Obsidian Weekly 2024-05-26：New Version Sneak Peek! Note-taking Software (?) Versatile Terminal (✓)

Obsidian Weekly 2024-05-26：New Version Sneak Peek! Note-taking Software (?) Versatile Terminal (✓)

Abstract

Statistical time: 2024-05-19 21:00 ~ 2024-05-26 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 News

Desktop and Mobile Preview for v1.6.1

Desktop

Improvements

• Add autocompletion for footnote references using [^.
• Remove flicker when switching away from a file with properties.
• Added an edit button to the properties view if the open file has invalid frontmatter.
• Added hover preview support for inline footnotes.
• Prompts now have a “clear” button to clear the input.

MacOS

• Application menu now has “Substitutions” menu to toggle the System level text substitution preferences.

No longer broken

• We have reverted the 2 MB limit for Markdown file parsing.
• The inline text suggestions now appear to the left of the cursor if the current editor line is RTL.
• Fixed rendering tables inside callouts.
• Fixed reorder handler not working in pop-out windows.
• Fixed commands for toggling formatting sometimes not working on the last line of the editor.
• Fixed canvas cards appearing blurry when a card contains a callout with a list.
• Small fix for tab header color.
• Fixed Outgoing Links unlinked mentions always showing the count as “0”.
• Fixed incorrect formatting getting applied if selection has trailing newline.
• Minor layout improvements for the file explorer.
• Fixed “New” section in Obsidian Publish showing folders uncollapsed.

Reading mode

• Reading mode will no longer render footnote refs that contain spaces.
• Page preview now shows footnote previews on hover in reading mode.
• Fix rendering of inline footnotes in reading mode.

Source mode

• Fixed pressing End key not moving to end of line if cursor is in table.

Live Preview

• Fix callout menu overlapping with URL menu when right-clicking on a link.
• Fix failing to render headings with trailing # at the end of the line.
• Fixed checklist items getting unfolded if cursor was inside a folded region.
• Allow blank lines in multi-line footnotes.

PDF

• Mitigation for PDF.js vulnerability (CVE-2024-4367)

Developers

We have reverted the CSS changes to .suggestion-popover which should fix the issues with suggestions created by plugins appearing unstyled.

Mobile

Improvements

• Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.6.1.
• The mobile sidebars have received a slight design refresh. In an effort to reduce some of the visual complexity, we’ve changed the sidebar tabs to a dropdown list. We also removed the “fullscreen” button to further simplify things.
• Select table cells by dragging the caret.
• You can now fuzzy search for commands when adding them to the mobile toolbar.
• Fixed lists rendering too far to the right in reading mode.

Obsidian Sync

• Layout improvements when viewing the activity log and the file sync history.

No longer broken

• Ensure that filesystem mkdir errors are caught on initial load.
• Tweaks to the iCloud loading screen.
• The “Hide keyboard” button now also appears in the mobile toolbar on iPad.

Properties

• Fixed navigation bar staying hidden after opening a link.
• Show keypad when number property is focused.
• Soft keyboard will now show “next” on iOS and “enter” on Android.
• Disabled autocapitalize for property names and tag values.

Styles

• The splash screen now remains visible until the app has fully loaded.
• Fix appearance of vault switcher when transitioning between screens.
• Fix box-shadow getting cut off clipped in Sync’s activity log.
• Fix animation getting skipped when pressing “cancel” in a modal.
• Minor animation/shadow tweaks for dialogs.
• Fixed the context menus on side drawer tabs automatically closing.
• Fix alignment of the view header (it’s finally centered).

iOS

• Fixed the Share Sheet not always working on iOS.
• Increased the maximum number of items you can “Share” using the iOS Share Sheet to 100.

Developers

• There is a new .mobile-tap class that gets applied to elements when they are tapped. If you want to add an active state to your buttons on mobile, you can add the class .tappable to your element. When your element is touched, a .mobile-tap class will get applied.

The original text can be found at Obsidian 1.6.1 Desktop (Early access) - Obsidian and Obsidian 1.6.1 Mobile (Early access) - Obsidian

Plugin News

Community Plugins

New

Stashpad Docs By Stashpad

This is a plugin for interacting with Stashpad Docs from Obsidian. This can be useful if you’ve written a note in Obsidian, and now would like to share it with others via Stashpad Docs.

heti By Moeyua

Designed to enhance typesetting styles specifically for Chinese content. It is based on commonly used Chinese typesetting standards and aims to provide a better reading experience.

