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danallison

38 karma · joined August 8, 2021

Creator of Calculist: https://calculist.io
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danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
Calculist is plain text in the same way that markdown is plain text. Calculist is not WYSIWYG.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
The desktop app will be released within the next few days.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
Noted. A standalone mobile app is low on the dev priorities list right now, but hopefully we'll get to it someday.

Also, the desktop app (which will be available within the next few days) is 100% local, no internet connection necessary, and 100% private.

danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
Calculist is more lightweight than Jupyter or Google Colab, and it's more note-taking oriented than data processing oriented. It's more of a handy thinking tool than a complete computing environment.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
Calculist is very much active.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
You should use whichever tool you prefer, of course. But it sounds like you're asking about how Calculist is different than Org-mode. The two have a lot of overlapping functionality, but Calculist is a little more friendly and approachable for non-techy people, and it has a cloud-based web version for collaboration (in addition to the local desktop version). There are other differences, but those are the main ones that come to mind.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
This video gives an example of solving a basic math problem: https://youtu.be/ctSeZpJsyCk
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
Public documents will eventually be a supported feature, yes.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
Done. Thank you for the suggestion.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
Yes. Ctrl + spacebar to expand/collapse.

There's slightly outdated documentation on github: https://github.com/calculist/calculist/wiki/Keyboard-Shortcu...

I'm working on getting things updated now. More documentation will be available over the next few weeks.

danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
Roam is more oriented towards networked thought and knowledge management. Calculist is geared more towards problem solving and calculation.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
I'm working on creating more resources now (videos, templates, better documentation, etc.), and I'll be updating the site accordingly in the coming days.
danallison··on A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
foo\(x, y) = x + y

\= foo(2, 3)