8 comments

  • sroerick48 days ago
    Beautiful<p>I&#x27;m too far down the org roam rabbit hole to ever come out but... If you get org support give me a holler. Looks really nice
    • haneboxx47 days ago
      Thanks! tbh, I&#x27;ve never heard about org-roam, probably because of the Emacs thing, I&#x27;ve never really used Emacs. I&#x27;ll look into it :)
      • sroerick47 days ago
        It basically implements Roam &#x2F; Obsidian features inside Emacs Org directories by installing a SQLite layer to manage linking and node management. Its a beautiful piece of software, its feature complete and finished.
  • LordDragonfang48 days ago
    So you say it&#x27;s inspired by Obsidian (and call it an &quot;alternative&quot;) but notably missing from your table of syntax support are [[wikilinks]], which for many (I would guess <i>most</i>) users would prevent this from being a drop-in replacement, even for just viewing a vault. Is there a reason you chose not to support them?
    • haneboxx47 days ago
      Yes, internal links will be introduced in the next version along with other features like standard theming and more. Ekphos is currently in a rapid development stage and is slowly reaching core markdown feature parity with Obsidian. Feel free to open a discussion in the gitHub repo for things that would be nice to add to Ekphos :)
  • sanufar47 days ago
    Wow, looks really nice, and the README’s super comprehensive. I don’t know if I missed it or not, but do you support inter-note link navigation (like Obsidian WikiLinks)? I know markdown-oxide did this with LSP actions, but I’d love to know more about your plans for navigation&#x2F;lsp-like features, if any
    • haneboxx47 days ago
      Thanks!! WikiLinks feature will be dropping today, as for LSP is currently on consideration :)
  • ktallett48 days ago
    It is very pretty but curious if there are any advantages over Obsidian?
    • haneboxx47 days ago
      Feature wise, not all will be implemented due to the limitations of a terminal user interface, but it has upsides in performance and being lightweight, plus native nvim keybindings for nvim users
  • bebna48 days ago
    Why not (n)vim or emacs and some plugins?
    • haneboxx47 days ago
      I was thinking a plugin wouldn&#x27;t be sufficient for extending it beyond a regular markdown editor, so I went for a full standalone app instead for better upgradeability, optimization, etc.
  • wek47 days ago
    A paragraph or two on your motivation for this and the benefits of this approach would be helpful. Thanks!
    • haneboxx47 days ago
      Yeah sure :) The motivation is actually really that simple. I was searching for a markdown editor similar to Obsidian with a terminal user interface, but I couldn&#x27;t find any that really fit the needs of a proper markdown tool like Obsidian. Though Ekphos isn&#x27;t yet reaching what Obsidian is capable of, we&#x27;re surely getting closer and closer. But I want to take only what really matters from Obsidian, so it doesn&#x27;t get bloated and people can really focus on writing the markdown
  • c4kar48 days ago
    looks promising but i prefer nvim instead of learning a new tool.
    • haneboxx47 days ago
      Ekphos uses Neovim keybindings btw :)
  • hujsjd48 days ago
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