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2024-01-13：Obsidian Weekly

Obsidian Weekly 2024-01-13：Revitalizing Classics: Advancements in Time-Tested Plugins and the Dawn of Comprehensive New Tools

Abstract

Statistical time: 2024-01-15 21:00 ~ 2024-01-13 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.

Official Updates

Voting for the Gems of the Year 2023 awards is open

Click the poll link to vote. Here are this year’s categories — submit as many votes as you want. Voting ends on January 22nd.

Obsidian has been independently audited by the security firm Cure53

You can find the report on our new /security page. Read more: https://obsidian.md/blog/cure53-security-audit/

Plugin News

Community Plugins

New

Latex OCR by Lucas Van Mol generates Latex equations from images and screenshots inside your vault.

Object Writer by Iago Grah adds a ribbon button to create a quick note for object writing, providing a random word.

Task Status by Valerie Burzynski help you to quickly change checkbox and task status markers.The plugin strives to be keyboard-driven, supports fuzzy finder and custom style configuration, and is suitable for various types of text selection.

Repeat Last Command(s) by 1C0D as the name suggests, is used to repeat the last command or commands. You can toggle pinned command pressing TAB.

Strip Internal Links by Adi Ron is a simple but useful plugin to strip internal links from files and copies the result to the clipboard.

Git File Explorer by Mateus Molina integrates Obsidian’s file explorer with Git. Once the plugin is enabled, you will see relevant git information next to git repositories found in your vault in the file explorer.

Updates

Github Publisher v6.13.1 by Mara-Li added two new features:

  • Support for Excalidraw: Now, .excalidraw files are handled directly and converted into SVG during the file transfer.
  • Per-file-per-repo settings: If you had registered multiple repositories with the plugin, all keys for per-file settings can now be prepended with the smartkey, allowing for multiple settings for each repository. In fact, the same file in two different repositories can now have different paths and attachment paths. To use this, you need to write it like this: smartkey.<key>. At the moment, objects for smartkey are not supported (because the new Obsidian properties don’t handle them correctly). With these updates, the developer has added new keys for overriding the default:
  • category: It will take the configured category key from the plugin settings. You can set it and switch the settings if you don’t usually use the property key behavior. It only works if the type is set to YAML.
  • rootFolder: The same as the root folder settings.
  • defaultName: Default folder name for receiving files, same as global.
  • type: Changes the behavior between YAML, fixed, and Obsidian. YAML corresponds to the Property key setting.
  • path: Will skip all other options and override all possible settings. Allows you to send a file directly to the root of the repository, for example.

Metadata Menu v0.7.7 by mdelobelle has supported Time and Datetime types, including:

  • Native date picker
  • New Datetime field type
  • New Time field type

Folder notes v1.7.3 by Lost Paul maked many improvements in interaction, such as:

  • Option to open folder notes with ctrl/alt only and collapse with the normal click
  • Open folder notes or a file in a new tab with the middle mouse click
  • Directly create folder notes with a different file type (create {type} folder note [in the context menu])
  • Bold/cursive style options for the folder names in the path and file explorer
  • Default settings for the excluded folders feature
  • HelpMate plugin support In addition, the plugin’s documentation has been updated for almost all major features.

Remotely Save v0.3.34 by fyears is back to the party with lots of awesome updates! including but not limited to:

  • Webdav compatibility has got some improvements!
  • S3 custom prefix! So users can store multiple vaults in a same bucket.
  • .obsidian deletions are tracked!
  • Allows paths to be ignored via regexes!
  • Allows setting deletions moved to system trash or .trash.
  • Ignores some special annoying OS files by default.
  • Reduces hints by default unless you set the debugging level.

Excalidraw v2.0.17 by Zsolt Viczian fixed a series of issues, added:

  • Crop and mask images in Excalidraw, Canvas, and Markdown
  • Draw metadata around the image (hidden when exporting)
  • Image cropping now supports dark mode
  • Convert SVG to Excalidraw strokes via the context menu action
  • Updated the Chinese translation

Mononote v1.1.1 by Carlo Zottmann Tab handling has been entirely reworked to be more robust and reliable. The plugin now respects pane & window boundaries as it should, superfluous tabs will only be closed in the active pane or window. If Mononote encounters a duplicate, it’ll now favor the existing tab, and close the new one. This prevents losing undo history. Workaround for files which don’t trigger Obsidian’s file-open event has been added, meaning Mononote will now work with files which aren’t notes, such as PDFs or images. See the README for information on the updated behavior, and what to expect. The new version has also added support for anchor links: If note A is already open in a tab 1, and you attempt to open note A in a tab 2, but with an anchor link (reference to a headline or block), tab 2 will be closed, while tab 1 will focus the anchor link.

Tasks v5.6.0 by Martin Schenck and Clare Macrae added today and tomorrow to Postpone context menu.

Open Gate v1.10.8 by DuocNV When opening a new Gate with a centered position, it will now gracefully launch in a new tab, leaving your current page undisturbed.

Quick plugin switcher v5.1.0 by 1C0D community plugins filter updated (obsidian like).

Close Similar Tabs v2.3.7 by 1C0D fixed hover editor all modes.

Other News

Qualitative Analysis of Social Media Posts - A Workflow from OCR to Obsidian A workflow sharing for qualitative analysis of social media posts.