Notes - is there a best plugin?

Gave this talk on the 3rd @vimberlin meetup @LAUNCH/CO on the 24th of May 2012

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1. Notes - is there a best plugin? (Different plugins to assist you in the information jungle)
2. Scoping There are so many plugins out there .. which criteria fit best?
4. • Simplicity + Complexity • learn it in less than 5 minutes note-taking and list management consist of complex features
5. • Portability • cool format → plain text-files you can edit them in every editor you like extract data with scripts
6. • Flexibility • GTD Notetaking Organizing Mails, Links, shopping lists
7. » Timeboxed!? Fresh new Vim environment and spend two Pomodoros for each plugin!
9. vim-pad https://github.com/fmoralesc/vim-pad Plugin Simplicity + Complexity Portability Flexibility vim-pad +: easy to learn; no to-do; no links; ... ++: custom file endings --: only for notes
11. vim-outliner https://github.com/vimoutliner/vimoutliner Plugin Simplicity + Complexity Portability Flexibility vim-pad +: easy to learn; no to-do; no links; ... ++: custom file endings --: only for notes vim-outliner +: perfect to-do management; highlighting, not easy to learn +: specific file ending --: only for to-do lists
13. vim-notes https://github.com/xolox/vim-notes Plugin Simplicity + Complexity Portability Flexibility vim-pad +: easy to learn; no-to-do; no links; ... ++: custom file endings --: only for notes vim- outliner +: perfect to-do management; highlighting, not easy to learn +: specific file ending --: only for to-do lists vim- notes ++: lighweigth to-do lists; easy to learn; many additional features ++: custom file endings ++: tagging; searching; easy navigating; ...
15. vim-orgmode https://github.com/jceb/vim-orgmode It's was too complex for 2 Pomodoros Will be presented by @stefanotte
17. Thanks!
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