Show HN: Ephe – A minimalist open-source Markdown paper for today

unvalley | 139 points

It looks really nice! (tested on Safari/Mac).

Have you considered adding a small popup encouraging people to set it as their home page? I use Ensō (https://enso.sonnet.io) in that manner occasionally.

Also, the "system" button disappears during writing (good), but it's hard to get it back unless I click outside of the editor. In Ensō, I re-enable it on any pointer move - I would suggesting doing something similar.

PS I work on somewhat similar tools (like the one mentioned above), esp. for loose, stream-of-consciousness style of writing https://untested.sonnet.io/notes/stream-of-consciousness-mor... then copy paste the text into obsidian.

If you ever fancy chatting about privacy-friendly, idiosyncratic/home-cooked software hit me up on sonnet.io/posts/hi !

rpastuszak | 2 days ago

I'm excited to give this a try, as I think I'm the target audience. I tried using Helix[0] (my editor of choice) with mpls[1], but it didn't quite scratch the itch. These days, I use a sturdy notebook and cheap (but awesome!) fountain pen, because I just need something simple. No bells. No whistles. This seems ideal!

[0]https://helix-editor.com/ [1]https://github.com/mhersson/mpls

Lyngbakr | 2 days ago

Pretty cool! I made something similar for myself. My primary motivation back then was to make a tomboy-like system to link the individual todo lists together. I use #hashtags to group “zettel” and individual zettel also know other zettel that refer to them. What I also find very useful are [ ] and [x] which I use as lists to check off (seems you do that allready).

Screenshot (it is not publicly available): https://i.imgur.com/js9S4wa.png

But the source is: https://github.com/entropie/ha2itat/tree/main/plugins/zettel

Ill dig a bit in your source.

entropie | 2 days ago

It looks nice and I like the general idea, but what's the difference between this and a todos folder in joplin or any existing notes app? That's what I use personally and at work I do the same thing with onenote (because of mega enterprise install restrictiveness) and a new note page every day seems to do essentially what this app offers.

ctkhn | 2 days ago

What is a "Markdown Paper"?

asjo | 2 days ago

Annoying feature bitch 'n' beg:

"Frictionless" text hoisting (incl. hoist-to-view document window capability) à la Symantec's GrandView (DOS) [1] is a must for me in a modern tool of this type. Table manipulation à la org-mode would be nice to have, text template import and export (e. g. screenwriting formats) a bonus. But lean and mean general-purpose text editors focusing on non-coding creators are just not a thing anymore.

Anyway, congratulations and good luck!

1. [https://welcometosherwood.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/grandview...]

spankibalt | 2 days ago

Like that you're using CodeMirror! With CodeMirror you can very easily add VIm-support as well [0], which many might enjoy.

[0] https://github.com/replit/codemirror-vim

chrisvalleybay | 2 days ago

Looks neat and simple! Gonna try it for few days atleast, thanks.

u5wbxrc3 | 2 days ago

Can someone recommend something like this, but where my notes are published online (on my domain)?

shlomo_z | 2 days ago

Reminds me of TaskPaper. But markdown is ubiquitously available. So yeah, makes sense.

submeta | 2 days ago

Nice product. Just one minor issue. The font looks ugly on Windows.

chenzhekl | 2 days ago

That looks very neat.I was searching for a local notepad, went to length of installing a extension.

But this. Just wow. Thank you.

Superbowl5889 | 2 days ago

Sorry, TL;DR What does this bring more than organizing own thoughts and tasks in a Obsidian md note?

scaradim | 2 days ago

Good one!

dhruv3006 | 2 days ago

Day of silly submissions. First byte wordle. Now this.

nashashmi | 2 days ago

Here's a dead simple note "app" - it's a single html file using CSS and JavaScript, a whopping 62 lines. Uses content editable and localStorage.

Demo: https://mkaz.github.io/browser-pad/

Source: https://github.com/mkaz/browser-pad/ - though I suppose you can just view source on demo too

marcuskaz | 2 days ago

I have been using Logseq [1] for this. It displays all days in a list view that you can scroll down, which I prefer.

[1]: https://logseq.com/

bryanhogan | 2 days ago

I'll kindly remind people that actual [physical] paper does, in fact, still exist. You may have various feelings about how sustainable and eco friendly it is - sure, but for simple daily notes it is a good alternative, in my opinion.

For more enjoyment, you may even want to invest in a good fountain pen or two, and some fun inks to write with.

In my humble and subjective opinion, it is more tactile, enjoyable, better in terms of focus and forces you to write less / summarise, as my handwriting speed is like 1/10 of my typing speed.

My personal favourite pairing is Pilot Capless + Sailor Jentle Epinard + Clairefontaine Pupitre.

Your experience may vary.

bronxpockfabz | 2 days ago