May 27
[[note name|alternate name]] displays [[alternate name]]
Create alias backlinks to the same note, so that [[note name|alternate name]] displays [[alternate name]] but links to "note name" normally.
Pending
Sep 30, 2024
Just wrote to support about the fiddlyness of creating aliases currently in Noteplan as and they pointed me here; just wanted to add my 2c as I still think this would be a great feature to have. As in the original post, it would be great to have a more markdown friendly way of typing a link with an Alias. With the current workflow: 1. It's a somewhat clunky to have to paste the link. It also means I have to create the linked page first so I can paste the link. It would be preferable to the able to type the page and alias and then click on the link to create the linked page if it doesn't exist. 2. Currently internal wiki links appear that same as web / external links, with the arrow indicating it is external, which can be a bit confusing. Using the '|' symbol in order to define the link and alias fits well with what other apps use (in my case Bear Notes), so to my mind would be a good syntax.
Aug 14, 2024
Praying this one still under serious consideration. The link aliases (and links in general) within Noteplan are visually cluttered. I want to see hyperlinked text rendered when not editing.
Oct 20, 2023
This Feature request should not be marked as completed. The link aliases introduced into NP are not what is requested here.
Oct 21, 2023
Chris: Have re-opened it. It's not exactly what was requested, but the existing solution solves a problem (that's what we are looking for).
Oct 21, 2023
Eduard Metzger: Thanks for reopening. Allow me to explain why I don’t think the current implementation of alias links provides a satisfactory solution to the problem. 1. A weak but still valid reason is that the format is error prone to write (as illustrated with your own typo in the post below when you announced the feature). 2. It is also difficult (and ugly) to read. 3. It is totally incompatible with Obsidian to the extent that it makes it practically impossible to use NP with Obsidian (unless you refrain from using alias links altogether. I can explain why this is a bad idea and why most internal link should actually be alias links). Obsidian does support standard Markdown links (which are alias links by default) but not the kind of mix of Wiki-Links and Markdown links that noteplan now uses. I think Roam and Logseq use these too, but I don’t understand why they (or NP) introduced this non-standard format when the same can be achieved with standard markdown links. You just need some additional logic to determine whether what’s in round brackets is a valid external URL or an internal note. That’s what obsidian does (for those who don’t want to use Wiki-Links). The big question is, however, why you’d not want to use wiki-links. Noteplan uses Wiki-links for a reason and I think it would make sense if it stuck to that in the case of link aliases (as suggested this feature request). Any app is, of course, free to invent its own link formats, but in this case the only advantage I can see with the current format is compatibility with Roam and Logseq. Since I’m not aware of those apps being used much in parallel with NP, I’d say the disadvantages mentioned above weigh significantly more, i.e. the incompatibility w Obsidian.
Oct 22, 2023
Chris: thanks for elaborating. Do you expect the wiki link to hide showing only the alias if you leave the cursor? This is the difficult part.
Oct 23, 2023
Eduard Metzger: Yes, at least that is the way it works in other note-taking apps as well as wikipedia (i.e. wikimedia). Why is it difficult? I think supporting those links even if the link (i.e. the title of the note) is still visible would already be a huge improvement. Perhaps that could be achieved with a simple RegEx that filters out anything between the [[ and | so that the alias link is can be treated just like normal wiki links? BTW: In the ideal scenario, I would also expect the hidden part of the link to be accessible for editing as shown in the screencast (sorry, I misspelled your name). - This is something I am struggling a bit with in noteplan with markdown links (i.e. external links): they seem to be impossible to re-open once they "fold", except by "breaking" them by removing a bracket. But I also understand that the jumping effect that easier accessibility has can also be annoying, so there is room for an innovative solution.
Jan 19, 2023
There are various "non standard" Markdown syntaxes, and this is one of them -- with other software using different syntax in the link. Rather than changing the Markdown Syntax, it may be cleaner to add a field in a YAML header like "alias: [alternate name1, alternate name2,...] which can then be used in the link like: ... [[alternate name2]]...
Jan 19, 2023
Maria Shinoto: that could be done additionally. I think this particular one mentioned in this request is for embedding a link into text so its easier to read. Like: `I should [write]([[Writing Prompts]]) more`
Jan 20, 2023
Eduard Metzger: Interesting! I did not realise this opportunity. -- If you think that a key-value pair in the YAML is possible, that would be great.
Jan 19, 2023
Have implemented it, but in a slightly different syntax, that should be supported, however: `[alias]([[Real Note Title]])` So basically a wiki link wrapped into a markdown link. Referencing is also supported.
Jan 19, 2023
Eduard Metzger: Is there a typo in that syntax example, or …? `[alias]([[Real Note Title)` vs `[alias]([[Real Note Title]])`
Jan 19, 2023
Jon Plummer: yes, fixed it!
Oct 20, 2023
Eduard Metzger: Why not [[Real Note Title|alias]] as requested?
Nov 12, 2022
In other wikis I have seen this syntax: `[[Note title][alt text]]` No need for `|` delimiter in the note text that way.
Jul 22, 2022
Or (3) `[[note title in full|short version]]`? I believe this is used in some other PKM systems ... and some thought should always be given to inter-operability whenever new syntax is introduced.
Jul 23, 2022
Jonathan Clark: yes [[note title|display title]] is used in other pkm or markdown rendered as well.
Jul 23, 2022
Jonathan Clark: my problem with that is that it *only* works in those systems. It breaks other wiki-linking. But I recognize it's used by at least a few other systems
Jun 8, 2021
You mean it should update the title in the note itself after modifying the link? I'm not sure of that actually. I thought of it initially when adding auto-renaming to notes. If you change the title of that note, it auto-updates the links too. But if you change the link of an existing link, it won't update the note. I think that's dangerous, as you might want to change the link to a new one or another existing note. Then it would start updating the note and all the other links. You practically can't modify the link once written without affecting other notes. What do you think?
Jun 9, 2021
Eduard Metzger: I want alias name for linked note. Because I want to use the linked name in the sentence, but it is awkward to use the title of the note as it is.
Jun 9, 2021
Eduard Metzger: This also seems dangerous to me. Maybe I’ve misunderstood, however.
Jun 11, 2021
jeongmin lee: Merged it with this request. I think you mean the same?
Jun 12, 2021
Eduard Metzger: Oh, yes thank you
Jun 18, 2021
Craig Pinegar: Yes, I also misunderstood it. It's aliasing a note name in a link, so it fits better into the sentence than the original name of the note.
I’ve gotten pretty used to the Reflect notes implementation. You can add several aliases in a note, like `notename // alias1 // alias2`. Then you can easily link to them using either an alias or the name interchangeably.