What Is Second Memory?

Second memory is a way to keep loose notes, journals and TODO lists inside of Atom editor. All text is written in plain markdown and you can structure your documents in whatever way you want.

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Base features include

Markdown grammar with syntax highlighting
TODO concept, with priorities
Smart labels
Sidebar, currently used only for tasks

Usage

Keystroke	Behaviour
ctrl-\|	Toggle Sidebar visibility
ctrl-shift-h	Create Heading
ctrl-i d	Insert the current date in ISO-8601 format

When in a Heading

Keystroke	Behaviour
tab	Increase Heading
shift-tab	Decrease Heading

When in a List

Keystroke	Behaviour
tab	Indent selected items
shift-tab	Outdent selected items
enter	Create new item
ctrl-shift-t	Create a Task from the list item
ctrl->	Toggle the Priority of a Task
ctrl-shift-x	Add a Checkbox to a list item
ctrl-*	Add a Star to a list item

Examples

Headings

When selection is a heading, tab and shift-tab will decrease / increase heading size

Press tab to decrease heading size:

    # Heading -> ## Heading -> ### Heading

or shift-tab to increase heading level:

    ### Heading -> ## Heading -> # Heading

Lists

Lists are lines that start with a * or a -, and list items must follow a correct identation, as per markdown standard.

  * Item 1
    - sub-item 1
    - sub-item 2
      - yet another sub-item
  * Item 2
    - sub-item 1
    - sub-item 2

Tasks

To create a Task, select a List item and press ctrl-shift-t

    * [TODO] My first task

To change the Priority of a Task, press ctrl->

    * [TODO] [>] My first task
    * [TODO] [>>] My first task

You can also create checkboxes in Task sub-items, by pressing ctrl-shift-x while positioned in a sub-item

    * [TODO] Test task 01
      - [ ] item 1
      - [x] item 2

Pending Tasks (TODO items) will be displayed in the sidebar.

Motivation

I write lots of notes, about almost everything. Writing is a very important part of my work and of my organization in general. After trying several note taking tools and not being happy with any of them, I figured I had to start building my own.

License

This project has been released under the MIT license. Please see the LICENSE.md file for more details.

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