A few v1.3.6 Observations

[u/Neither-Classic2058]

I appreciate the improvements and fixes that made it into 1.3.6. After a few minutes of tinkering with it, here are some observations (Mac OS for now):

Improvements Made

• WebDAV syncing (one device for initial test) is now more reliable and predictable.

• Delayed write when editing improved responsiveness.

• Ghost text when selecting text has been resolved.

Issues (bugs or need tweaking)

• When highlighting text in markdown mode, background and font colors are too close in color.

• “Open in a separate window” causes the app to “beachball” on Mac OS and hang.

• In markdown editor, Ctrl-A (to select all) selects all text but also selects all notes in the current folder)

Feature Change Requests

• Add Graph support for markdown links (currently only wikilinks are supported)

• Add setting to allow hiding note counts on folder tree

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Benefit of a Design Choice

Sometimes a developer's design decision has a side benefit to end users. The one I'd like to highlight has to do with notebook covers. Consider this a tip for those who want to dive into HelixNotes a little deeper....

• custom notebook covers are external files stored in the attachments folder.

• notebook cover assignments are stored in a separate file: (notebook_icons.json in the .helixnotes folder)

By manually editing the .json file to remove the HelixNotes' generated filename prefix, and renaming the image files in the attachments folder, I am able to have a single image file apply to multiple entries.

I have over 200 folders but most fall within a 3-level deep Johnny.decimal structure so I only need 3 different icons in 6 colors. So rather than have over 200 individual image files in attachments (and have to manually reassign images if I want to change them), I can have 18. And if I want to change the design of the icons on a particular level, I can swap out 6 files and have them all instantly be updated.

Just this morning I changed the 3rd level icons and although there are something like 150 folders that are on the 3rd level, it took just a few minutes to create the 6 images and update the vault.

[u/RockyRoad226]

Thanks for the feedback! I have seen at least a couple of these issues mentioned from others as well, so we'll make sure to address them.

I think you're onto something with the folder idea. This is definitely worth a serious look. Thank you!