maybe i just need to organize better?

like software.chrome, memes.xyz

but then most of the categories will be empty and maybe that's okay

so that's the purpose of [Scratch Note](https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/5c213aa6-e4ba-49e8-85c5-1bdcb33ce202) - one off notes where you're not sure of the value. the idea is that over time, if you find commonalities, you can refactor those scratch notes into standalone hierarchies. if you are not able to see any common theme among all your atoms/scratch notes, consider narrowing down your scope or question whether those notes were actually useful

something that I do specifically for articles - i try to write a comment/thought/observation about them and add it to my

[[til]]

(today i learned) hierarchy (eg. https://kevinslin.com/notes/r4RrLx4xTM2Sc0yOouLkb). I then add a [tag|https://kevinslin.com/notes/1TEdl7V8XlCvbItYVYhAJ] to it. these notes eventually get incorporated into blog posts, twitter threads, and other places

Thanks! I think both of these things fit my need, so I'll give them a shot :)

task management across different tools

Also, is anyone using Dendron alongside a file/folder structure with large files? I have things like presentations / assignments from courses I've taken in school, and I'd like to have my notes integrated with these somehow. Right now I just do [links](file://something/like/this) but this only really works for PDFs.

Hi, Is there a way to make Dendron work on a flat folder? For instance, I have a folder named

MyNotes

. It has MarkDown files in it. I want it to be the project folder for Dendron. But when I chose it as a folder Dendron create a sub folder named

notes

. Can I change that?

Anyone can assist me with this? How can I set the notes folder to be

.

and not

./notes

?

I think this is a design of the self contained vaults, all the configs and yamls will always be a level above the notes themselves I believe, but I've not tried messing with it too much yet

I wish there was a way around it. I want to have a structure which is generic. Any idea what to do?

I can see on `dendron.code-workspace`:

{
  "folders": [
    {
      "path": "notes",
      "name": "KnowledgeForest"
    }
  ],

What will happen if I change

"path": "notes"

into

"path": "."

?

Nothing, that just changes how VSCode displays folders. Dendron requires your notes to be in the notes subfolder. One option you do have is disabling self contained vaults, which would make it possible to set up the flat structure but you may have to do some setup yourself. Also we are planning to eventually require self contained vaults.

Why would you not support a flat structure? If I disable, what will happen then?

Dendron is opinionated about how you store your notes. It is not really meant to be a basic tool where you open a folder of markdown files and just use them. Sorry if that limitation doesn't work for you. If you disable it, Dendron stops looking for the notes subfolder. Try removing it from the vault in

dendron.yml

, it might do what you are looking for.

I put

false

in

dendron.yml

yet still it won't render files on the folder.

It is great that Dendron is suggesting a layout of notes. I wonder if it can be done as part of the configuration and not hard coded.

for this - please submit a feature request. if we have enough interest in this, we'll consider it as part of future work

Any ideas how to automatically create Documentation from Source Code?

Those tools are generally language-specific, what language are you working with?

mostly C# and Powershell I know there is docFX, but that felt a bit "clunky".

Maybe maybe maybe... https://denigma.app

looks nice. But that's something different

Think I need to organise my nodes, perhaps using James Webb Space Telescope...

does anyone else here struggle with having a work dedicated machine but also personal dendron notes that they dont want to put on a work machine?

They're on the same machine, but yeah I have a separate workspace for personal notes. I open a separate VSCode instance if I want to look at them

yeah i do that on my work machine as well, however i do another category of personal notes / writing on my personal machine, and context switching between the two machines is a bit annoying

problems would be solved if i could use my personal machine for work xD

im thinking of something like ssh-ing into my personal machines dendron folder via remote ssh tho in vs code, so i'm not persisting personal data onto a company machine