The Perfect Neovim Note Takers Setup

[@devopstoolbox]

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[@NetDevAutomate]

Thanks

[@devopstoolbox]

I did not see this one coming 😮 THANK YOU!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@RaffaelN]

I cannot help but admire (once again) your Terminal design, color and setup. I would love to more detail about it please. Thank you! 🙏🏼😃

[@devopstoolbox]

@@RaffaelN I think this can be useful: My Neovim & Tmux Terminal Dev Workflow As A Principal Engineer kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3TKmpiMqpZmjLM

[@niksingh710]

I respect neorg dev, He is a great guy and neorg is so power full and allows us to have th power that emacs user's use to show us. But markdown is a natural feeling. ( Have learned neorg but had to come back to markdown) and your videos are my go to for just getting a heads up what was that thing that makes this awesome

[@starmountpictures]

marksman - an lsp for markdown - works super well.

[@linkarzu]

I use marksman as my LSP as well

[@devopstoolbox]

Can't believe I missed that. Thank you

[@luca_dev]

Never managed to set it up with neovim; will go back for sure!

[@starmountpictures]

@@luca_dev marksman is good for [[document links]]. with marksman, your LSP code completion and keybindings just work: goto-source, goto-references, etc.

[@vikingthedude]

Its great, but I can't seem to get autocomplete to work to refer to nested notes. I have to manually write down the "path/to/note.md" file every time

[@JoshMedeski]

Great overview of getting markdown working well in Neovim! I personally stick to using the Obsidian app with vim mode, I leverage dataviews a lot and lots of custom keybindings to stay productive.

[@devopstoolbox]

I must say I do too. 50% of my writing is done within Neovim, definitely 95% of *reading* is done through the Obsidian GUI because of dataviews :)

[@iyar220]

this video improved my life once again. You got me into tmux, and your nvim config gave me some major workflow improvements. Now you bestow upon me more markdown goodness. I also might get a moonlander thanks to you, but i'm quite afraid of the adjusting period, especially because i'll be able to use it in my house. Do you have any video about programming with an ergonomical keyboard? Love your videos!

[@devopstoolbox]

Working on it as we speak ;) but it'll take some time as I'm still tuning my own config. Thanks for the kind words!

[@iyar220]

​@@devopstoolbox Well i got myself one! Can't wait to see your config

[@TheBearmoth]

Amazing! I'll definitely check this out! If I were to be working on a project, can you you easily fuzzy find and open notes from one or more obsidian vaults? That would be a game changer, having access to your own wiki and daily notes without leaving your project!

[@devopstoolbox]

Definitely! You can configure multiple vaults with Obsidian.nvim. I must say that back when I tried it (13 months ago) this functionality was a bit clunky, but I didn't actually NEEDed it, so I kept only one vault configured.

[@ShadwTrooper]

Nice. Thanks for the walk-through. Gonna check this out.

[@AxWarhawk]

One thing that's bothering me is the lack of support for images. Ideally I'd just be able to copy-paste an image right into the notes, Neovim should take care of storing and linking the image in markdown. Rendering images in the terminal is possible (with some terminals) but I don't think that's supported in Neovim. Any suggestions?

[@adriansrfr]

Img-clip.nvim

[@adriansrfr]

Img.nvim

[@adriansrfr]

Pretty sure requires kitty terminal or wezterm

[@KaiserWodka]

obsidian.nvim should have a command for that or set it up yourself with the images.nvim and img-clip.nvim plugins. there are also video tutorials out there on how to do that

[@devopstoolbox]

It's do-able, and you're not the first one that's asking so I maybe I should dive in :)

[@emnul8583]

Seems like markdown preview plugin is no longer maintained. I opted for Vivify plugin instead for browser preview

[@stevet7522]

Note taking is best done with pencil / pen and paper. There is a disconnect with typing something where as writing you actually have to engage with what your doing and those notes stick in your brain better.

[@zankfrappa93]

i wouldnt lose any sleep over it if i were you

[@allancomar]

Anyone not able to get the render-markdown to work? I tried it out, and it does not change the the rendering.

[@K1mikaze_oficial]

I had the same problem, I solve using the following command inside the vim console :TSInstall markdown markdown_inline

[@K1mikaze_oficial]

I had the same problem and I solve It using the followins commands :TSInstall markdown markdown_inline with that it works perfect :)

[@garciajero]

i have been ona journey of seeing if i can replace org mode and move to nvim , this could be the thing , my big drama is image.nvim it’s too bulky let alone it forces me to move to kitty . i take a lot of screenshots when i take notes . great video !

[@ankitnag2821]

How do yoy open URLs from the terminal at 11:29 ?

[@devopstoolbox]

I think you're looking for this: github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-urlview

[@luca_dev]

How did you get transparency on the browser tabs?

[@devopstoolbox]

@@luca_dev many have asked :) it’s just a video edit plugin unfortunately

[@luca_dev]

sigh! Looked awesome, I thought it was readily available via some nix magic. Thanks! And great vids.

[@thehardstylepromoter5687]

אחלה סרטון! דרך אגב, אתה יכול לעשות סרטון על כתיבה ב-vim או neovim בעברית? כתוב בויקיפדיה שהוא תומך בעברית אבל לא מצאתי אף מדריך לאיך לכתוב מימין לשמאל כמו שצריך. כשניסיתי להחליף כיוון כתיבה כל הטקסט שהיה באנגלית באותו קובץ התבלגן לגמרי. תודה רבה!

[@devopstoolbox]

Not aware of RTL working properly, I think it also depends on your emulator supporting it. I never actually needed it 🤷

[@thehardstylepromoter5687]

@@devopstoolbox אה, תודה!

