Write notes
Notes are your own writing. Gleanary stores them alongside the sources you save.
Create a note
Section titled “Create a note”Outside Chat, choose File › New Note or press ⌘N. Give the note a Title, write in Markdown and choose Save.
Notes are saved on your Mac straight away. Search catches up in the background.
Write in Markdown
Section titled “Write in Markdown”Notes use standard Markdown. For math, use these forms:
| To write | Type |
|---|---|
| Inline math | $x^2$ or \(x^2\) |
| A math block | $$…$$, \[…\], or a code block with the language math |
Give a note a type
Section titled “Give a note a type”Open Note properties and choose a Type: Meeting, Project, Decision or Person. Each type adds its own fields. To link a field to another note, choose Choose… and search your saved notes.
Use templates
Section titled “Use templates”To reuse a note’s layout, choose Save as Template… in the editor. Your templates are listed in Note templates, where you can create one with New Template or start a note with Use.
Make a note a source’s summary
Section titled “Make a note a source’s summary”A source can have a note as its summary.
- To have Gleanary write one, choose Summarize on the source.
- To use a note you already wrote, choose Use Existing Note… on a source with no summary.
- To write another, choose Create Another Summary….
Look back or export
Section titled “Look back or export”- Revision history shows earlier versions of a note.
- Export Markdown saves the note as a Markdown file.
- Delete Note removes it.