application - similar to KeepNote

Ronald Kelley rkelleyrtp at gmail.com
Tue Nov 3 11:41:53 EST 2009


Thanks for the reply.  And, sorry about the double-posting.  For some  
reason, my email client (Mac Mail) posts any new topic to the previous  
email thread.  Frustrating!!!


-Ron







On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Alan Porter wrote:

>> I am looking for a web-based note taking application to install
>> on my CentOS server
>
> This is not what you were originally asking for... but you might
> want to take a look at Tiddlywiki.  http://www.tiddlywiki.com/
>
> It's a personal wiki, extremely lightweight, that is completely
> contained in a single HTML file.  All of the formatting and saving
> code is written in javascript inside of the HTML file.
>
> Unlike a normal wiki, though, it can not (easily) be hosted on
> a server.  It is intended to be kept on your local filesystem. [1]
> I keep mine on a thumb drive.
>
> However, if you make a copy of the HTML file onto your web server,
> you will still be able to READ the wiki.  You just won't be able
> to make changes to that copy (because javascript will not be able
> to write the changes back to your web server).
>
> I have completely abandoned my old paper notebook at $WORK, in
> favor of a Tiddlywiki file on my thumb drive.  And I have a cron
> job that copies that file to a web server in the office, so
> others can see what I am up to (but not write to it).
>
> Sorry to hijack your thread... Tiddlywiki is just too good of a
> tool to keep it a secret.
>
> Alan
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> [1] There are ways to host a Tiddlywiki on a web server, but I'll
> leave that as an exercise for the reader.
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Thanks,

-Ron
rkelleyrtp at gmail.com




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