IWE Markdown notes assistant

IWE provides essential features for notes management, such as:

• 🔍 Search through your notes
• 🧭 Navigate through markdown links
• ✨ Auto-complete links as you type
• 🧩 Extract or inline sub-notes seamlessly
• 🖋️ Format the document and refresh link titles
• 🏷️ Rename files and automatically update all related links
• 🔗 Select backlinks to find references to the current document
• 🔄 Convert lists into headers and vice versa
• 💡 Display inlay hints with parent note references and link counts

How to use

• Code Actions menu (⌘+.) to see available options for the current element
• Go to Definition (F12) on a link to open the linked file
• Format Document command (Shift+Option+F) to restructure/format the document
• Rename command (F2) on a link will rename the file and update all the references
• Global notes search (⌘+T) using the headers text

Automatic Updates

The extension automatically keeps the IWE language server up to date:

• 🔄 Auto-update - Checks for updates every 24 hours by default
• ⚙️ Configurable - Control update behavior in VS Code settings (iwe.autoUpdate, iwe.updateCheckInterval)
• 🛠️ Manual updates - Use Command Palette: "IWE: Update Language Server"
• 📢 Smart notifications - Get notified when updates are available with links to release notes

How to Update Manually

To manually update the IWE language server:

1. Open Command Palette: Press ⌘+Shift+P (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux)
2. Type: IWE: Update Language Server
3. Select the command from the dropdown
4. Confirm the update when prompted
5. Wait for the download and restart to complete

The extension will:

• Download the latest version from GitHub releases
• Replace the old binary automatically
• Restart the language server with the new version
• Show a success notification when complete

Note: If auto-updates are enabled, you typically won't need to do this manually. The extension checks for updates automatically based on your configured interval.

Learn more at iwe.md