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Search++

nhaouarinhaouari7k downloads

Insert text context search results in the active note.

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This is plugin is based on the code of mrj-text-expand, it inserts the found results on the note you're working on.

Install

  • If you have previous versions of plugin - remove them
  • You need Obsidian v0.9.7+
  • Get Latest release
  • Extract files and place them to your vault's plugins folder: <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/
  • Reload Obsidian
  • If prompted about Safe Mode, you can disable safe mode and enable the plugin. Otherwise head to Settings, third-party plugins, make sure safe mode is off and enable the plugin from there.

How to use

  • Type {{SEARCH_TEXT/NUMBER_OF_CHARS}} in your note where SEARCH_TEXT a text which you want to search, and NUMBER_OF_CHARS is the number of chars before and after the found text you want to extract.

Examples: {{My Note/300}}, {{tag:#tag/500}}.

  • Put a cursor on that line
  • Open command palette and find Search++: commands (you can attach hotkeys in settings menu)

It should wrap the {{ }} line and add notes which was found below. You can call command in a {{ }} line to update results.

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Insert search results into the current note using inline placeholders like {{SEARCH_TEXT/NUMBER_OF_CHARS}}. Extract matching snippets with the specified surrounding character count and append found notes below the placeholder, then refresh results by running the Search++ command.
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Details
Current version
0.0.1
Last updated
6 years ago
Created
6 years ago
Updates
1 release
Downloads
7k
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
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Author
nhaouarinhaouari
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