Dendron #questions

SeriousBug

03/15/2022, 9:37 PM

We don't have a built in feature for that, but you could use hooks to achieve this: https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/12551d19-04c2-4d26-ac1e-d23ff3181a9c/ You can also submit a feature request to add this as a feature!

03/15/2022, 9:41 PM

Thanks! Will probably not create a hook right now, but its nice to know that the option exists!

Daniel Silverstone

03/15/2022, 10:24 PM

If I add a remote workspace as a seed, the "copy url" feature works, but if I add it as a remote vault it doesn't - can I edit seeds I add, if I have permission to push to that repository, or do I have to add it as a vault to do that? Of course, I only seem to be able to add seeds which are defined already (not my own repos) and I can't work out what's missing if I add my own repo as a seed manually to make it able to copy urls anyway. So I guess that's moot.

aleksey

03/16/2022, 1:42 AM

Trait to open daily note for the current month or year

SeriousBug

03/16/2022, 1:50 AM

Yes, you can use any git service. Dendron doesn't have any github-only features, you need to create a repository on Gitlab and use the clone URL for it.

hikchoi

03/16/2022, 1:54 AM

> Dendron doesn't have any github-only features We do have some configuration for publishing that is Github-only. See: https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/l0jasjfkFhVag7c9NQMdY/ It is used to specify the CNAME and how the Github edit link behaves. You may need to disable edit links if you plan to use Gitlab and also publish

SeriousBug

03/16/2022, 2:00 AM

No, that should be fine. Dendron uses regular git commands to pull and push stuff so it should work.

codeluggage

03/16/2022, 2:18 AM

Does anyone know of a pod (or other tool/code that does the same) that extracts top-level comments and signatures from a file of code, into a hierarchical structure? Example: Given a project that has a structure like this:

src/models/routine.ts

The file has a

class Routine

with comments above it. The class has

function start(offsetSeconds: number)

with comments above it. It generates:

models.routine.md

with

## class Routine

that has

### function start

, with the comments as the content within each header. This would open for many things, one of the most exciting ones being: - Predictable "dendron-note-to-generated-note" linking - Guarding against comment rot through dendron discovering missing references after pod export run - Guarding against inverse documentation rot through dendron discovering missing references to notes from inside the generated markdown For comment rot: Given that text in

r.routines.lifecycle.md

referred to the code with

[[Routine model|models.routines#routine]]

, the missing link detection would identify if

src/models/routines.ts

or its (top level) signatures are renamed or removed. For "inverse documentation rot": Given that a comment in

src/models/routine.ts

said something like

The full routine lifecycle is visualized in [[r.routines.lifecycle#visualized]]

, the missing link detection would identify if

r.routines.lifecycle.md

or the

visualized

header, are renamed or removed.

user

03/16/2022, 2:42 AM

The Calendar view section is not showing up on my UI. I've followed the instructions on the wiki and added

enableWebUI: true

to my dendron.yml file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

kevins8

03/16/2022, 2:47 AM

extract-top-level comments from code

hikchoi

03/16/2022, 11:50 AM

I see that Gitlab does have a web editor so yes. It's possible. But it's not something we support right now. If you submit a feature request, we can track it in our backlog

Gander7

03/16/2022, 4:14 PM

I'm trying to set up my vault to be tracked by git. I can't use vscode commands to do it for security reasons, and just wondering about best practices. My understanding was that each vault in my workspace would/could be tracked to a different git repo. Is the best practice to just

git init

each vault (NOT the workspace) and then push it? Is there a best practice way to track the root files such as

dendron.yml

or should that be different per computer and "local-first"?

kevins8

03/16/2022, 4:19 PM

> Is the best practice to just git init each vault (NOT the workspace) and then push it? yep. if you already have a remote setup, you can use [vault convert](https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/6682fca0-65ed-402c-8634-94cd51463cc4.html#vault-convert) to auto initialize (but since you don't want to run vscode commands, maybe just do it manually) > Is there a best practice way to track the root files such as dendron.yml or should that be different per computer and "local-first"? the workspace itself should be a repo (the .gitignore is already set to ignore the given vaults). also see https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/24b176f1-685d-44e1-a1b0-1704b1a92ca0.html

Gander7

03/16/2022, 4:22 PM

Thanks, checked the

.gitignore

and my vault wasn't listed but I added it. I might have set up the vault wrong then 😛

kevins8

03/16/2022, 4:24 PM

hmm, should be when you use the

vault add

command. but this is why plaintext & git is nice - you have full autonomy to make your own actions 🙂