• Key Features
  • Layout that fits the grid.
  • Styling enhancements for all tags.
  • Pre-set styles for classical Chinese and poetry.
  • Various pre-set typesetting styles (footnotes, multicolumn, vertical layout, etc.).
  • Multiple preset font families (desktop only).
  • Support for simplified and traditional Chinese.
  • Adaptive dark mode.
  • Enhanced styling for mixed Chinese and Western text, no need for manual spacing (based on JavaScript script);
  • Condensed full-width punctuation (based on JavaScript script);
  • Compatibility with common style resets such as _normalize.css_ and _CSS Reset_.
  • Support for mobile devices.
  • …
    In short, it makes your content look better.

Interactivity: Calculations and Scripts By ichichikin

This plugin allows you to run shell commands and scripts directly within your notes, providing their output right alongside your written content, making your note-taking process more dynamic and interactive. By default, it supports running JavaScript, but you can also configure it to run any other shell commands and tools like Python, Perl, Node.js, or others.

Solo RPG Toolkit By Alex Kurowski

Helpful tools for playing TTRPG games, geared towards solo play with a GM emulator.

Update Time By Sébastien Dubois

This Obsidian plugin updates the front matter in your notes to include the creation and last update dates/times. Once the plugin is installed and enabled, it will automatically add/update the properties in your metadata.

Toggle RTL mode By Yoni Asulin

A simple plugin to toggle RTL (right-to-left) mode.
Toggling RTL mode using this plugin is equivalent to toggling RTL from Settings --> Editor --> Right-to-left (RTL).
The toggle will be applied globally to all files in the vault, and there is no need to toggle each file separately.

Github Copilot By Vasseur Pierre-Adrien

Implement suggestions from Github Copilot directly in your editor.

Légifrance Intégration By hurj

This module integrates the Legifrance API into the Obsidian. Md workspace.

Voicenotes Sync By Andrew Lombardi

A plugin for syncing Voicenotes.com data into notes.

Updates

Tasks v7.3.0 By Martin Schenck and Clare Macrae

Add ‘Remove date’ option to the Postpone context menu.

View Count v2.0.2 By Trey Wallis

• Feature
  • consolidate property storage and file storage into just the ViewCountCache
  • add Total times opened and Unique days opened view types
  • update the format of the view-count.json file to support both unique days opened count and total times opened count
  • make the view-count.json file the source of truth
  • sync the view count into a property in relevant notes if the Save view count to frontmatter setting is enabled
• Fix
  • use file-open event instead of active-leaf-change event for determining count
  • keep the view count status bar item always visible, even when other views are opened
  • resolve item view click not increasing view count

Canvas2Document v1.2.0 By sInsys

• Hierarchy reading: brings the canvas hierarchical relations and ordering as TOC-tree to navigate
• Flexibility in Canvas Reading: recognizes multiple areas with multiple tree/graph structures
• Better metadata on navigational headings: data from nodes and files in navigational headers
• Filenames as headings in resultdoc

Excalidraw v2.2.2 By Zsolt Viczian

• BREAKING CHANGE
  • Files you save with 2.2.0 are not backward compatible with earlier plugin versions!
  • This version features an improved markdown file structure includes automatic folding of the # Excalidraw Data section.
  • The version also includes wrapping text elements from excalidraw .com
• Fix
  • ExcaliBrain stopped working with 2.2.0

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Info

PKMer (PKMer.cn, PKMer.net) aims to create a powerful knowledge management community in the Eastern Hemisphere. “PKM” stands for Personal Knowledge Management, and the “er” suffix represents individuals. Anyone who is focused on and enjoys personal knowledge management work, and who seeks efficiency, can be included in this category. We hope the community can bring together more people like this.

Media Extended v3.2.4 has been released!

• Fix
  • Youtube auto full screen failed in new layout
  • Update youtube ad skip logic
• Refactor
  • Improve youtube ad skip logic
• Perf(webview)
  • disable av1 for websites

Appearance

Fusion Theme v0.4 (beta) By zamsyt

Folder prefix By zams

Add a hidden prefix to folder names, which can be used to manually rearrange the order of folders.

• Examples of valid prefixes
  • A, z, 9, _, π
  • A.
  • (2)
  • *A*
  • ))A()(()(
  • **_********
  • 🏆️, (🤖) (⚠️ An emoji works as a prefix, however, editing the folder name seems to be very glitchy with them)
• Prefixes with multiple “letters” are not supported.
• You can use Style Settings to configure when the prefix is shown.

Neon Synthwave Theme By Grant Smith

An Obsidian theme inspired by SynthWave ‘84 VSCode theme by Robb Owen and 80s Neon Obsidian theme by deathau.

Space Theme By BHappen

This is an immersive space-themed Obsidian theme designed to take your note-taking experience to the stars. This theme combines the mystery and beauty of space with a sleek, modern interface to make your Obsidian workspace truly out-of-this-world.