Is there any app that works on iPad, Linux, Windows and Mac that is able to store handwritten notes in any form of standard versioning, like git?
I usually do handwritten calculations (math, physics, theorems, formulas, etc...) on my iPad: I write my things on a blank Keynote presentation by using the Apple Pencil.
I ideally would like to have those notes versioned, so I can add a little comment day by day as I proceed with my reasoning around my calculations, on a git repository on my server (not on Apple iCloud). But Keynote is a binary file format, so it does not play very well with the idea of incremental versioning on git. Moreover, I don't know how to use git on the iPad for that purpose.
Is there a better workflow/toolchain/app in order to do all this?
Ideally it should be something easy to use, not cumbersome things like writing a formula, taking a screenshot of it, converting in svg, storing it somewhere... those workarounds are not very good because they are too slow and also because if you later want to edit your handwritten notes it is very difficult. For C++ code, I use Gitea installed on my Qnap nas and I am happy. I am looking for something like that but for handwritten notes.
OneNote doesn't do hand writing recognition on non-Windows platforms. We use it a lot at work (the versioning makes it really good for writing/sharing documentation in) but I was disappointed to find I couldn't "write" in it in when I got my iPad and pencil.
WiteWulf wrote:OneNote doesn't do hand writing recognition on non-Windows platforms. We use it a lot at work (the versioning makes it really good for writing/sharing documentation in) but I was disappointed to find I couldn't "write" in it in when I got my iPad and pencil.
According to my bro it does but ONLY if you are in synch with the iCloud.
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Add a version number to the file name. Sure, you end up with lots of files but it’s much more practical than dealing with source control, even if you can find a way to store deltas.
