Choose note references: filename or first line (in [[note]], CMD bar, sidebar...)
planned
Eduard Metzger
Change which name NotePlan should use to reference notes: Filename or First-line (=note name).
At the moment it uses the first line of the note as a reference. This is used in [[links]], as names in the sidebar, command bar, search results, etc. To make it work better with other apps like Obsidian, give the option to change this.
Similarly, days are linked using the ISO format
YYYY-MM-DD
, but the filenames are YYYYMMDD
(pointed out on Discord).One more idea: Instead of either/or, rather use checkboxes to
add
a recognition format. So that we can work with note titles and
filenames**.N
Nathan Snelgrove
Went googling for this again when I was checking out the app after a couple years away. Found my own comment here. Still waiting for this! Eagerly, I might add.
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Kenneth Aggerholm
Is there any update on implementing this? I am eager to make the switch to Noteplan, but I don't want my notes locked in (to my knowledge it is not possible to migrate to other apps like Obsidian later if the file names do not correspond with the titles/links). Thanks!
Edwin Jr.
It's 2024! Let's make this happen in the new year!
Please!
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John
my daughter just wrote my a script that renamed all my note files to the first line in the note. This worked really well. it made a list of all the files which had invalid filenames which were easy to fix. Now i can use Obsidian and Noteplan together with the exception of the daily notes.
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Julien
Now I see it would be the perfect combo with Obsidian. But I may not even start something because of this. I don't think you realise that with this feature, I will cancel Obsidian sync to subscribe to NotePlan. I believe people commenting on this topic are high-end customers that value privacy and this features should be taken seriously cause it will drive a lot more people to NP.
Now that we have E2EE on iCloud and no intention on using Obsidian community plugins, this combo task-calendar-note-project will be the more productive and safest place on Apple ecosystem. Anyway, keep me posted ASAP when it's done. I'll write an article about it.
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David
This is drawing me away from beloved NP more and more, find myself looking for calendar plugins in logseq and obsidian. I love NotePlan. But managing / keeping two places of notes in sync is exhausting after a while. So I just re-added my vault to noteplan only to find all search results spoiled by excalidraw sketches (svg & json basically). Standard Filename Links would make NotePlan the Masterbrain Application and moving files around would be a breeze (from/to IAPresenter&Writer, logseq,obsidian, git folders you name it).
I know you have a lot on the plate , butbut somehow it feels like some basics like folding lists and linking by filename are being pushed back by nice but somehow fancy options since years. Maybe you know we won't leave because your app is just too good. damn :D Thanks for your work Eduard & Team
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nopi
yes adding the recognition format would be great. I just reinstalled Noteplan on a newly set up computer and got the "let Noteplan update links" option. If there is another checkbox to "let Noteplan update file names as well", the links would stay compatible for now. Of course the current page would be lost, but if it appears on top of a list to click, that would be ok for me.
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Kenneth Aggerholm
This has been planned for years. Is there any chance it’s coming anytime soon?
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David Coyer
Agree with others. Need this feature to migrate from Obsidian.
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A R
David Coyer: could also be a good feature for those who want to use both Obsidian and Noteplan. I would love to use these apps together but can’t because of this file and issue. Hope it gets fixed soon.
Graham Wheeler
David Coyer: I recently migrated from NotePlan to Obsidian, because of the performance of NotePlan when rendering larger markdown files, but missed Exchange calendar integration, so just came back, and got rudely reminded about the lack of table support, so yep, going back to Obsidian. Between the two they have everything I need; it's frustrating that neither one does (yeah, I know you can open Noteplan folder in Obsidian, but that's still a kludge).
Eduard Metzger
Merged in a post:
Filename relationship to first line not note header
ShandeN
Unable to create a [[tag link]] above the H1 of a note without changing the name of the note to the [[tag link]].
Would be great if the file naming respected the relationship to the H1 so we can create linked tags to maps of content or index pages.
Example:
This is my filename
Note content:
[[noteplan feedback]]
This is my filename
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