Support Joplin structure and notebooks

[bmaehr]

Joplin can synchronice very nice with nextcloud and stores the notes in a configurable folder. They are visible with notes, but not the real names and no notebooks. It would be if these information form Joplin are processed by notes.

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[korelstar]

Joplin uses a special format for saving notes: "Joplin sync directory is basically just a database." (see laurent22/joplin#264 (comment)). This means, that the notes app would have to implement a second back-end for saving notes, since handling notes will differ from the current back-end. However, it is not our goal to provide multiple back-ends in this app since this would complicate the whole handling.

[sunjam]

In order for Nextcloud Notes to integrate with Joplin, Laurent will need to release documentation on the Jex format. This would also be keeping in the spirit of open source development. 👍

Or, Joplin could optionally start supporting plain text and Markdown as they are normally understood by any Markdown editor you would find in the internet.

[sunjam]

As mentioned here

The .jex file format appears to be a simple tarfile containing the markdown files + attachments. This is beautifully simple. Great work @laurent22!

You can examine it yourself as follows:

mkdir myjexfile
tar -xvf myjexfile.tar -C myjexfile
ls -alh myjexfile

[tromlet]

This would be awesome. Joplin is already a pretty full-featured, Markdown-flavored notetaking application that not only has Android and iOS applications, but also desktop applications across the major platforms (Linux, Mac, Windows) and even a CLI application. 😛

The only thing it's missing is a web front-end, which Nextcloud could provide! Then, the circle would be complete. 🔥 🔥 👀 🔥 🔥

[bmaehr]

In fact I started implementing a Nextcloud compatible sync for Joplin. But the problem is, that is not only much work but I'm quite sure that even if i finish implementation - like it usually happens on OSS - the owner of Joplin don't like it and it will not be included.

[sunjam]

Did you try asking @laurent22 for pointers? That is really cool of you to work on!

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[bmaehr]

I don't need any "pointers". Yes, you will find the thread there (laurent22/joplin#264) but I finished woking on it. I'm using for me my own partly implemented version. For me that's enough.

[major-mayer]

Since this bug report seems to be pretty stale, I wanted to ask again if it's nowadays possible to use Joplin in combination with the Nextcloud Notes app?

[sunjam]

No, it isn't. You can use them separately

• Joplin uses nonstandard variation of markdown.
• Nextcloud AFAIK refuses to deviate from standards to please others, so markdown support remains as-is.

Anyone is welcome to correct this assertion. Cheers.