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in the Notepad++ preferences Language -> Tab Settings -> Replace by space on You can still uses tabs, but they are replaced by spaces underneath. This solves your copy/paste problem for any editor without the need to change the tab size every time you import from another source with different tab size.

It all depends on the implementation, but if they use the FileSystemWatcher which is event driven (at least from the app's viewpoint) , it seems to be OK for a large amount of files: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10195317/what-are-practical-limits-on-the-number-of-filesystemwatcher-instances-a-server" : "...I just want to add on to this question that my experience having created upwards of 5000 FileSystemWatcher objects at a time (combined with polling), I have never run into any major issues with creating huge amounts of FileSystemWatcher objects..." However, never underestimate EN developers in killing performance with their cross platform javascript implementations for simple things which are natively available in the OS 😏 The best way to find it out is just test it with the amount of folders you expect to have (if feasible). edit: I just did the test myself: 1. Create a folder with 3000 empty subfolders in it (you can easily do that with a 'binary copy", for instance 12 copies give you already 4096 folders (2^12) 2. Add this folder as import folder, with the option "include subfolders" enabled 3. The task manager shows an additional intermittent processor load of about 3% for the evernote app Adding a note via one of the 3000 import subfolders is at normal speed (a couple of seconds) EN performance is not affected, normal edit speed, scrolling etc edit: I did the test again with 21000 subfolders -> processor load 40 % , adding note via subfolder still normal, still normal EN performance such as edit speed, scrolling... Conclusion: a few thousand import folders shouldn't be a problem 🙂

Interesting to hear that it is certainly slower than on the PC. Well under a minute ? Does that mean a few seconds or tens of seconds? After a fresh install, my phone takes 5 to 20 seconds to save a note. A week later, it takes 1 to 2 minutes. I can live with 5 seconds, although for quick note taking, I need the snappy app from ten years ago, which was less than 1 second! It was possible to jot down anything in my second brain (open EN, create note, take a picture and save, all in a few seconds). Amazing how current software developers succeed in killing the performance of our sophisticated computers to a level of twenty years ago.

I just tested it with my Rust code, it's perfectly copied in a code block in my note (4 spaces)

Do you use your phone only for note retrieval or creation as well? How long does it take to save a note? On my phone, saving sometimes takes 2 minutes. Retrieval / sync incoming notes is ok.

What's the model type and memory size of your phone?

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Thanks for the info. I'm a bit surprised that even with 6GB ram, you still have problems... The problem builds up over time: after a logout and clearing the cache, it is responsive. This proves that it is at least possible to run it on mid range phones. It looks like there is some kind of memory leak, or corruption of internal data structures, which makes EN unresponsive after a while. I agree that EN should put the highest priority on these bug(s), because this affects most Android users. I never create notes on my phone anymore, while quick note taking on my phone was the main reason to become a subscriber 10 years ago.

In case the poster can't provide a ticket number, this one is about the same problem, issued 3 months ago: #3516578 Thanks

Yes, EN for web is definitely cached in my browser. I notice it during normal operation as well, retrieval of recently visited notes is instant and still accessible offline as well. Could it be that you ever disabled caching explicitly for the web client to solve cache coherence problems (I don't even know that this is possible in firefox)

Yes, I can't use my android phone for quick note taking anymore. It's just so slow to save a simple note (minutes). There are users on this forum where it works properly ( Agsteele for instance). I think they have flagship phones with a lot of memory, 8 GB maybe... I have a 3 year old midrange phone, Samsung A50, the most popular Android phone in 2019. It has 4 GB of ram. I'm still very happy with this phone, everything runs smooth, except EN ! I refuse to switch phones every 3 years, just because developers are to lazy to write native apps.. What Android phone do you have? What's the memory size?

I tested it again and it works in both Firefox and Chrome on a windows laptop. My wireless network is disconnected. I unplug the LAN cable from my computer having already opened the web browser version of EN. I immediately get the EN message that the network is disconnected and that I have to check the connection. Click the New Note button and immediately get the new note which can be fully edit (except adding attachments). I can repeat that for multiple notes and the new notes are added and sorted in the left pane as expected. When I plug the LAN cable back, everything is synchronized, the same behaviour as the windows client. So, the remaining question is, why doesn't it work in your configuration? are you testing on a mac or a windows pc?

Yes, you can!

While testing EN Web a bit more now, I noticed that you can edit off-line as well. You can even create a new note. Everything is synchronized properly when reconnected 🙂 You can't add attachments offline (yet). EN Web functionality comes closer and closer to the clients implementation. From user perspective, this seems to be a logical evolution: why do we need to startup another electron browser instance for every app in our system, which takes an insanely amount of memory (gigabytes) and other resources? Also EN Web starts immediately, while the windows client still takes 10-20 seconds...

Sure, any extension is ok. The point is that extensions are impossible in the electron clients, which seems to be a disadvantage

Other plus points of EN Web: I can use browser plugins, for instance translate selected text in my note with 'to google translate' browser plugins should be possible in the electron clients as well I can initiate a google search on any text in my note with right mouse click -> 'search google for:'

So, the first four lines are still there? Have you checked the server database with the Web client? With a bit of luck, it has been saved in the server database and got corrupted in the iphone database?

Android, IPhone ? Can you please be a little bit more specific when it dissappeared? Where you connected at that time? Which lines are still there? Are these the first lines you typed in your note?

I still don't understand why a note should be duplicated in multiple notebooks, seems to be unmanageable to keep them synchronized all the time, unless it's just some kind of template from where each copy may start it's own life. In that case, the evernote solution is to create a template note which can easily be duplicated in the required notebook the first time you need it.

It would help if you could give a bit more info about the use case. Is it exactly the same note that you would like to duplicate in multiple notebooks? I still have the feeling that this may be solved by using tags instead of notebooks. By using tags, you can create the notebook hierarchy as you have now, with the big advantage that you never need to duplicate your notes. But again, without knowledge about your use case, it's difficult to offer useful advice...

It's not very clear to me if it is the same note that you would like to duplicate in 10 Notebooks? In that case, instead of 10 notebooks, you may consider to use 10 tags, all assigned to that same single note...

Sure, I prefer Dark Mode as well, I use it on all my devices! The problem is not the dark theme, but a (dark) grey font on a black background ("Add tag").

Yes, this is a common problem with GUI 'designers' today, ergonomics is less important than fancy styles...

Just a thought: if EN runs only on flagships with 8 GB of RAM, why do we still need the EN server to process the queries and other stuff on line? I think the flagships can do this much faster and also much more secure because the data may stay encrypted at the server side al the time. Or to put it differently: if EN clients do not run on mid-range phones with 4 GB of ram, the whole evernote concept breaks...

After one week, syncing is still ok, however saving a simple note (a few lines of text) takes more than one minute again. Restarting the phone didn't help. EN logout solved the problem this time. Unfortunately, logout removes my offline notes and it takes a week to reload them (3600 notes only) Anyhow, this proves again that long-term caching is very bad as long as EN for android is buggy and unstable. It would be much better if restarting EN (without logout), would clear all caches and perform a cold start.