prosemirror-math

For equations and flowcharts, I would argue that the rendering is more important than the textual "code", so a "preview block" with rendered output would be very useful already. A much better UI would be something like what you described, such as - https://github.com/benrbray/prosemirror-math?tab=readme-ov-f... - https://support.typora.io/Math/#inline-math

ProseMirror [1] has (mostly) solved that problem in the browser with an excellent transaction-based wrapper around contenteditable! I highly recommend checking it out. I'm also the author of a WYSIWYG math plugin for ProseMirror [2]. For me, WYSIWYG is essential, since my notes contain a lot of math, and I don't want to stare at LaTeX source all day. For that reason, stopped using Overleaf in favor of Typora [1] for a while, but grew out of it as my note-base became large enough to need a good wikilink system. Quarantine gave me enough free time to build my own note-taking app [3]. So, these days, when I get frustrated with my note-taking app, I have only myself to blame :) [1] https://prosemirror.net/ [2] https://github.com/benrbray/prosemirror-math [3] https://noteworthy.ink/

Please add math support, too! KaTeX is a great drop-in option! If you do, please consider "first-class" math support, like the screencaps here [1]. Both block and inline math are important, and it's important to be able to quickly add/edit math nodes. Another good option is to show the math source $\int_a^b f(x) dx$ while editing, and render it after the user commits a cell, much like Jupyter notebooks. [1] https://github.com/benrbray/prosemirror-math

Not who you were replying to, but: * Most of my notes relate to a single blog post / article / paper that I read. * In my notes, I jot down any new concepts I learned, and summarize them in a way I know I will be able to understand later. * I'm very forgetful, so it helps to have this type of "condensed" representation so I can go back and review in six months when I inevitably forget what I learned. * It's even better if my note-taking software can help me find old notes that I may have forgotten about. This is where tags and bidirectional links come in handy. * My notes contain a lot of math, which is why I can't just use a plain text editor. The side-by-side style some editors use (like the VS Code Markdown Preview) is also suboptimal, because it wastes screen space -- normally I want half my screen to be notes, the other half to be

Have you considered using ProseMirror [1]? It's a nice wrapper around contenteditable that makes things like inline math editing [2] much easier to set up. [1] https://prosemirror.net/ [2] https://github.com/benrbray/prosemirror-math

Thanks for making Notebag, I just tried it out and love how straightforward it is! I hope you'll consider adding math support in the future! Feel free to use my math plugin [1] as a starting point, it's MIT licensed. (still under development, but it's solid enough to use already) [1] https://github.com/benrbray/prosemirror-math

Yes, please do! My job involves a lot of math, so it a dealbreaker for me when notetaking software doesn't have math support. These days it's very easy to include! The easiest way is to use KaTeX [1] to render math between dollar sign tags for inline math like this $x+y=5$ and for display math like this: $$ \int_a^b f(x) dx $$ Many markdown parsers (like markdown-it) have plugins for math support. In the future, I would also heavily recommend looking into using ProseMirror [2] for wysiwyg Markdown editing. (I'm currently working on adding wysiwyg math editing to ProseMirror -- see the gifs here [3] for an early proof of concept). [1] https://katex.org/ [2] https://prosemirror.net/ [3] https://github.com/benrbray/prosemirror-math

Normally there are two types of math: inline and block. Inline math is delimited with single dollar signs like $x+y=5$, while display math uses two dollar signs with newlines, like $$ \int_a^b f'(x) dx = f(b)-f(a) $$ You can find some GIFs of the ideal behavior here [1], but it's understandable that such a thing might not be a priority for most users. The next best thing would definitely be a popup! A natural toggle button would be $, though it may make more sense to only insert math on a quick double-tap of $, so users can still write about money :). Assigning it to CTRL+4 or similar might also be a good compromise. [1]: https://github.com/benrbray/prosemirror-math