[@iyar220]

How did you make your browser look like this?? It's awesome! I use a modified version of your neovim config btw

[@devopstoolbox]

Thanks! My browser is pretty simple - it's Arc, nothing fancy about the config. Anything in particular you're asking about?

[@iyar220]

​@@devopstoolbox 6:19 the background having this nice transparent feel to it is just amazing

[@devopstoolbox]

@@iyar220 Ah. Sorry to disappoint mate, this just an editing trick :(

[@iyar220]

@@devopstoolbox NOOOO I will try to find some workaround, everything is possible

[@nicholaswatching]

​@@iyar220picom compositor (with many choices to choose from in X11) or swayfx or hyprland should have some blur capability.. make it floating and it should have a similar effect.. plus terminal transparency and nvim theme transparency and that's the best you'll get probably

[@lorencewilder5092]

What font are you using?

[@devopstoolbox]

Jetbrains Mono - www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/

[@andreablengino6324]

Which browser and theme are you using in your videos?

[@devopstoolbox]

Using Arc as a browser

[@nickmills8476]

Such cool!

[@areksaata6326]

video to make remote About Me page (for example for work) using markdown files in remote or local server would be great!!! Amazing content!

[@devopstoolbox]

Great idea!

[@K1mikaze_oficial]

For does who markdown.nvim or render-markdown doesn't look the same Install markdown and markdown_inline with the following command en Neovim :TSInstall markdown markdown_inline

[@SS-wl7od]

why people hate gui i would never understand. I mean if you like vim keybindings that much obsidian has that. what other benifits there is of using nvim other than it fast boot up time.

[@dylanchuckry5012]

Lol, check out this guy. He uses a gui!

[@adriansrfr]

1000x better file navigation and editing

[@TanukiLoop]

People have different workflows and value different things. Some are very comfortable in a terminal environment and/or prefer keyboard navigation. Some people do not need or want all the bells and whistles. Maybe it's true that you would never understand, and that's okay. You don't have to.

[@devopstoolbox]

It's not about hating GUI (for me) as it is loving my neovim setup. No matter how work I put into my obsidian's vimrc, it's never the same, and I miss my LSPs, Telescope and all the gems that make my IDE so nice.

[@theherk]

Very simple; you can program your editor. With most gui’s, if it doesn’t do what you want, tough cookies. But with Neovim or emacs, when that happens you can alter its behavior as you see fit. I really don’t think there is another sufficient answer, but this reason is good enough for many of us.

[@ZiggleFingers]

I enjoy Joplin with neovim external editor!

[@hechuan5075]

I believe your dotfile does not reflect these changes? I was looking to see how you got render-markdown setup, sad :(

[@devopstoolbox]

@@hechuan5075 Changes may have not been pushed yet, I’m on it!

[@kotalkotal]

Why don't you try org-mode?

[@devopstoolbox]

You're not the first asking, and I did try it in the past, it may be worth another try.

[@zeal514]

I know, but i dont use emacs, therefor, i get to be excited. (loving that energy) lol.

[@devopstoolbox]

😅

[@AlaaSaidAhmad]

What is your daily Linux distro sir ❤

[@mr_rti]

He is showing arc browser windows, so I suppose macOS

[@devopstoolbox]

I'm using MacOS. My linux distros are usually packed in containers, so I'd say Alpine is on the top of the list :)

[@urizen959]

Mine just looks hideous same with wezterm

[@ConcerninglyWiseAlligator]

Booted up my machine just to install it

[@michaelkrasilynets3443]

Does anyone else not care about the whole 'second brain' and 'note-taking in Neovim' stuff? It seems to be a popular topic nowadays.

[@raenastra]

I agree - I don’t think second brain systems are necessary for development in general. They do make a lot of sense if you’re trying to build up ideas for content creation around your work, which is why I think videos around it have become so popular. Content creators build a workflow around their system for creating content, and then share it with their audience.

[@DEVDerr]

It depends. During work it's actually extremely useful to have something like his. Notes about common stuff/scripts or knowledge just to have some basic documentation/some note for reference that can help you later (like f.e. commonly solved problem already). It's saving me lots of time during my work Call it a second-brain, call it something else, doesn't matter. Ultimately it's all about putting knowledge in some persistent place where it's easily accessible to you and you will not forget it

[@JD-qo9wk]

I use obsidian sporadically. I don't take many notes but I use it as almost like a todo list and place for jotting down only the important things at work. It's nowhere near a "2nd brain" but it does the job for me.

[@driden1987]

I feel like most of it is over engineered.

[@devopstoolbox]

Like everything else - it's not one target that fits everybody's workflow. HOWEVER, writing anything with neovim is a huge booster for me. Whether it's notes, blog posts, or just text, I rather have my editor, with my motions and plugins.

[@armynyus9123]

I'm fearing the weekend you find time to look closer into emacs...

[@devopstoolbox]

@@armynyus9123 😅

[@brycejohnson1780]

i love your videos but you skip passed the important parts… installation and configuration

[@devopstoolbox]

Thanks! And noted :) Thanks for the feedback

[@DarthVader11912]

Org mode will fix all of your issues. It's so much more powerful than every single alternative out there and it's not that hard to learn.

[@user-eg6nq7qt8c]

it also means changing his entire workflow which is a huge tradeoff.

[@devopstoolbox]

I think I did give it a go in the past, resorted to neorg and then looped back to markdown. Maybe I should give it another go?

[@user-eg6nq7qt8c]

@@devopstoolbox org-mode is awesome, no doubt about it.

[@DarthVader11912]

@@devopstoolbox Definitely recommend it. It changed the way I do notes.And you can export to like every filetype out there.

[@iron7956]

@@DarthVader11912 What plugin do you suggest? Also, how do you suggest me to learn it? Ty!

[@oungseik]

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