nvnv — notes at the speed of thought
NOTATIONAL<br>VELOCITY<br>NOTATIONAL<br>VELOCITY
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introducing an implementation of<br>notational velocity
nvnv<br>stores and<br>retrieves<br>notes.
It is an attempt to loosen the mental blockages to recording<br>information and to scrape away the tartar of convention that<br>handicaps its retrieval. The solution is by nature nonconformist.
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Search / Title
Filtered Note List
Content of Selected Note
プログラムの使用
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Your notes should<br>feel like reflex.
nvnv keeps search, creation, and writing in one continuous motion.<br>No folders to tend. No save button to remember. No tiny database<br>holding your thoughts hostage.
⌘L → type → found
Type anything
One field searches every title and body as quickly as you can<br>think.
mushroom<br>risotto
Find or make
Jump to a match. No match? Press Return and the query becomes a<br>new note.
Create note “mushroom risotto”
Keep moving
Write in plain text. nvnv saves automatically, quietly, and<br>safely.
butter, thyme, shallots
keyboard first✽ plain text✽ local forever✽ open source✽
keyboard first✽ plain text✽ local forever✽ open source✽
v1.0.0<br>macOS only
Ready when<br>you are.
Download nvnv<br>v1.0.0 · macOS · ZIP
The actual<br>application.
One window. Search at the top, notes just below it, and the<br>selected thought underneath.
01 Start with a folder
02 Search, write, repeat
03 Edit in place
04 Find instantly
05 Everything in one window
06 Make the list yours
07 Plain-text choices included
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Unique<br>characteristics.
Four principles.
MOUSELESS INTERACTION<br>Keyboard input<br>above all else.
⌘K↑↓↵esc
nvnv's window was designed for keyboard input above all else,<br>and thus has no buttons.
DATA INSTEAD OF DOCUMENTS
.md
.txt
weekend ideas✦
No save<br>button.
There is no manual “saving” in nvnv; all modifications take<br>effect immediately.
INCREMENTAL SEARCH<br>Instant with<br>every key.
scope all notes
content titles + bodies
speed every key pressed
MODELESS OPERATION<br>Search is the<br>interface.
Searching for notes is not a separate action; rather, it is the<br>primary interface.
findselectwrite
UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS<br>Four ideas,<br>one interface.
01 modeless operation
02 incremental search
03 mouseless interaction
04 data instead of documents
KEYBOARD REFERENCE
Every shortcut.<br>Close at hand.
Search, navigate, rename, move, and edit without leaving the<br>keyboard.
⌘L<br>Focus the search/create field.
Type<br>Filter notes by title and contents.
↑ ↓<br>Move through results while the search field is focused.
⌘J ⌘K<br>Select the next or previous note from anywhere.
Return
Open the selected or best title match; if none matches, create<br>a note.
Escape<br>Clear the search or cancel a rename.
⌘D<br>Deselect the note and restore the previous search.
⌘R
Rename the selected note. Press Return to commit or Escape to<br>cancel.
⌥⌘←<br>Return to the previous note/search context.
⌘Delete<br>Move the selected notes to Trash.
⇧⌘R<br>Show the selected note in Finder.
⌘[ ⌘]<br>Outdent or indent.
Tab ⇧Tab
Indent or outdent in the editor when “Tab indents text” is<br>enabled.
⌘O<br>Choose another notes folder.
⌘Z ⇧⌘Z ⌘F ⌘X ⌘C ⌘V ⌘A
Standard macOS editing shortcuts work in the editor.
BYOC — bringyour own cloud
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Your thoughts.<br>Your machine.<br>Your business.
nvnv watches your files, plays nicely with external edits, and<br>keeps its index disposable. Your notes outlive the app. Zero<br>vendor lock-in.
Speak to your agent about it. Reimplement with your changes.
nvnv SPEC
.txt portable<br>by design
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Open by<br>nature.
MIT License. Permission is hereby granted. This software is<br>provided as is. Use your agent.
github.com/sirodoht/nvnv↗
open source
open agency
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It's an<br>homage.
nvnv exists because Notational Velocity nailed the UX. Thanks Zachary!
01 · THE ORIGINAL↗<br>Notational<br>Velocity<br>notational.net
02 · SOURCE↗<br>scrod<br>/ nv<br>github.com/scrod/nv
03 · THE FORK↗<br>nvALT<br>brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt
04 · SOURCE↗<br>ttscoff<br>/ nv<br>github.com/ttscoff/nv