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2023-12-30：Obsidian Weekly

Abstract

Statistical time: 2023-12-18 00:00 ~ 2024-12-30 21:00
Statement: This column is inspired by a series of Obsidian Roundup articles written and published by Ms. Eleanor Konik from April 2021 to June 2023. Those interested may follow the original author’s personal website Obsidian Iceberg. The section’s content is sourced from the official Obsidian Discord channel and information on corresponding projects on Github or there independent websites. Descriptions may have been modified based on personal interpretation, and corrections are welcome if there are any inaccuracies. Thank you to the Obsidian team for bringing us such excellent software.

2023-12-30：Obsidian Weekly

2023-12-30：The new Obsidian has arrived

Happy New Year! Cheers to the new major release and a wave of exciting new plugins!

Official Updates

Big Announcement: Obsidian v1.5.3 Now Officially Released

Highlights:

  • Tables. All new table editor! Table rows and columns are now easier to create, edit, sort, reorder, copy and paste.
  • Editor. New formatting menu. You can now right click in the editor to change text formatting, paragraph styles, and insert elements such as lists and tables.
  • Sync. Version history view has been revamped for better collaboration, and easy access to major revisions. You can now use Sync for up to 10 vaults, and maximum file size has increased from 100MB to 200MB.
  • Properties. You can now rename properties globally, and search now supports boolean and numbers within properties.

For more updates, please refer to the release notes.

Some news about Obsidian Publisher

Template — For New Users

As previously mentioned in this announcement, the Netlify-Vercel template is now deprecated. The old gh-pages template has been renamed to mkdocs-publisher-template and includes scripts that generate all necessary files for:

  • GitHub Pages publication
  • Vercel publication
  • Netlify publication

This involves the following:

  • deploy.yml file
  • requirements_actions.txt and requirements.txt
  • Generation of the mkdocs.yml file with all required keys and options. Note that the generator does not cover every possible option.

The documentation now features a step-by-step tutorial, including the creation of the required secret keys.

Plugins

The latest plugin update includes:

  • Bug fixes:
    • RegExp replacement text now supports escape characters
    • Resolved errors related to the workflow-dispatch name (.yml and .yaml extensions)
    • Closing modals now resets the form
    • Links in the frontmatter will not be converted into markdown links if the option is set
  • Styling enhancement: Notifications are now color-coded for each step and include a subtle animation. Please note that the notification for “successful publishing” now requires clicking to disappear.
  • You can now override image paths. This allows moving a specific file (or extension) anywhere in the repository. The settings for force push attachments have also been relocated to the modal under embeds & attachments. Regex is supported. For instance, this allows sending any .svg files to overrides/.icons.
Future Programming

I am considering creating a new folder in the documentation called “tutorial,” which will include step-by-step instructions and screenshots for commonly asked questions, primarily focusing on the three modals that allow:

  • Regex-replacing the path or the name of a file
  • Regex-replacing that allows changing contents
  • The new method of overriding attachments paths.

Nominations are now being called for for the 2023 Gems of the Year Award

To nominate projects go here.

Nominations are due by January 3 rd, 2024. Voting will begin soon after.

Project can be nominated in any of the following categories:

  • Plugins
  • Themes
  • Tools — e.g. bookmarklets, browser extensions, publishing tools, scripts, etc
  • Content — e.g. videos, blog posts, etc
  • Vault templates

A few words on nominations:

  • Anyone can nominate, no login or account is required.
  • You can nominate new projects created in 2023, or existing projects that were updated in 2023.
  • You can nominate your own project.
  • You can submit multiple nominations.

Once nominations are in, the Obsidian team will select projects for the voting phase. Nominations help us gather a list of projects, so the number of nominations per project doesn’t affect the outcome. Once nominations end, you’ll have the opportunity to vote on your favorite projects for the final awards and prizes!

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Plugin News

Community Plugins

New

Vim Yank Highlight by Aleksey Rowan highlights yanked text in Obsidian Vim mode with a subtle animation.

Autocorrect Formatter by b-yp utilizes Auto Correct to format Markdown content.

Slash Commander by alephpiece customizes the slash command list, assign each command an icon.

Custom save by Hananoshika Yomaru adds custom save actions.

Peerdraft by Peerdraft secures real-time collaboration via secret link.

Note Gallery by Pash Shocky can build a masonry style note gallery by defining code blocks in Obsidian.

Smart Title by magooup can automatically extract tags and aliases from the title.

