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I've been using Zettlr for some time. Here are some things I like about it:

- Latex support - Your notes are just plain text files and you can easily sync them with nextcloud or syncthing - Linking of notes by an id for using them in a zettelkasten - You can use your citation library from Zotero to add citations to your notes

What I don't like is that the performance is quite bad, especially when there are many equations in a note.

I also had no good experience, when trying to publish presentations, I'm now using Quarto in vscode for that.

All in all I think it is a really good tool for scientific note taking or as a Zettelkasten, although I'm using it less these days since I quit my PhD.

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> What I don't like is that the performance is quite bad, especially when there are many equations in a note.

Installed it now on Linux Mint 21.1. Takes a full 13 seconds to just start(!)

Otherwise, looks quite pretty.

You might want to try my Qt C++ app[1], which is very performant, has a block-based editor, and simple to use. Currently, no Latext support, but it's in the bucket list.

[1] https://get-plume.com/

Paid. You can't add images to documents unless you pay, is this correct?

Technically, you can, using the plain-text editor. The syntax is so:

Looks great, and reminds me a lof of the Bear app. What are the main differences?

Thanks! The editor is a very flexible block editor so you can do things such as:

1. Having complex blocks such as a Task Board/Kanban right within the middle of a document. And more type of such blocks will be implemented in the future (code blocks, LATEX support, etc)

2. You can drag and drop any block, where the dragged object simply "pops" from its place and the rest of the blocks makes room for it.

3. It's blazing fast at loading large documents (See our War and Peace test on the website).

4. The UX of using the "/" slash character to insert block types is very fluid, with instant search results, you should give it a try.

Is this list behavior intentional - blue dots and indents on the right etc?

https://share.cleanshot.com/sB9VpVnp

Only if your input language changed to a right-to-left language (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, etc). Was that the case? I'll investigate it either way.

Not at all.. Chrome Beta here btw.

Why not offer a one-time purchase option?

Very soon I'm planning to make the Pro version have built-in sync (and there will be mobile support as well), so I know it's a bit odd to charge a subscription right now for a completely offline tool, but that will soon change.

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