Jan 20
Alias property in Frontmatter (consistent alternative note names)
What this looks like:
• In front matter, we have an 'alias:' property.
• Any text put next to alias will resolve to the note in question.
• Eg we have a note with title Note
• We have alias: note, notes, note's, my note
• So [[note]], [[notes]], etc.. will, resolve to Note for linking.
Why?
• This makes it far easier to have grammatically correct text that includes links to the information you want it to
• For regular variation of the note name, it makes a HUGE improvement to workflow
• Links to regular notes could then use a shortcut, eg Awesome Project No 5, could be [[AP5]]
• I'm sure there's other uses, but these are the highlights.
Other systems
• This is standard in Obsidian and LogSeq, implemented essentially just as described above.
Pending
This is critically important for me to be able to switch from Obsidian. I need to be able to reference a person (for example) by multiple aliases: e.g. "Judge Smith" or "Senior Judge Smith" or "Judge Judy Smith" or "Judge Judith Smith" or "Judy Smith" should all link to the same, single project note. The friction of having to remember which full name to use (even with the auto-complete feature) is high.