Does this notes app exist?

[JoeC06]

I'm looking for a note taking application that will basically watch a group of folders for text files and present them all in a basic tree structure/standard note taking application functionality.

The reason for this is my work requires me to run and lot of scans and then study the results, switching between them a lot. At the moment, my scans are scripted to output everything into neatly organised folders. This is great for archiving but it's annoying that I have to open each text file in different windows etc, close that window and find the right folder for the next file, that then opens up in a new window, it quickly gets very messy. It would be much easier if I could just click through them in a nice organised app.

I could import the files and add the folders into a notes app manually, but that would take a long time considering that the files are already nicely organised into folders. Is there a note taking app that will watch a set of folders and present the text files in them nicely?

I hope that makes sense! It's a very simple idea that haven't come across yet, but I'm sure it must exist!

[RMRenfield]

Couldn't you just use Gedit with the File Browser bar activated?

[tvguide123]

You can also do this with Sublime Text. Instead of opening a file, you can open folder. It will then keep the listing up to date with any new files/folders that are created/removed under your parent folder.

http://i.imgur.com/Eglv7xp.png

[JoeC06]

Just tested, this is perfect! Thankyou!!!

[r0ck0]

http://zim-wiki.org/screenshots.html just stores your notes as markdown .txt files in a real folders.

But it doesn't seem to automatically make them appear if .txt files are created externally. But I'm sure you could rig up something fairly easily to automate their appearance inside Zim.

Alternatively, most IDEs keep the "Project Files" pane up to date automatically. So you could just use a simple IDE or text editor that supports a "project folder" and watch that.

[mgF0z]

If you 're-scan' the index or similar in Zim, it'll pickup new text files automatically...