Is there an Ultimate text editor?

post by Johannes C. Mayer (johannes-c-mayer) · 2022-09-11T09:19:51.436Z · LW · GW · 3 comments

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Is there a text editor that allows me to

into this one

Here a program so I already know which don't satisfy all of the requirements. Especially the inline image drawing one.

So far nothing seems better than org mode.

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answer by joseph_c · 2022-09-14T17:16:13.905Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

With Obsidian, I think you can get the Excalidraw plugin to draw images, though it's not inline (it opens a new pane).

answer by 142857 · 2022-09-12T22:47:25.386Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

For derendering latex in Emacs, see https://github.com/io12/org-fragtog.

For drawing images in line, you could try https://github.com/misohena/el-easydraw.

comment by Johannes C. Mayer (johannes-c-mayer) · 2022-09-23T19:42:31.197Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I was thinking more free hand drawing.

answer by jimv · 2022-09-11T14:47:02.415Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Not a perfect match for your requirements, but with some features that might meet some of the same underlying goals, you might want to take a look at Zettlr.

comment by Johannes C. Mayer (johannes-c-mayer) · 2022-09-11T22:05:34.539Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

This does not have inline images, right? This is basically the most important feature, that is missing from emacs org-mode.

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comment by jimv · 2022-09-12T08:08:24.875Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I think if you insert an image using markdown it'll be displayed. But I don't think you can draw into it directly.

answer by Anon User · 2022-09-11T20:49:34.699Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Does not match your requirements exactly, but may come close (source and auto rebuilt PDF side-by-side with synctex to jump from one to another, etc) - VSCode with LaTeX Workshop extension. Not sure what VSCode can do for inline editing of images - but perhaps there is an extension that can help. It is capable of collapsing/expanding sections/subsections in the source view, and I think it does have a tree-style outline editing in a side-pannel too.

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comment by Rafael Harth (sil-ver) · 2022-09-11T11:00:43.798Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

This question made sense to me for the first four bullet points, then at "item 1 - item2" and "item 3" and then "into this one" I got really confused. You may want to reword it.

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comment by Vaughn Papenhausen (Ikaxas) · 2022-09-11T16:50:54.099Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I think the idea is to be able to transform this:

- item 1
    - item 2
- item 3

into this:

- item 3
- item 1
    - item 2

I.e. it would treat bulleted lists like trees, and allow you to move entire sub-branches of trees around as single units.

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