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Notes. Write. Search. Close

I've been wanting a notes app I can use in the terminal on my Ubuntu server for a while. Every few months I forget how to do mundane things like find reverse dependencies for a package, or uninstall something including rc files, and the classic what are certbot's arguments again??, etc.

I embarked on making this ncurses terminal app for that purpose, but it got too complicated to start using immediately.

This is my solution, and my notes.

Installation

1. Fork this repo, and clear out the _notes.txt, or keep it if you want my notes 🤷🏽‍♂️
2. Run ./install - which will symlink ~/_notes.txt and ~/bin/notes

Usage

My main use cases are:

1. Browse the notes:

   ❯ notes
   

   This opens the notes in less

2. Add a new note:

   ❯ notes
   # Hit `v` to open your default editor
   # Hit `q` twice to exit
   # (Once for my editor `nano`, once to exit `less`)
   

3. Search for a keyword:

   ❯ notes purge
   # To search for 'purge'
   # Use `n` and `N` to go forward/backward through results
   

You can read more about how to use less and other tips/tricks in this great article.