This article explores the outliner features of Obsidian:

https://tfthacker.medium.com/demystifying-obsidians-outlining-superpowers-20c077793356

Obsidian hits a perfect target. It's a framework for notes with a flexible API.

I think my favorite outlining in Obsidian would be with a Bike file in the Obsidian vault. Bike's hyperlinks feature works with Obsidian URLs. There's no linking they other way, jumping to a spot in a Bike outline from Obsidian, so there are limitations.

Outlining as a sort of flow chart in Obsidian Canvases continues to suit my tastes, too.

There's no linking they other way, jumping to a spot in a Bike outline
from Obsidian, so there are limitations.

Maybe you are trying to do something different, but I'm able to link from Obsidian into a Bike outline.

1. In Bike move text caret to row that you want to link to
2. In Bike choose menu Edit > Copy > Row Link
3. In Obsidian create markdown link and past the copied Bike link
4. Now in Obsidian you can click that link and the linked to row will open in Bike.

For example here's the link that I created in Obsidian:

[test link to Bike row](bike://DuUXL_RZ/#6b)

Jesse

Doh!!!

Yes, works perfectly.

Obsidian's built in and community outlining is limited. Bike is better.

My opinion, of course, and from a mere hack, not a real writer.

Jesse Grosjean wrote:

There's no linking they other way, jumping to a spot in a Bike outline
>from Obsidian, so there are limitations.

Maybe you are trying to do something different, but I'm able to link
from Obsidian into a Bike outline.

1. In Bike move text caret to row that you want to link to
2. In Bike choose menu Edit > Copy > Row Link
3. In Obsidian create markdown link and past the copied Bike link
4. Now in Obsidian you can click that link and the linked to row will
open in Bike.

For example here's the link that I created in Obsidian:

[test link to Bike row](bike://DuUXL_RZ/#6b)

Jesse

Dang, that's cool. I enjoy working with both products, but haven't (till now) found a useful way to combine them. This could be it...

How 'bout the iOS version, Jesse? Jesse?

Jesse Grosjean wrote:

Maybe you are trying to do something different, but I'm able to link
from Obsidian into a Bike outline.

1. In Bike move text caret to row that you want to link to
2. In Bike choose menu Edit > Copy > Row Link
3. In Obsidian create markdown link and past the copied Bike link
4. Now in Obsidian you can click that link and the linked to row will
open in Bike.

For example here's the link that I created in Obsidian:

[test link to Bike row](bike://DuUXL_RZ/#6b)

Jesse

How 'bout the iOS version, Jesse? Jesse?

Bike iOS version (exploration) is actually my project starting from today and for next couple of weeks. I don't know when/if it will become a released app, but I'm thinking about it and exploring how it might be done.

What can I say? Marry me!

Jesse Grosjean wrote:

Bike iOS version (exploration) is actually my project starting from
today and for next couple of weeks. I don't know when/if it will become
a released app, but I'm thinking about it and exploring how it might be
done.

What can I say? Marry me!

Ha, well um... :)

Okay, okay – once the app's actually been released, maybe?

Jesse Grosjean wrote:

What can I say? Marry me!

Ha, well um... :)

I am really impressed by the new Importer plug-in for Obsidian. In one go it imported over 5000 notes from Evernote that I had exported into several ENEX MD files in Evernote.

I had tried importing an ENEX file in Joplin before, but that had failed. Funny thing: Now, I can open the MD files the Obsidian Importer created in Joplin, too.

Thanks for the tip, Franz!

I see Obsidian has just come out with a new properties feature. I think it's just a convenience for editing YAML front matter, but I'm not sure.

@MadAboutDana - have you seen this?

The Properties feature introduced in Obsidian 1.4.x provides a panel, similar to Notion and other apps, that serves as an overlay for the YAML front matter in a document, and also enforces data type. The raw YAML is still visible in the native .md files, and in "Source mode" in the Obsidian editor. Looking at comments on Obsidian's forum, it seems the implementation of Properties was to help people who don't understand YAML metadata, and it also was a bit rocky. There is also an option to display the Properties panel in the sidebar of an Obsidian note, and to add new properties, delete properties, and change the type of a property. The properties inspector also supports clickable backlinks, and raw web links (but not custom URIs), something that native YAML doesn't do. Data inserted into properties is visible in the editor in source mode.


Amontillado wrote:

I see Obsidian has just come out with a new properties feature. I think
it's just a convenience for editing YAML front matter, but I'm not sure.

Hi @Amontillado – yes, I've just seen it and am intrigued. At first, I couldn't get much of a handle on the true value of Properties, but The Sweet Setup has a rather useful article on it here: https://thesweetsetup.com/obsidian-is-adding-properties/

I must say, Obsidian's steady progress is very impressive and rather inspiring. The outliner functions in particular have gradually been optimised, and although I don't think hoisting is an option yet, the basic functions are extremely quick and easy to use.

Amontillado wrote:

I see Obsidian has just come out with a new properties feature. I think
it's just a convenience for editing YAML front matter, but I'm not sure.

@MadAboutDana - have you seen this?

Two things of note to outliners who use Obsidian:

1) There is a new plugin that implements a "Scrivenings"-like mode where you can combine files in a vertical flow. Unlike embeds, the files are editable in the vertical view:

https://github.com/gasparschott/obsidian-continuous-mode

2) Pierre is working on 2-way sync between InfoQube and Obsidian:

https://infoqubeim.com/drupal5/node/5883

Lucas wrote:

2) Pierre is working on 2-way sync between InfoQube and Obsidian: https://infoqubeim.com/drupal5/node/5883

Thanks for mentioning this Lucas. Indeed, and it is progressing well.
IQ ==>> Obsidian sync is fully functional (including images) and a pre-release version should be released this week. Stay tuned!
Combine this with Dropbox and a free mobile sync app, and you can now have mobile access to IQ items, including tags and field (column) values.

Pierre Paul Landry
IQ Designer