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[Jaap Karssenberg <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

P.S. sorry - should have adressed to Inigo - got confused by the way gmail
folds the signature below the last mail...


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Jaap Karssenberg <
jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sylvain,
>
> To access the data anywhere, you will need some file-syncing solution,
> like dropbox of one of it's competitors, to share the files. Or you put the
> data on a USB stick you carry around. If the computers are all in a local
> network, you could put the data in a share drive. Without more info on your
> use case, it is hard to judge for us which of these approaches is most
> suitable.
>
> Once you can access, you can always edit using a text editor and just
> using the wiki syntax.
>
> For windows you could consider installing a portable version of zim on an
> USB stick, that way you can run zim and edit the files (which could be
> stored on the same stick) without need to install anything on the computer
> you are using.
>
> For linux you could run zim from the host computer (which indeed has to be
> turned on) over ssh without installing it locally.
>
> Currently I have no suggestion for combination of zim with an online wiki
> frontend. Should be to hard to hack, but nor ready out of the box.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jaap
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:35 PM, inigo <inigo16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 02/10/2014 02:56 PM, Sylvain Viart wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Inigo,
>>>
>>> Le 10/02/2014 14:00, inigo a écrit :
>>>
>>>> It looks like I'll have to reach my Zim wiki notes on PC-s, where Zim
>>>> isn't installed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And you are not allowed to install zim on those PC, right?
>>> Linux, windows, mac... other?
>>>
>>
>> yeah, I'm not allowed to install zim, or I don't want to install zim. I
>> use ubuntu, but these PCs are mostly windows.
>>
>>
>>>  Can you recommend me a (free) way to access and edit my notes from
>>>> there? What is the most convenient way for this?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It depends on your knowledges, your restrictions and conveniences...
>>> Is vim (or any opensource editor) over ssh an option?
>>>
>> I don't have almost any experience with vim or ssh, but I'm still curious
>> about this solution. Do I need to run my own PC all the time to reach zim
>> with ssh?
>>
>>
>>>  I know I could upload the notes to dropbox or to another similar place
>>>> and open the text file with a text editor, but is there any better way?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The better way is of course to synchronize and launch a zim on the local
>>> copy...
>>>
>>>  Maybe to sync my text notes to an other online notetaking place?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Do you speak about an online wiki?
>>> Do you also have some privacy constraints?
>>>
>>
>> maybe a private online wiki or an other online notetaking app that can
>> sync with text files. And yeah, I don't want to make my notes public.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sylvain.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you Sylvain.
>>
>> Inigo
>>
>>
>>>
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