https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453631
--- Comment #3 from Igor Poboiko <igor.pobo...@gmail.com> --- (In reply to myndstream from comment #2) > [...] > Why does an app for writing/reading text require personal information > management tools? How is that relevant to notes-taking? For example, I > wouldn't want an app for notes to have access to my contacts and so on. It > seems to be unnecessary/badly designed and a privacy concern. Because it was originally created as a part of KDE PIM ecosystem. Integration with Akonadi would make sense because it could allow i.e. seamless integration with online services (Kolab, Evernote, NextCloud, Google Keep, whatever), as well as some more advanced features like tags/labels, being able to share notes with your contacts, and so on. Although unfortunately due to lack of manpower most of it is not yet implemented... :( > I don't understand why it can't open plain text files instead of only making > it an option to read/save as maildir. Well, one of the reasons is because it allows for rich text formatting (bold/underline/changing text color/links/inserting pictures/tables/etc), and so it internally uses html-like (Qt Rich Text) format anyways. As for maildir: it seems like historically it was the easiest solution, as maildir support was already implemented inside Akonadi and it fitted the needs. > Which? Anything better than Kate? I submitted this issue because of a major > issue with Kate for note-taking and am looking for a similar app: > https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/702033/233262 Kate is good as a pure plain-text editor, and apps like LibreOffice are better if you need a well-structured large documents (although it's obviously a bit heavy for note taking). For your particular use case I would suggest looking at note taking apps that support markdown format, which is a plain-text format which nevertheless allows for some structure and rich text. Such as QOwnNotes, Joplin, and others. You could find more as well as some articles with comparison of those by googling for "linux markdown note app". > Why would one need to install mysql server for a note-taking app? This is > just very wrong, especially if it's a dependency instead of optional. Indeed it would be an obvious overkill and not the best choice for you if the only application you use from the KDE PIM is KJots. But if you already use KMail / KOrganizer / Kalendar / KAddressBook / etc., and you already have Akonadi and MySQL installed and running, then such a dependency makes no difference. That's what I've started with - it was intended to be a part of KDE PIM ecosystem. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
