(Archived) Importing Folder creates a new instance when file changes

[Whyohwhy 0]

Hey,

Everynote seems like a good idea, but the main functions i think it should have, just arent implemented.

It just doesn't work out for me.

Its like you built a nice Castle, without a door.

The function i need is the following:

My To-Do list is pinned to my desktop. when i change something there, it gets changed in the .txt file saved on my computer.

Evernote was told to import the folder, containing that .txt file.

Now, everytime i change a small bit, like a line for example, evernote keeps the old import, and imports it anew, so i have multiple instances of the same file.

Furthermore, why does evernote take the first line of the file as name, and not the filename? That makes no sense, i save the file as To-Do, and then have to write To-Do in the first line, just for evernote to call it To-Do

Is there some posibility for evernote to check if that file is already existing, instead of creating a quadrillion of files, all almost the same?

Thanks in advance,

Me

[Metrodon 2,184]

Why not just keep your to-do-list in Evernote and cut out all the other stuff?

[Whyohwhy 0]

Why not just keep your to-do-list in Evernote and cut out all the other stuff?

because i've always liked having notes on my desktop, i see them all the time when i work on the pc, reminding me of whats left to do, then i heard about evernote, and thought great, if im outside and want to check whats on my todolist, i can just check up evernote, but that doesn't work.

i do not want to fire up a program everytime.

[jefito 5,589]

That's the way that Evernote works, at least currently. It syncs among instances of its databases (cloud, desktop, etc.); it does not sync between its databases and files on your hard drive.

If you keep it in Evernote, you can access it from the web easily; can we assume that you generally have that handy?

[Whyohwhy 0]

it would be nice to have a checkbox inside the import function, that will just delete older entries if the title is already existing. from my point of view thats so simple, yet so useful.

guess i will just have to write my own little program then.

Thanks for all of your replies!

[Metrodon 2,184]

I'm guessing the percentage of the user base that is going to see the same behaviour is tiny, so finding your own workaround may be the best bet.

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

it would be nice to have a checkbox inside the import function, that will just delete older entries if the title is already existing. from my point of view thats so simple, yet so useful.

guess i will just have to write my own little program then.

Thanks for all of your replies!

Either that or...use an app that's a (drum roll please!) To Do App!!! I use the free version of Todoodledo on my desktop. There are several iPhone apps that integrate with that service (as well as RTM & the various other cloud to do apps). Some of them even remove the item, once it's checked or move it to the bottom of the list.