Obsidian Weekly 2024-09-21：v1.7.2 Preview Update (Caution: Update Carefully!)

Obsidian Weekly 2024-09-21：v1.7.2 Preview Update (Caution: Update Carefully!)

Abstract

Statistical time: 2024-09-14 02:00 ~ 2024-09-21 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

Obsidian v1.7.2 catalyst is now available!

Desktop

Improvements

• Views now load only when visible, improving startup performance and memory usage. This might cause issues with some plugins, but we’ve published a guide for plugin developers.
• Improvements to Obsidian URI new
  • Allows the use of clipboard instead of content to insert the contents of the clipboard.
  • Allows the use of prepend instead of append to add to the top of the file.
  • prepend and append will both attempt to merge properties.
• Daily Notes: New daily Obsidian URI action to automatically open or create your daily note.
• Renaming files is now faster in large vaults.
• Obsidian Sync: You can now filter the activity log.
• The startup debugging screen now shows the number of views loaded and deferred at startup.
• Minor tweaks were made to the status bar padding.

No longer broken

• Fixed issue where hover previews didn’t disappear after creating a footnote.
• Fixed a bug where Obsidian would not always wait for pending filesystem operations before quitting.
• Canvas: Improved performance when panning. There should no longer be a flicker when cards enter and exit the viewport. If you’re still seeing related issues, please try switching to default theme.
• The startup debugging screen now includes plugin versions in the clipboard result.
• Live preview now only escapes special characters (not letters and numbers).
• Fixed bug where escape characters at the start of a list item disappeared in Live Preview.
• Fixed issue where files couldn’t be moved into folders with a file of the same name but different capitalization.
• Fixed issue where links with custom display text under a table confused the Markdown parser.
• Vim: The latest bugfixes from our vim library (codemirror-vim) have been added. This includes fixes for arrow navigation on wrapped lines.

Mobile

• Includes all new functionality and bug fixes up to Obsidian Desktop v1.7.2.

No longer broken

• Fix issue where an extra loading bar would appear for a couple frames as the splash screen is hiding.

Known Plugin Issues/Incompatibilities

Notice: This release might break a few plugins. This is a list of known plugin incompatibilities up to now.

Iconize fails to load. File Property Enhancer fails to load. Author is aware. Vimrc plugin breaking change.ex- commands now require an ending <CR>. Switcher Plus fails to load to due an APl change. Breadcrumbs v3 causes Obsidian to hang on open. Text Generator causes Obsidian to hang while it tries to read files 30 times.After failing the 30 times,it errors out and Obsidian loads normally. Obsidian Github Copilot causes Obsidian to hang on open. Custom File Explorer sorting might be broken. Updated, be sure to update to 2.1.14)

The official browser clipper plugin has been updated to v0.6.0

Warning: this update contains a breaking change for append and daily note templates. There is no automatic migration. You will need to update the note title field of any templates that add to an existing note. This update also means that append and daily note templates require Obsidian 1.7.2. which is currently available in early access.

New

• Two new template behavior options: Add to existing note, at the top and Add to daily note, at the top which allows you to add content to the top of the note rather than the bottom.
• Daily note templates no longer require note title and path as we can now detect the daily note location in Obsidian as of 1.7.2.
• Properties can now be used across all template behaviors, and will be merged automatically with the existing note’s properties if there are any.
• Added link filter to create Markdown links.
• Automatically adds the programming language when clipping code blocks, if one is defined.

Improved

• If the extension is opened while the page is partially loaded, it will now update itself when the content finishes loading.
• Support converting MathJax to Obsidian math blocks.
• More improvements to replace filter when dealing with special characters like :.
• Don’t use quotes around date and datetime YAML frontmatter values, to match Obsidian format.
• Improve escaping and indentation for code blocks.

Plugin News

Community Plugins

New

Immich By Talal Abou Haiba

This plugin allows users to easily insert images from their self-hosted Immich instance into their Obsidian notes.

Morgen Tasks By Morgen AG

Plan, time block, and track tasks from your vault in any calendar using Morgen.

Print By Marijn Bent

A simple plugin to add a print action.

Edit mode switch By Mara-Li

Add a button in the file header, in edit mode, to switch between source and live-preview.

Journaling By Ordeeper

View daily notes in a journal-like format, similar to Logseq. It enhances note organization and facilitates better reflection by consolidating daily notes into a continuous journaling view.

Onto Tracker By Jacob Hart

Manage projects according to an ontology.
Create an obsidian vault that tracks the contents of a folder on your computer. Files are categorized accrodign to a given ontology according to a set of user-defined rules. This content can then be parsed for tasks such as uploading content to a CMS (see some python scripts for this here).

Mesh AI By Chasebank87

Enables you to store AI prompts as patterns and run them seemlessly with most providers.

Auto Periodic Notes By Jamie Hurst

Creates new periodic notes automatically in the background and allows these to be pinned in your open tabs; supports daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly notes, requires the Periodic Notes plugin.

Nexus AI Chat Importer By Superkikim

Import conversations from ChatGPT export files.

Diarian By Erika Gozar

All-in-one journaling toolkit. This plugin adds functionality from the Diarium journal app to the note-taking app we all know and love.

Tokenz By Ferenc Moricz

Insert any type of short codes into your document. You can add smileys (:), ;), …) or emojis (:smile:, :wink:, …). More code maps will be added later. Even you, as a user can create your own.

Canvas LMS Task Importer By jordaeday

Import assignments from Canvas LMS.

Highlight active folder section By Lukas Collier

Highlight the active folder section and the title in the file explorer.

Updates

Vertical Tabs v0.6.9 By oxdc

• Automatically reveal hidden groups when a tab inside them is opened.
• Group names will now be saved automatically when you click away.
• Sort strategies now persist across relaunches.
• Manual tab sorting will be disabled when automatic sorting is enabled.
• Added an indicator for automatic sorting.
• All known bugs have been fixed!
• IMPORTANT: A restart of Obsidian is required after updating.

File Share Update v1.1.0

• File Queue: Seamlessly send multiple files to a friend without the need to wait for acceptance or rejection.
• Embedded Link Scanning: Automatically scan your outgoing files for embedded links and include them in the file queue,ensuring they are sent along with your files.

Note Splitter v1.2.1 By DecafDev

• Fix
  • sanitize file name for Windows OS
  • make truncateFileName work with a file name that ends with a link
    Docs
  • add removed characters to documentation

Vault Explorer v1.46.0 By DecafDev

• Feature
  • add delete option to context menu
  • add confirm delete setting
  • make feed view a non-premium feature
  • simplify table columns to just Name and Tags
• Fix
  • resolve list Show tags setting not working
  • make ListItem render title in full width when Show tags is disabled
• Refactor
  • remove viewOrder array and add a order property to each view

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File Property Enhancer has fixed load issue for Obsidian 1.7

Using this plugin, you can add icons to the file property, and you can also customize the display of the file property. Be careful, this plugin is still in the early stages of development, and there may be some bugs.

Appearance

Minimal Edge Theme By Elhary

A sleek and minimalist Obsidian theme designed for those who appreciate clean lines and a focused workspace.

Rose Red Theme By Atmanand Gauns

A Red Gradient Dark theme for Obsidian, compatible with Obsidian V1.4.13 and above.