Gamificate your PKM by Andreas Trebing reconstructs the interaction between users and knowledge base with a gamified incentive mechanism to promote knowledge management.

R.E.L.A.X. by Syr provides Multi-regex management for data linking and batch processing across selection, files, and folders.

Encoder/Decoder by Rudi Häusler converts text into base 64 format.

Habit Tracker 21 by zoreet is a plugin that helps users track their habits.

Better Math in Callouts & Blockquotes by Ryota Ushio adds a better Live Preview support for math rendering inside callouts & blockquotes.

Dynamic Line Height for CJK by Ryota Ushio dynamically adjusts the height of each line (in Editing View) or paragraph (in Reading View) based on it contains CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) characters.

Pomodoro Timer by eatgrass is a pomodoro timer that helps manage your daily focus.

Vim IM Control by hideakitai is used to switch Input Method when InsertLeave and InsertEnter. Supports macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Global Proxy by windingblack uses network proxy according to the rules configured in this plugin.

Subdivider by Tricster Converts your notes into nested folders, automatically creating separate files for each subheading.

Image Helper by Chongmyung Park converts images in the reading view to jpeg, webp, or png format via context menus.

Highlight Helper by Chongmyung Park copies all highlighted content in the current note with one click.

syncread-assistant by flyer1b is a plugin used to synchronize articles from syncread app to obsidian.

Intelligence by John Mavrick integrates the OpenAI Assistants API with Obsidian to create and personalize your GPT assistants within Obsidian.

Neighbouring Files by Fabian Untermoser adds two commands to Navigate to the next and previous file in the current directory.

Storyclock Viewer by Jonathan Fisher can maps the time in the story to a visual clock through the definition of a code block.

Local GPT by Pavel Frankov provides local GPT assistance for maximum privacy and offline access.

Updates

Tasks v5.4.0 by Martin Schenck and Clare Macrae added “Postpone Button” and “Change Task Status” context menus to easily postpone deadlines, scheduled dates, or start dates set “Finish dates” and repeat tasks along with adding task docs to the HelpMate plugin. Several improvements also have been made to Recurring tasks and explain output.

Surfing v0.9.0 by Boninall & Windily-cloud now supports hover popover link and code block embed.

BRAT v0.8.2 by TfTHacker added auto-enable installed beta plugins and turn on by default.

Colored Tags Wrangler v0.15.0 by AndreasSasDev Two new additions to the code base, which involved adding JQuery as a dependency: Colored tags in Properties. This feature is enabled by default.The update also adds the ability to let the entire note’s background color be the same color as tag in the note’s properties. This isn’t enabled by default.

Metadata Menu v0.6.9 by mdelobelle improved 8 functions such as code block for fileclass table view, fileclass view reopening at start and fixed the issues that formula not updating on click and single char field not parsed.

Obsidian 3D graph new v1.1.9 by Hananoshika Yomaru (original by Alexander Weichart) now allows you to change the setting in the setting tab by right-clicking pan and remove selection by right-click on empty background.

Obsidian 3D graph new v1.1.10 by Hananoshika Yomaru (original by Alexander Weichart) added an option to let user customize the control left click and control right click function.

Obsidian 3D graph new v1.1.11 by Hananoshika Yomaru (original by Alexander Weichart) now allows users to change the setting in the setting tab by right-clicking pan and remove selection by right-click on empty background , along with embed graph views in note by defining a 3d-graph code block. It also added an option to let user customize the control left click and control right click function and fixed the bug that the link thickness which updates is not responding.

Time Ruler v2.0.3 by Joshua Tazman Reinier has added Queries! [query::] task, which automatically assigns its sub-tasks based on the Dataview query since v2.0.0. Search task is now a “Jump to: ” to jump to the task within the time scale. Three layouts are now available: One (single date with split date/hour), Row (scrolling view of day), and Grid (week view), with four options for grouping : Path, priority, Hybrid (priority first, path if no priority is set), or None. Times now exist alongside scheduled tasks and handles for scheduling/dragging is added to the right of the Task. In addition, new features such as day transition time setting (allowing days to extend past 12 AM) and daily note templates have been added.

Obsidian Arcana v1.5.6 by A-F-V - uses OpenAI Text to Speech and Speech to Text, fixed a series of bugs such as the Agent switching.

Query All The Things (qatt) v0.9.0 by sytone updated markdown table import handling to work with pages with markdown and multiple tables, added do date to task parsing as a column, added new functions to append to the the task when called from the taskCheckboxWithAppend handlebars helper allowing done date to be added and  flexibleTaskCheckbox handlebars helper to allow next status to be specified on click. More options to the query export feature has been added as well.

