diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 81a54f6..ebdf3e3 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -14,21 +14,11 @@ Note that this is more of an acknowledgment of an existing state rather than sud Of course, PRs are welcome. -# Why database instead of flat files? +# Translation / localization support -Trilium stores notes in a [[document]] which is an SQLite database. People often ask why doesn't Trilium rather use flat files -for note storage - it's fair question since flat files are easily interoperable, work with SCM/git etc. +Trilium is currently available only in English. Translation to other languages is not planned in the near/medium term because it brings a significant maintenance overhead. This decision might be revisited once Trilium stabilizes into a more mature product. -Short answer is that file systems are simply not powerful enough for what we want to achieve with Trilium. Using filesystem would mean less features with probably more problems. - -More detailed answer: - -* [[clones|cloning notes]] are what you might call "hard directory link" in filesystem lingo, but this concept is not implemented in any filesystem -* filesystems make a distinction between directory and file while there's intentionally no such difference in Trilium -* files are stored in no particular order and user can't change this -* Trilium allows storing note [[attributes]] which could be represented in extended user attributes but their support differs greatly among different filesystems / operating systems -* Trilium makes links / relations between different notes which can be quickly retrieved / navigated (e.g. for [[link map]]). There's no such support in file systems which means these would have to be stored in some kind of side car files (mini-databases). -* Filesystems are generally not transactional. While this is not completely required for a note taking application, having transactions make it way easier to keep notes and their metadata in predictable and consistent state. +For Chinese, there's an unofficial fork [here](https://github.com/Nriver/trilium-translation). Use at your own risk. # Multi user support @@ -56,4 +46,21 @@ These general purpose sync apps are not suitable to sync database files which ar > SqliteError: database disk image is malformed -The only supported way to sync Trilium's data across the network is to use a [[sync/web server|Synchronization]]. \ No newline at end of file +The only supported way to sync Trilium's data across the network is to use a [[sync/web server|Synchronization]]. + +# Why database instead of flat files? + +Trilium stores notes in a [[document]] which is an SQLite database. People often ask why doesn't Trilium rather use flat files +for note storage - it's fair question since flat files are easily interoperable, work with SCM/git etc. + +Short answer is that file systems are simply not powerful enough for what we want to achieve with Trilium. Using filesystem would mean less features with probably more problems. + +More detailed answer: + +* [[clones|cloning notes]] are what you might call "hard directory link" in filesystem lingo, but this concept is not implemented in any filesystem +* filesystems make a distinction between directory and file while there's intentionally no such difference in Trilium +* files are stored in no particular order and user can't change this +* Trilium allows storing note [[attributes]] which could be represented in extended user attributes but their support differs greatly among different filesystems / operating systems +* Trilium makes links / relations between different notes which can be quickly retrieved / navigated (e.g. for [[link map]]). There's no such support in file systems which means these would have to be stored in some kind of side car files (mini-databases). +* Filesystems are generally not transactional. While this is not completely required for a note taking application, having transactions make it way easier to keep notes and their metadata in predictable and consistent state. +