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My configuration

Edit -> Preferences -> Editing -> Automatically turn "CamelCase" words into links -> uncheck
Edit -> Preferences -> Editing -> Automatically turn filepaths into links

navigate to a page

  • <Ctrl><Space> <Ctrl>f

How it works:

  • <Ctrl><Space> - switch to the side pane
  • <Ctrl>f - Search in the page list

Prerequisites:

  • <Control><Space> shortcut has to be enabled the very first time. 
Edit -> Preferences
-> Use <Control><Space> to switch to the side pane -> Check

why zim

I use Zim because:

  • Zim : (vim, notepad++) :: book : page :: “collection of documents” : “single document” :: directory : file
    • For example, you can have links in one page that point to another page. But all the pages belong to a single notebook.
  • Files are stored in plain text
    • can be stored in git
    • easy to backup
  • Open source
  • Written in python
  • Works in both Linux and Windows.

Starting zim in windows

For | 0.68

Create a batch file, zim.bat 

$ cat ~/Desktop/zim.bat
"C:\Users\kkusuman\Desktop\Zim Desktop Wiki Portable\zim.exe"

Then double click the zim.bat icon on the desktop.

Old instructions:

<Todo:- Add the version number if this is still relevant or delete this entry>

Create a batch file, zim.bat 

start \Path\to\Zim\ZimDesktopWikiPortable.exe --standalone

Now open windows explorer and type the path of the batch script in the address bar. This will launch zim.

tags | link to a file

On windows: 

file:///C:/path/to/the/file

Ref:- https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Links.html → “File Links” section

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