Getting Started
I don’t know what a command line is.
More about noodle before I jump in.
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Don’t have noodle on your system? Follow the installation guide.
Create a working directory.
mkdir /path/to/your/working/directory
You can paste in a bunch of files from an existing knowledge base, create some new ones from scratch, or just leave it empty for now.
Run noodle init in your chosen working directory to initialize it.
cd /path/to/your/working/directory
noodle init
WARNINGNoodle is currently highly unstable. Opening a knowledge base with a newer version of noodle than it was initialized with can cause metadata corruption.
Then run noodle to use the interactive interface.
noodle
You’ll see something like this depending on the state of your working directory.
/path/to/your/working/directory
a_doodle
another_doodle
...
layermask: **[default]** [meta] [base]
<noodle>
It’s a partial list of doodles and a layermask to show you a manageable slice of the entire structure. From here you can enter commands to navigate, create, destroy, etc.
Use the chain command to quickly get some content down.
chain math philosophy ethics sport
/path/to/your/working/directory
[math]
[philosophy]
[ethics]
[sport]
...
layermask: **[default]** [meta] [base]
<noodle>
Switch to the tree view.
view tree
Hold Ctrl and use the arrow keys to see your links in action.
Take the time to master noodle’s basic manipulations. They’re pretty straight forward. They form the basis for all the more complex noodliness and are great for making small specific changes.