I also agree that a good outliner is the way to go. If you use Emacs, the have a look at Org-mode: http://orgmode.org/ Brilliant stuff all in plain text files.
On 3 March 2014 05:53, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Mar 2014, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > I take notes while reading books and am looking for a way to improve >> my messy organization of them. >> > > I agress with Steve that LyX is the wrong tool for taking notes. Take a > very close look at TreeLine <http://treeline.bellz.org/>. It's exactly > what > you're looking for. > > I use it to track contacts with prospects and clients and have for > several > years now. It's flexible, adaptable, and will do just what you want as long > as you read the docs and set up the database(s) for your specific needs. > > Rich > > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typh...@iptel.org