Yes, for example I personally like creating task notes for stuff I need to do. Then when I'm working on something and I need to take some notes on it, for example if I hit an issue and I'm trying to work on it, then I'll create a scratch note and link to it from the task note. (Also, that video might be older than task notes, it's a pretty new/experimental feature)

Thanks @User

Not sure if this functionality exists but is querying a possibility on Dendron yet? I came across the following Github pages, https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron/issues/152 https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron/issues/209

No, we have an RFC for it but we won't start working on it until later this year.

Noted, I was facing the same issue as maciejmatczak in consolidating my tasks into one place organized by different frontmatter attributes. Currently, I assume I would have to copy paste my tasks (which are not completed) everyday from one journal note to the next.

Yup, that's how I handle them right now.

Got it

I use a basic shell script for grabbing some of mine. This example is limited to focusing on one attribute:

bash
# Where 'stub: true' is the frontmatter attribute
# and 'repos' are where vaults exist in workspace
grep -irn 'stub: true' repos/*/*.md | 
  sed 's|repos|\[\[dendron:/|g' | 
  sed 's:\.md.*:\]\]:g'

Can target just

task.*

notes:

bash
# Where 'stub: true' is the frontmatter attribute
# and 'repos' are where vaults exist in workspace
grep -irn 'stub: true' repos/*/task.*.md | 
  sed 's|repos|\[\[dendron:/|g' | 
  sed 's:\.md.*:\]\]:g'

Certain path assumptions are being made in these examples, but can be adjusted for your layout. Output example:

[[dendron://vault1/task.2022.01.10.blog]]
[[dendron://vault2/task.2022.01.10.help-friend-use-can-opener-dear-god-why]]

Thank @User

Any extension or way to import book/article highlights in dendron? I know there is hypothes.is to take highlights from online articles - not sure how to get them in vscode. Then there is readwise to get markdown exports but tbh the subscription is expensive.

I image it depends on the book/article sources. Some books/articles are behind paywalls. Either way, automating this into markdown may need to be a custom webscraper. Sounds like a fun project!

If hypothes.is is what you use, it does have an API...https://hypothes.is/api/.

Is the task notes RFC still open for discussion? I added some comments there but I'm not sure if I missed the boat as some stuff has already been implemented... https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron/discussions/1358

Task notes have been implemented but they are always open for discussions in the future. Same goes for any of our RFCs 🙂

Okay, thanks. I was suggesting changing the status field to be

status: [x]

for easier interoperability with inline tasks and other tools, but I guess it’s a bit late for such suggestions?

I really like the idea of grepping for

[ ]

and getting all open tasks, even if I have to look at the file name for a task note to understand what it is. The status field is quite a generic name so I assume that I can’t reliably grep for it.

As far as I can tell, you can put any string of characters you want within the

status

field. I usually have something like `status: 'next, write email'`… So I think you could also have markdown-style checkboxes there now, as-is. The

[ ]

would currently look redundant on lines in other notes that reference this task file, but it would make the task file findable by search tools like grep.

I was thinking exactly the same after posting that message! Maybe adding both the abbreviation wrapped in square brackets and the full string would work, like

status: [x] completed

, which would make it readable and greppable…

If you're looking to get wrapped around the wheel on a Monday (🤣 ), look at schema.org's example data structures for thing like https://schema.org/Person and think about how to structure your

people.md

notes! The more thought I put into systematic organizing my thoughts and measuring different metrics of my life (Quantified Self, etc), the need for a database with an elaborate schema AND a custom app for input/out is inescapable.

You'll soon be creating TODO's like this...and rethinking WHY you're creating TODO's in markdown like this...HAHA! [ ] TODO: Personal Dr. Appt. | | | | --------------- | -------------- | | timelineType | Fixed | | startDate | 1/26/2022 | | startTime | 16:00 | | goalStartTime | 15:45 | | actualStartTime | | | endDate | 1/26/2022 | | endTime | 16:40 | | goalEndTime | 16:40 | | actualEndTime | | | estDuration | 40 minutes | | actualDuration | | | honorificPrefix | Dr. | | givenName | Bill | | additionalName | Bart | | familyName | Beatit | | phone | 206-555-1212 | | address1 | 123 1ST AVE SW | | address2 | | | city | Seattle | | state | WA | | zip | 98999 | | status | Not started | | | |

Could Dendron be the "epitome of literate programming" where Dendron templates perform the role of "forms" for data input, and homegrown (or Dendron-supplied) "parsers" perform scraping, then Dendron Pods push to databases in the respected tables? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming

@User can you tell that idea you brought up has been running through my head for ~24hrs!?!

We've been playing around with how Markdown frontmatter can be your way of adding this data into notes that can later be used with other tooling parsing the YAML frontmatter (pods, scripts, etc.). Example:

markdown
## Daily Tasks
- Meet with @seadude (or [[user.seadude]])

YAML frontmatter can then contain extra info in the user note

yaml
title: Seadude
social:
  discord: 'seadude#7058'
  github: ...
  website: ...

Could do the same with task notes, such as the Dr. Appt table you showed, where you can just wikilink to a task note that contains all that information in the frontmatter.

Interesting...I'll think about what you said. Hm...💭

Anyone else been bitten by Google scrapping the G Suite legacy tier? My family have many GBs of docs, photos and mail, linked YouTube accounts, and Play purchases. I can move the mail, but the rest is gonna be tough 😓

@User I'm thinking along very similar lines. My plan is to do something closer to what @User suggested though. I imagine having data in dendron where one of my vaults is synced to other services. For example, xandikos is a CardDAV/CalDAV server that stores its data in git. I'm scheming about how to either make it a dendron "pod", or write my own tooling to keep it in sync with a dendron vault. Would it be crazy to consider pooling our efforts?

I'm exploring the dendron server, is the API published anywhere? Is it stable to use directly, or only intended for internal plugin / etc use and so the API can change any time, etc?

The Efforts!

hello there! since I wasn't sure where to ask about this, I decided to go for what appears to be the most generic chat channel in here :D how do I claim my horticulturalist role?

by doing what you just did. just added 🙂