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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, because 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?

fixer1234
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Jesse Aldridge
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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

P.Brian.Mackey
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You can use a web page that redirects to a file as a sort of "shortcut" to the file. The following .html file will redirect the browser to a file called stuff.java that is in the same folder as the shortcut:

<html>
<body>
<script language="javascript">
    window.location.href = "stuff.java";
</script>
</body>
</html>

You can also use relative folder paths: if stuff.java was inside a folder called example-folder in the same folder as the shortcut, then you would replace "stuff.java" with example-folder/stuff.java.

Anderson Green
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