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I have a bunch of notes stored in plain text files about various topics I'm interested in. I organize them in a hierarchy of directories and use Windows shortcuts when a file could fit in more than one place. For example I have a file called django.txt which contains notes about the Django web framework. I keep the file in /notes/python/django.txt, but I have a shortcut in /notes/servers because it fits there too. I just switched to OS X and all my shortcuts are broken, cuz Mac uses aliases instead. Is there anyway I could get cross os shortcuts to work? Of course, I could just make both Mac alias and Windows shortcut files, but ideally I'd like to avoid cluttering things up too much. Maybe I could use some note-taking program instead, but I like the simplicity and versatility of my plain text files. Any suggestions?

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Sounds like you are looking for a simple Document Management System? – techie007 Nov 23 '11 at 18:09
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You could also try out Notational Velocity. It has an option to store notes in plain text files, but doesn't support folders though (by design). – Lri Nov 23 '11 at 20:20
Yeah, I like Notational Velocity a lot. Feel free to submit this as an answer if you want some points. – Jesse Aldridge Nov 25 '11 at 4:19
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The web is the most common means of achieving X-platform compatibility. It doesn't have to be something hosted on a web server, just run in a browser.

Try TiddlyWiki

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Looks cool. But I think I would lose some of that versatility and simplicity I mentioned. For example, I found spotlight worked very well with the system I described above. I like being able to hit command-space and type in a "<foo> txt" and find the note I'm looking for. txt files seem to "just work" in a wide variety of situations. – Jesse Aldridge Nov 23 '11 at 18:48
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