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2024-01-20：Obsidian Weekly

2024-01-20：Enhanced Interaction and Visual Presentation for Long-Term Note-Taking

Abstract

Statistical time: 2024-01-12 21:00 ~ 2024-01-20 18:00
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.

Plugin News

Community Plugins

Updates

ICS v1.6.0 by Cloud Atlas added vdir support and support for displaying event attendees which can be configurabled per calendar.

Folder Notes v1.7.5 by Lost Paul added the option to copy Obsidian URL from folder note through the folder and to hide collapse indicator when a folder has no other files than the folder note.

Duplicate Line v3.1.1 by 1C0D selected all occurrences and next occurrence updated to select any selection (or word at cursor position if no selection) and added a feature request from obsidian forum: Number of occurrences of a selection in status bar.

Task Status v1.1.0 by Valerie Burzynski fixed an issue with transforming indented text or bullets and another one with preserving bullet styles in more places. The new version has simultaneously added settings to enable the use of preset collections of custom task statuses from several themes.

Typst Renderer v0.9 by fenjalien upgraded to Typst 0.10.0 and removed SVGO dependency. SVG output now scales with the line size.

Task Progress Bar v2.0.0 by Boninall will add a progress bar automatically to those tasks have sub-tasks, and don’t need to add any mark for this feature. Now it support dataview/kanban and also reading mode. And support percentage mode.

Obsidian Open Gate v1.11.1 by DuocNV now allows user to execute custom js on the embedded website.

Periodic PARA v1.8.0 by YiBing Lin  enhanced Calendar style.

Tasks 6.0.0 by Martin Schenck and Clare Macrae added custom sorting.This release made significant improvements to:

  • the default sort order
  • how invalid dates are handled
  • styling of the Pencil and Postpone buttons See Breaking Changes for full details of these changes.

Quick Plugin Switcher v5.1.7 by 1C0D Update for tablet/mobile. So now all settings are accessible.

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.

Graph Link Types by Nate enhances the graph-view by rendering link types dynamically, which can give you a clearer understanding of the relationships within your Obsidian vault.

Inline flash card by Quorafind/Boninall uses ::abc:: to create a flashcard that can be hovered over or clicked on to show the answer, and >>abc<< to create an input flashcard that can be hovered over or clicked on to show the answer or allow you to input your answer in the input box.

Quiz Generator by ECuiDev leverages the power of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 models to automatically generate interactive, exam-style questions (with answers) based on your notes. You can also save quizzes as flashcards to review with the spaced repetition plugin, or as Markdown callouts to integrate them with your notes.

Folder Note Title Fixer by FynnFreyer makes the tab title display the folder name when using AidenLx’s Folder Note with index notes.

Obsidian Canvas Daily Note by Andrew McGivery allows you to add a daily note node to the canvas that will always show todays note.

Obsidian Beautitab by Andrew McGivery creates a customizable new tab view with beautiful backgrounds, quotes, search, and more.

Obsidian Soundscapes by Andrew McGivery adds a music/ambiance player to the status bar to play Lofi beats, nature sounds, ambiance, relaxing music, and more.

Other News

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