Plain text solutions for data organisation

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Feb 11, 2008 at 08:06 PM

JohnK wrote:
>I’d prefer if it used a separate text file per tree item/note.

Hi John,

Take a look at TextPad: http://www.textpad.com/products/textpad/features.html
I had tried it out several years ago and it seemed to do what you wanted, i.e. use the Windows folders for organising information. In practice, it’s just a powerful text editor, but with the added benefits of a windows explorer window within the program, with which you can organise your files.

Another option is a simple utility called Plain Text Wiki, available for free from Donation Coder. It works with conjunction with a variety of text editors. What it does is create a new text file from within the editor and link to it. So you end up with a variety of text files linked among them, but still searchable from the Windows system. Then again, as you noted, the whole wiki philosophy may not appeal to you.

Cheers
alx