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Posted by Robert Luke
Jul 6, 2021 at 10:08 PM
ߑ Thanks!
Franz Grieser wrote:
Robert Luke wrote:
>>What are the capabilities for inter-note linking? Is it possible to
>link
>>to other pages in the notebook? Or even to link to individual
>paragraphs
>>or figures on the same page or other pages? TIA…
>
>From the readme for vs11:
>“Support for Wiki links with alias, like[[link_to_target | readable
>text]].”
>
>I haven’t upgraded to vs11 it’s not for Windows, yet.
Posted by Robert Luke
Jul 6, 2021 at 10:09 PM
Rats, emojis don’t work here. That was meant to be a “thumbs-up”. :-)
Robert Luke wrote:
>ߑ Thanks!
>
>Franz Grieser wrote:
>Robert Luke wrote:
>>>What are the capabilities for inter-note linking? Is it possible to
>>link
>>>to other pages in the notebook? Or even to link to individual
>>paragraphs
>>>or figures on the same page or other pages? TIA…
>>
>>From the readme for vs11:
>>“Support for Wiki links with alias, like[[link_to_target | readable
>>text]].”
>>
>>I haven’t upgraded to vs11 it’s not for Windows, yet.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jul 7, 2021 at 10:43 AM
From the “What’s New” documentation for version 2.1 or the Mac app:
Wiki Links and Links in General
When trying to open a link’s target document and a document with the exact name does not exist, Notebooks applies smarter logic to find an alternative. Here is an example:
Given the link “notebooks://Projects/Documents/Note”, Notebooks now tries to resolve the link in this sequence:
Look for a document “Note” in the book “Projects ⟩ Documents”
Search for “Note” with any extension, like txt, md, jpg etc.
Scan for any filename containing “note”
Peek into editable documents and pick the first one which contains “note”
Ask the user to create the document, provided the original link had an extension of txt, html or Markdown
This strategy provides pretty much freedom and flexibility when creating references across Notebooks.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jul 7, 2021 at 10:47 AM
I did a very quick test and was disappointed. Links work, but the app doesn’t auto-generate the link while you type it. That is, you need to know the title of the note you want to link to.
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
From the “What’s New” documentation for version 2.1 or the Mac app:
>
>Wiki Links and Links in General
>
>When trying to open a link’s target document and a document with
>the exact name does not exist, Notebooks applies smarter logic to find
>an alternative. Here is an example:
>
>Given the link “notebooks://Projects/Documents/Note”,
>Notebooks now tries to resolve the link in this sequence:
>
>Look for a document “Note” in the book “Projects
>⟩ Documents”
>Search for “Note” with any extension, like txt, md, jpg etc.
>Scan for any filename containing “note”
>Peek into editable documents and pick the first one which contains
>“note”
>Ask the user to create the document, provided the original link had an
>extension of txt, html or Markdown
>This strategy provides pretty much freedom and flexibility when creating
>references across Notebooks.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 7, 2021 at 10:50 AM
I have to say that despite my enthusiasm for Notebooks (and I regularly liaise with the lovely Alfons to express it!), I too am not overwhelmed by the linking facility – it really doesn’t work desperately well, and sometimes fails at work at all, or works in a totally unexpected way.
However, overall Notebooks continues to make impressive progress, so I still love it. Not least because its footprint is just 15 MB (on macOS), which for such a powerful app is truly extraordinary. Oh, and it’s a straight buy, not a subscription. Yet.