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Related Notes Finder

lifegemslifegems7k downloads

Add extra features for finding related notes.

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How to Use

Features

Command: Show Possible Links Search for all notes in the vault whose title includes any word in the active note.

  • Search words with more than X number of characters. (Default: 3 characters)
  • Ignore Dailies path. (Default: disabled)
  • Ignore words as specified in settings. (Default: 'the,and,but,not,then,they,will,not,your,from,them,was,with,what,who,why,where,this,over,than')
  • A link to the related note is appended to the active note. (Default: enabled)

Default Hotkey: <CMD>+6

Command: Toggle Append Link Setting Toggle the setting to append the related note to the active note.

  • When using the Show Possible Links command, a link to the related note is appended to the active note. (Default: enabled)

Settings

  • Append Link

    • When using the Show Possible Links command, a link to the related note is appended to the active note. (Default: enabled)
    • See the GIF above to see an example.
  • Minimum Letters

    • Search words with more than X number of characters. (Default: 3 characters)
    • For example, the word "for" contains 3 characters, so "for" will not be a term used when searching for related notes.
  • Ignore Dailies Path

    • Ignore Dailies path. (Default: disabled)
    • If it is preferred to ignore all notes in a specific directory, the folder relative to the vault root can be entered here.
      • If you have a "dailies" folder in your vault root, enter dailies into this setting to ignore all notes inside when using the Show Possible Links command.
  • Filtered Words

    • Ignore words as specified in settings. (Default: 'the,and,but,not,then,they,will,not,your,from,them,was,with,what,who,why,where,this,over,than')
    • When using the Show Possible Links command, ignore any words listed. Simple separate them by comma. Case is ignored.

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Find notes whose titles contain words from the active note, filtering short terms and user-defined stopwords and optionally ignoring a dailies folder. Append links to matched notes into the active note and toggle whether links are added.
SearchLinks
Details
Current version
1.1.0
Last updated
5 years ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
8 releases
Downloads
7k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.9.12+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
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Author
lifegemslifegems
github.com/lifegems/obsidian-related-notes-finder
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  4. Related Notes Finder

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