![]() ![]() More generally, I can say that every piece of writing that I’ve done over the past 9 months or so that’s not an e-mail, a wiki contribution, or a Google Docs collaboration has been done in nvALT. Eddie Smith has often written about ways to use nvALT, and Caleb McDaniel has shown how to use Notational Velocity as an easy task management system (previously linked). LifeHacker has a video showing off the virtues of Notational Velocity here, and Ben Brooks explains some of the strengths of nvALT. Simple formatting is possible, and you can sync your notes across machines in a variety of ways. If what you’re typing matches text you’ve already entered, those notes come up for possible editing if what you’re typing is wholly new, then the app creates a new note. The basic idea of the app is that you just start typing. nvALT is a fork by Brett Terpstra and David Halter/Elastic Threads, of Notational Velocity, which is designed to be as friction-free a way to take notes as possible. The brilliant application icon, a blue mini car (not as fast as the notational velocity rocket, get it?), is by Cemagraphics.NvALT is a Mac application that lies between conventional text editors and elaborate external-brain programs such as Evernote, DevonThink, and OneNote. Nvpy uses the fantastic simplenote.py library by mrtazz. If you really like nvpy, you could make me and you even happier by tipping me with paypal! ![]() If you have questions, or would like to discuss nvpy-related matters, please do so via the nvpy google discussion group / mailing list. It’s an even better idea to clone, fix and then send me a pull request. Report bugs with the github issue tracker. ![]() Saving and syncing while you work, so everything you type is backed up At the moment does a full syncĪt startup, which can take a while. See the screencast.įull syncs also in background thread. Not found in current list of notes, assumes it’s a regular expressionĪnd sets it in the search bar. Yes, you can use nvPYĪutomatic hyperlink highlighting in text widget. ReStructuredText (reST) rendering to browser. Tag in the generated HTML, the browser will refresh every few The currently open note every few seconds. Starting the markdown rendering, nvpy will render new html of Search box does realtime regular expression searching in all yourĬontinuous rendering mode: If you activate this before Partial syncs (whilst notes are being edited) are done by aīackground thread so you can keep on working at light speed.Ĭan be used offline, also without simplenote account. The example nvpy.cfg shows how you can configure the font Subsequest runsĪre much faster as it uses the database it stores in your home directory. The first time you run it, it will takeĪ while as it downloads all of your simplenote notes. If you installed this via pip install, you should now be able to start nvpy.cfg in your home directory that looks like How to run for the first timeĬreate a file called. Tagged snapshots (v0.3 for example) to pypi. Github always has the latest development version, whereas I upload OR, you can of course use easy_install instead: easy_install nvpy OR, to install the version currently on pypi, do: pip install nvpy To install the latest development version from github, do: pip install git+ Here’s a screenshot showing the automatic hyperlinking on Linux: Installation Search bar at the top showing a regular expression, notes are sorted last modified first, continuously updated markdown preview in chrome behind the nvpy window: This is what nvpy looked like on Windows on May 23, 2012. That being said, I use nvpy daily on my own precious notes databaseĪnd it hasn’t disappointed me (yet). Also see the liabilityĬlause at the end of the new BSD licence text in the COPYRIGHT file. ![]() Your notes, I am NOT liable for anything. If nvpy blows up your computer, loses your job or just deletes all Linux and doesn’t mind ugliness (that much). It was written by Charl Botha, who needed a simplenote client on (tested), Windows (tested) and OS X (in theory). Yes, you heard right, you can run this on Linux It is significantly uglier, but it isĬross-platform. Nvpy is a simplenote-syncing note-taking tool inspired by nvALT (OS X)Īnd ResophNotes (Windows). ![]()
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