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novelWriter is an open source plain text editor designed for writing novels. It supports a minimal markdown-like syntax for formatting text. It is written with Python 3 (3.9+) and Qt 5 (5.15) for cross-platform support.
https://novelwriter.io
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Add linking/integration with Obsidian and markdown based note tools #1960

Open hamishlow opened 2 months ago

hamishlow commented 2 months ago

One suggestion which would be really really useful for me, and would extend the usability of novelWriter, would be if we could use .md files instead of .txt. In this way I could have the novelWriter project within my Obsidian vault, and use Obsidian for notes, and novelWriter for structure... two tools for writing. novelWriter is far superior to what is currently available in Obsidian (longform plugin)...

Otherwise I can copy-paste my notes into novelWriter, or convert to txt - which makes them useless in obsidian. If novelWriter used .md it would make both tools useful and valid with the same set of notes.

vkbo commented 2 months ago

There are no .txt files in novelWriter. Do you mean the files in the content folder?

I would strongly advice against mixing a novelWriter project into an Obsidian project. Firstly, novelWriter isn't pure markdown, and contains a mix of plain text formatting styles plus its own metadata syntax. I'm not sure how Obsidian would interact with that. In addition, novelWriter does not expect its project files to be edited outside of the app. It has some logic to handle errors and unexpected changes, but those are only meant as a safeguard.

hamishlow commented 2 months ago

Thanks for your reply Veronica,

Yes I meant the files in the content folder.

I guess I'll have to copy and paste content into novelWriter then as there's nothing else comparable out there. Most of my notes are in .md.

Thanks for your great work!

Kind regards,

Hamish

On 5 July 2024 13:46:29 GMT+12:00, Veronica Berglyd Olsen @.***> wrote:

There are no .txt files in novelWriter. Do you mean the files in the content folder?

I would strongly advice against mixing a novelWriter project into an Obsidian project. Firstly, novelWriter isn't pure markdown, and contains a mix of plain text formatting styles plus its own metadata syntax. I'm not sure how Obsidian would interact with that. In addition, novelWriter does not expect its project files to be edited outside of the app. It has some logic to handle errors and unexpected changes, but those are only ment as a safeguard.

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vkbo commented 2 months ago

Yeah, it just isn't designed for this, so actively supporting this would come with a host of problems. Also, the file names aren't suitable for this usage. They are obscured for a reason, to discourage tampering and to not have to deal with file name changes and conflicts in the project.

A better solution here would probably be some other integration with Obsidian. This may be worth looking into in another way. Let's keep the ticket open, and I'll re-label it.

hamishlow commented 1 month ago

Hi Veronica, I've switched from using Obsidian to Logseq, but still keen for someway to pull content into novelwriter easily when I get past an initial draft...

vkbo commented 1 month ago

It is still not clear to me what sort of interaction would be needed. Import should already work fine, so I understood this to be more about cross-linking in some way or another.