Allow custom link text in wiki links

[srid]

Proposed syntax:

[[ foo | a foo note ]]

Open question:

Does this play well with notable plain-text Zettelkasten apps (Obsidian, Zettlr)? If not, what would be a more suitable syntax?

[MaienM]

It (mostly) works as expected in Obsidian and Foam. Zettlr doesn't support this syntax.

Obsidian

Obsidian doesn't lookup the titles of the zettelkasten files for me, but it does use a title if one is provided with the proposed syntax.

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Foam

Just like Obsidian, with the added oddity that it preserves the surrounding [[ and ]] (regardless of whether a custom title is provided).

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Zettlr

Zettlr does not (and will not) support this syntax. They mention a hack that sort-of works in their documentation in the form of [name]([[id]]), but it has some drawbacks.

[srid]

@MaienM Thanks for checking -- so it looks like we should just go with the proposed syntax [[ foo | custom text ]].

As for Zettlr, well I guess Zettlr users should just refrain from using custom link text then. /cc @EyebrowHairs

[EyebrowHairs]

We could use [this kind of custom text](right.md)?

[srid]

@EyebrowHairs That already works in neuron, however those links will be always non-branching (non-folgezettel).

With wiki-links, you can make them folgezettel, i.e., [[right | this kind of custom text]]#.

[MaienM]

Just to clarify: Zettlr wasn't showing any of my wikilinks, regardless of whether I was trying to name them. I looked into it briefly and found out it does not support this syntax, and they intend to keep it that way. I've updated my previous post to include this.

[linusboyle]

May I know the progress on this? It seems like the last missing feature I need.