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nvrl 650fc40fa7 keys: Ctrl moves between tiles, Ctrl-Q jots from anywhere, the plan gets a screen of its own
Alt never reached the app, so the tile keys are Ctrl-h/j/k/l and
Ctrl-Shift-h/j/k/l, taken before vim sees them, and h/l walk the tiles
while reading. Ctrl-Q lowers the scratchpad from the editor straight
into the last note, and raises it back to the document, still writing.
The drawer sits in the porthole's opening with a full rim. The board,
the agenda, the calendar and a card's back live on a plan screen that
S goes to and comes back from, so documents and views never share the
screen. The calendar fits its tile instead of scrolling.
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Keys and commands

Everything here is also on ? (:help) inside the app, which draws the same lists. Keys act on whatever has focus: the row under the cursor in the list, or the document in the focused tile. Inside the editor the full vim keymap is live, and : opens the command line, where Tab completes commands and their arguments and ↑ / ↓ recall earlier lines.

Keys

Browsing and reading

key what it does
1 … 9 · 0 switch to that space, like a workspace
Shift 1 … 9 send the marked nodes, or the selected one, to that space
Tab · Shift-Tab next / previous space
w overview of every space — hjkl, then Enter
f fullscreen the focused pane or tile; again or Esc to leave
Ctrl-h/j/k/l focus the tile that way, from the editor too — left of the leftmost is the list; h / l do the same while reading
Ctrl-Shift-h/j/k/l move the focused tile that way
L · Shift-Enter open the row in a new tile beside the others
gt / gT next / previous tile — a view too
j / k · ↓ ↑ move down / up the list — scroll the document when it has focus
gg / G first / last row, or top / bottom of the document — a first g, d, ] or [ waits a second in the status line
Ctrl-D / Ctrl-U half a page down / up the open document
zl / zh · zL / zH the wide table or code block at the top of the view, sideways — a little, or half its width
]] / \[\[ next / previous heading of the document — in the editor too
gi the info sheet: the open document's headings, earlier versions, backlinks, cards, files and sharing — :share there, Tab between them
gO the headings as a list: j/k, Enter jumps there
F hints over the links and buttons in view — type one to follow it
gf / gx in the editor: follow the link under the cursor / open it in a tab
gx open the file under the cursor in a tab of its own
Enter · l open a document, or enter a folder — on an open keystore or sealed file, Enter asks for its password
h from the document to the list, from the list up a level
o new document here, straight into insert mode
O new folder here
i · a edit the open document
R rename what is under the cursor — document, folder or card — starting from its name
m / p pick nodes up, then drop them all into the folder you walk to
za a document's own files, folded open under it in the list — again folds them away; p drops marked files in there
M pick up the whole folder — again puts it all back
Ctrl / Shift-click pick a row up · every row up to it — drag them onto a folder
S the plan screen: the board, the agenda and the calendar, in place of the documents and the list — S again goes back to the documents as they were
t agenda — late, due this week, in hand, on every board — on the plan screen
T today's diary entry, started if there is none — from templates/day when the diary has one
C the diary by month, on the plan screen: h/l a day, j/k a week, H/L a month, . today, Enter opens or starts the day among the documents
[d / ]d the diary entry before / after the one open, by date
Ctrl-P find anything, in every space — Enter opens the result lit beside them, n goes on
b the board, on the plan screen: this space's, or the last one shown — 1 … 9 there shows another's
c capture a card into this space's inbox, without leaving here — reading a document, a card about it; Tab on the line makes it a note, or a line in today's entry
Esc · q close the document, and its tile when there are several — Esc first puts down what m picked up
/ full-text search, inside the current space and its text files — Tab or Ctrl-N/P walk the results, Enter opens one
n / N next / previous search result, opened beside the results — :noh clears the search
x · dd delete what has focus — the row in the list, the document in its pane — into the trash (asks y/N)
u undo the last delete: it comes back out of the trash — :trash has the rest
gh the open document's earlier versions, as diffs — Enter brings one back
gb the documents that link to the open one — title links by title, [[ completes one while writing
gc the cards about the open document — j/k picks the one :due, :label, Space and H/L act on, Enter turns it over on its board
: command line — Tab / Shift-Tab cycle the matches, then the argument; ↑ ↓ recall what ran before
Ctrl-S save, from anywhere
? this screen — the keys to start with, then on a second ? every key and command; h/l a column, / filters it down
, the settings sheet: vim and the clipboard, the vault, the backup, signed-in browsers, ssh keys, capture tokens
q · Esc on the plan screen: from a card's back to the board, from the board, the agenda or the calendar back to the documents

On a board

The first list is the inbox, the last list is done.

key what it does
h / l to the list left / right — right of the last, to the tile beside
j / k down / up the cards
gg / G first / last card of the list
J / K move the card down / up its list
H / L move the card to the list left / right
Space into the done list, or back out to the inbox
Enter turn the card over, in a tile beside: its labels, description and checklist
gf the card's notes — a document, made on first use, opened among the documents; S comes back
o · c new card on this list
D due date: fri, tm, +3d, 10-31 …
R rename the card, or the list when it is empty
z show done cards older than a week
F a letter over every card in view — type it to put the cursor there
r read the board again, for changes made elsewhere
x · dd delete the card (asks y/N)

On the back of a card

key what it does
j / k down / up the checklist
gg / G first / last step
Space · x tick the step, or untick it
o a new step below the cursor — :task on the line
r reword the step
J / K move the step down / up
dd drop the step
e · i · Enter write the description, in the editor — it saves itself, :q or Esc in normal mode leaves
a put on a label, or take it off — :label on the line, Tab offers the board's
R · D rename the card, its due date
H / L send the card to the list left / right
gf the card's notes — a document, made on first use, opened among the documents; S comes back

In the agenda

key what it does
j / k down / up the cards, then what was written on this day in earlier years, then on to the tile below
h to the tile on the left
Enter to the card, on its own board beside — or to the entry
Space done, where it stands
D due date: fri, tm, +3d … — :due on the line
: the line, with the agenda kept up — :repeat weekly acts on the card
H / L to the list left / right on its board
T today's diary entry

In the scratchpad

key what it does
Q lower the scratchpad over whatever is on screen, or raise it again — :scratch takes a note without it
Ctrl-Q from anywhere, the editor too: the scratchpad down with the last note being written, and again back to where you were, still writing — Firefox quits on it instead
j / k down / up the notes, the one touched last on top
o a new note, written straight away — it saves itself
Enter · e · i write the note — Esc in normal mode, or :q, comes back to the notes
K keep the note: a document in the folder being browsed, titled by its first line — :keep