Pending

Caution

Notice: The following plugins have not yet passed code scrutiny and therefore have not been added to the Community Plugins. Before installing, please make sure you have fully understood and accepted the potential security risks involved.

PDF++ by RyotaUshio is a plugin to enhance the built-in PDF viewer and PDF embeds. Features currently available include:

  • Opening links to PDF files
    • Open PDF links cleverly: When opening a link to a PDF file, a new tab will not be opened if the file is already opened. Useful for annotating PDFs using “Copy link to selection.”
    • Don’t move focus to PDF viewer after opening a link
    • Clear highlights after a certain amount of time
  • Copying links to PDF files
    • Copy link to selection command: This is the same thing as the “Copy link to selection” in the right-click menu, but this command allows you to trigger it quickly via a hotkey. I recommend using Ctrl + Shift + C / Cmd + Shift + C.
      • Note: this command cannot be triggered from Command Palette. Make sure that you set a custom hotkey for it.
    • Copy link with/without alias: When copying a link to a selection or an annotation in a PDF file, Obsidian appends an alias <pdf file title>, page <page number> to the link text by default. This plugin allows you to disable this behavior if you don’t like it.
  • Embedding PDF files
    • Trim selection embeds: When embedding a selection from a PDF file, only the selection and its surroundings are displayed rather than the entire page.
    • Do not clear highlights in a selection/annotation embeds
    • Make PDF embeds with a page specified unscrollable
    • Zoom in PDF embeds (experimental)
    • Hide toolbar in PDF embeds with a page specified: Requires the Style Settings plugin.
    • PDF embed width: Requires the Style Settings plugin.

The main advantages of this plugin over other PDF enhancement solutions are:

  1. PDF++ acts as a complement to Obsidian’s native PDF viewer rather than replacing it. Therefore, it will not leave behind a pile of unreadable JSON even if this plugin stops working in the future, unlike Annotator.
  2. PDF++ makes Obsidian work as a stand-alone PDF annotation tool. You can seamlessly annotate your PDFs using Obsidian’s rich markdown editor without switching between Obsidian and an external app like Zotero or Marginnote.

Obsidian-am by muness/cloud-atlas-ai enables synchronization between Obsidian and Amazing Marvin, a comprehensive task management and planning system. It can import all categories, projects & tasks into your vault, pull in due/scheduled today tasks into your daily notes and mark tasks as done in AM when you check them off in Obsidian.

Better-order-list v 1.1.0 by Boninall/Quorafind now when deleting column content or adding columns in the middle of a list, the sequence numbers of the following items will change (this plugin is a type of ordered list that supports auto-incrementing formats like ‘(1).’).

Cache-area v0.1.5 by Boninall/Quorafind now includes a Cornell Notes template. Once you create it, when you save, it will automatically be saved as a Markdown note, and the content of each area will be sequentially arranged into a long-form note.

obsidian-tools v2.0.0 by 1C0D added an Import Vault profile feature which allows users to select what you want to import from another vault.

Obsidian-Read-Only-Mode by Boninall/Quorafind supplies read-only mode for live-preview and also source mode.

Obsidian RTL v1.1.2 by esm applies to Obsidian v1.5.x.

Appearance

Cyber Glow Theme v8.2.0 by ArtexJay removed Quantico font replaced with a different existing theme font and Fira Code Ligatures, improved the Background Image setting item in Style Settings, added the option to enable full Status Bar, and now slightly changed themes when transparency is enabled.

ITS Theme v1.2.00 by SlRvb has matched the style of the new Obsidian table editor, added a single accent color alternative color scheme option and fixed a lot of style issues including callouts, image adjustments and alternate checkboxes. See the full changelog for details.

Other News 

Funnel: A new iOS clipping software

Funnel is a simple and powerful quick capture app, which sends your contents directly to your favorite apps that offers a new option for seamless clipping to Obsidian solutions.

Funnel is an indie app at heart with absolutely zero data collection, or any kind of analytics/tracking. Built in iCloud syncing, with end-to-end encryption.

Download Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/funnel-quick-capture/id6466168248

Cloud Atlas is recruiting alpha testers

Project brief: Cloud Atlas is a second brain within your Obsidian Vault. Imagine a system that learns from your notes and performs tasks without you having to copy and paste from multiple notes, over and over. Cloud Atlas helps us prepare for our day, summarizes transcripts and recognizes weekly wins.

Visit the Original link for more details.