Stuart Bruff

On 6/15/2021 at 2:19 AM, PinkElephant said:

We can’t get around that EN is an app. Unless EN creates a widget that works without the app open, all actions are restricted to have the app running first.

For iOS shortcuts there are Widgets related to EN. They all send things into EN, some work for me, others not.

Maybe on a system that can make use of it (iOS), it is possible to create a shortcuts widget to do what is proposed above.

I'm not a OS Programmer, I'm afraid - embedded and scientific applications is where I direct my programming.  However, I don't understand what about Windows (and macOS/iOS) oblige Evernote itself to be open.  I've had a very quick browse of the EN API (https://dev.evernote.com/doc/articles/data_structure.php) and, on the face of it, it seems doable. 

Why can't a macOS menubar item and Windows equivalent, for example, login in to a user account and interface with the Evernote database to, say, insert a (automatically time-dated, located) note into a specific Journal Notebook.   Ideally, I'd like Evernote to insert each new entry into a single (auto-created) daily Note.   Alternatively, as with Day One, have a display that groups and sorts the Notes for each day (perhaps using the same method that EN uses to display Stacks, eg set the stack field to the Notes "journal" day?).

On 6/13/2021 at 3:26 PM, PinkElephant said:

You can pin one note (being the daily log) for quick access to home, and you can add several notes to shortcuts for quick access.

Yes, indeed.  but I'm trying to be both lazy and efficient - a combination I rarely achieve.  I don't want to switch to Evernote when I'm in the middle of doing something else just to make a journal entry.   As I've indicated elsewhere, what I'd like to see is each entry go straight into a daily note (possibly selectable to split "work" from "personal"). 

On 6/13/2021 at 4:17 PM, DTLow said:

Would that be like the Evernote Helper (Mac/Windows)

Yes, but not quite.  AFAIA, the Evernote Helper adds a new note for each entry.  What I'd really like to see is each journal or diary note added to a single daily note.

On 6/11/2021 at 9:33 PM, buckethead said:

No (... it is not possible to import(/export) MS To-Do into Evernote Tasks or link the two?)

OK.   In that case, I'd like to upgrade the question to a feature request.

On 6/11/2021 at 9:11 PM, DTLow said:

For those of us not familiar with Day One, can you identify the menubar items   
   
Personally, I store my journal notes using the generic filing features provided by Evernote

Sure, the menubar allows the user to quickly make a basic entry into the Day One app without breaking workflow on the main screen(s).  Clicking on the menubar brings up a small Day One note window that allows the user to input text, (simple) format the text, set a tag, select a specific Journal and save the entry to the Day One database.   Opening the main application (on any connected Apple device) will show the note under the day's entries together with its date-time stamp and geolocation.

As indicated above, I'd like to replace Day One with Evernote, with Evernote adding new entries to a daily log note rather than creating a new note (even though that's what Day One is doing under its hood).   It could probably be automated in Evernote, but I'd rather not have anything that requires intervention or management on my part.

The Day One app's features are described at https://dayoneapp.com/features/.

I currently journal with Day One via its MacOS Menubar app.   Would it be possible to add a similar Menubar feature to Evernote (plus the Windows equivalent)?

I currently use Import Microsoft To-Do for my tasks.  I was wondering if it is possible to import(/export) MS To-Do into Evernote Tasks or link the two?

Can Evernote convert a (selected) list directly to a table?

I had a list of items in a note and wanted to expand it by converting the list to a table, in which the table would be the first column. 

If the capability doesn't exist, could I please request it?    Adding columns would either be manual or, say, by dragging the table constructor across the required number of columns (with Evernote being smart enough to either realize that the list represented the desired number of rows or that any rows selected in the table constructor would be additional to those in the list).

I would imagine that it could be useful to do the same thing to a selection of paragraphs.