Notes: search inside notes #48

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2026-10-06T07:28:29Z

twisla commented

2026-10-06 07:28:29 +00:00

Idea

Find a word across all notes from the Notes list, and inside the note being edited.

Why

The list shows each note's first line and date (F1, Q141). Once there are more than a few screens of notes, the one that mentions something can't be found without opening them one by one.

What's known

Notes are plain UTF-8 files in /notes, up to 16 KB each in the first version (Q144), so reading through all of them is a storage job of a few hundred milliseconds per megabyte, done in turns like the Storage App's operations.
Finding files by name across the card is a separate issue (#42).
Inside the editor the note is in memory: a search there is immediate.

Questions

One key for both (/), searching the list when in the list and the note when in a note?
Case and accents: does ete find été?
Results as a list of notes with the matching line, Enter opening the note at that line?

## Idea Find a word across all notes from the Notes list, and inside the note being edited. ## Why The list shows each note's first line and date (F1, Q141). Once there are more than a few screens of notes, the one that mentions something can't be found without opening them one by one. ## What's known - Notes are plain UTF-8 files in `/notes`, up to 16 KB each in the first version (Q144), so reading through all of them is a storage job of a few hundred milliseconds per megabyte, done in turns like the Storage App's operations. - Finding files by name across the card is a separate issue (#42). - Inside the editor the note is in memory: a search there is immediate. ## Questions 1. One key for both (`/`), searching the list when in the list and the note when in a note? 2. Case and accents: does `ete` find `été`? 3. Results as a list of notes with the matching line, Enter opening the note at that line? ## Related `docs/milestones/F1.md` (Q141, Q149), #19, #42.

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