Inline Comments

#1

I’d find it useful to be able to add comments of some kind to text in notes - in such a way that they can also be hidden from view, but with a visual indicator that the comment exists.

It would be good if comments could be created markdown style, perhaps by enclosing the comment text between two sets of curly quotes: {{comment text}}. After typing, the comment would disappear, just leaving {}. Hovering on the {} would show the comment as pop up (like a url or an image in a browser, where hovering shows you the link or alt text), clicking on {} would reveal the comment in the paragraph for editing.

It would be useful because I often find when I’m writing I want to comment on the text, but I also want to be able to read the text without being distracted by comments.

#2

This is a great suggestion!

#3

I would love to see this feature on the apps!

#4

Interesting idea. Perhaps this could be added as some sort of special attachment when they come out. For example, you will be able to add a text file soon as an attachment, and have the text of the file appear when clicking. That is almost what you want.

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#5

Sounds cool - though central to my suggestion is to be able to type continuously, and add comments as you go, without breaking one’s flow.

#6

I see. Will think about it.

One way I add comments now is to put a particular tag at the end of the line, and the comment after it.

#7

What I do at the moment is just write the comment in [square brackets], though I also use square brackets for draft text when I don’t want to break my flow by thinking of a better phrase. I should probably use another symbol to make the difference obvious. I’ll try using {curly brackets} for comments. For me using a tag for comments wouldn’t add any benefit as I don’t ever want to search for a comment, and the higher visibility of the tag would be a distraction - I want to get comments out of sight unless I want to read them!