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Add symbolic link to file in note folder #2408

Open SteveMcArthur opened 6 years ago

SteveMcArthur commented 6 years ago

I would like to be able to open a markdown file located outside of the notes location. At the moment I have to import a file which then effectively creates two copies of the file.

I have a series of markdown files which are normally stored in an application's source repository. I want to add notes and research pertaining to these files that are stored outside of this repository.

So I create a separate folder outside the repository to store the Boostnote files. It would be nice to create a note in Boostnote that is actually some sort of symbolic link that will open the markdown file in the application repository for editing in Boostnote and save it back to that location.

I'm envisaging this being implemented in a Boostnote cson file where instead of a content section there is a path to a file.

schultzter commented 5 years ago

This is a brilliant idea, exactly what I was thinking.

The only thing I would say to watch out for is linking to files on the network and removable storage. Just make sure it gives a warning, like content unavailable or shows a read-only cached copy, but that it doesn't crash, or remove the link, or anything destructive.

Thanks,