Gander7

03/16/2022, 4:31 PM

So, I may have done something stupid. my vault was called

vault

so I renamed the folder to

work-brain

. Dendron failed and I facepalmed remembering there was a command to rename the vault. So I changed it back. Now I don't think Dendron is initializing since all I get is this when I open the workspace:

Gander7

03/16/2022, 4:31 PM

can you help me fix my stupidity? NOTE: I upgraded to 86 while I had the folder name changed. 🤦‍♂️

Gander7

03/16/2022, 4:33 PM

Dev Logs:

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json
{"level":30,"time":1647448186625,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","ctx":"Logger:configure","msg":"exit","logLevel":"info"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186676,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","ctx":"_activate","stage":"prod","isDebug":false,"logLevel":"info","logPath":"c:\\Users\\zacha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\logs\\20220316T132729\\exthost4\\dendron.dendron","extensionPath":"c:\\Users\\zacha\\.vscode\\extensions\\dendron.dendron-0.86.1","extensionUri":"c:\\Users\\zacha\\.vscode\\extensions\\dendron.dendron-0.86.1","workspaceFolders":["c:\\repos\\work-brain"]}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186677,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"No cache path for Segment specified. Failed event uploads will not be retried."}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186680,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"user telemetry setting: enabled by config"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186680,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"telemetry initializing"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186680,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"using existing id"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186681,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","ctx":"DendronExtension","msg":"initialized"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186746,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","ctx":"_activate","msg":"initializeWorkspace","wsType":"NATIVE","currentVersion":"0.86.1","previousWorkspaceVersion":"0.86.1","previousGlobalVersion":"0.86.1","extensionInstallStatus":"NO_CHANGE"}

Gander7

03/16/2022, 4:34 PM

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json
{"level":30,"time":1647448186787,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"user telemetry setting: enabled by config"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186787,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"telemetry initializing"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186787,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"using existing id"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186788,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","msg":"Telemetry is disabled? false"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186788,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","msg":"Segment Residual Cache Path is at c:\\Users\\zacha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\User\\globalStorage\\dendron.dendron\\segmentresidualcache.log"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186788,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"Attempting to flush residual segment data from file."}
{"level":50,"time":1647448186822,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","stack":"TypeError: i.ConfigUtils.getVaults(...).filter is not a function\n    at w.syncVaults (c:\\Users\\zacha\\.vscode\\extensions\\dendron.dendron-0.86.1\\dist\\extension.js:2:468196)\n    at w.initialize (c:\\Users\\zacha\\.vscode\\extensions\\dendron.dendron-0.86.1\\dist\\extension.js:2:458835)\n    at Ui (c:\\Users\\zacha\\.vscode\\extensions\\dendron.dendron-0.86.1\\dist\\extension.js:8:3223078)","type":"Error","msg":"i.ConfigUtils.getVaults(...).filter is not a function"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448304004,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","ctx":"dendron.dev.openLogs:run","msg":"pre-execute"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448304004,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","ctx":"execute","opts":{}}
{"level":30,"time":1647448304039,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","ctx":"dendron.dev.openLogs:run","msg":"post-execute"}

SeriousBug

03/16/2022, 5:04 PM

If you can open your

dendron.yml

file, you just need to change the name under the vaults section:

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vaults:
    - fsPath: vault # change this to work-brain

ScriptAutomate

03/16/2022, 5:13 PM

@User This may also require updating the

dendron.code-workspace

file, in addition to the

dendron.yml

file mentioned above. Then probably doing a reload window command to bring Dendron back up

Gander7

03/16/2022, 5:22 PM

So I changed the folder name back to vault, so I could do it the right way after I fix it.

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md
# dendron.code-workspace
{
  "folders": [
    {
      "path": "vault"
    }
  ],
  ...
}

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md
# dendron.yml
workspace:
    vaults:
        -fsPath: vault

I opened and closed vscode and tried the

Developer: Reload Window

but received the same empty json error both times.

Gander7

03/16/2022, 5:37 PM

Dev Logs showed it tried to flush residual segment data. Would deleting or emptying that

segmentresidualcache.log

file help?

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json
{"level":30,"time":1647448186788,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","msg":"Segment Residual Cache Path is at c:\\Users\\zacha\\AppData\\Roaming\\Code\\User\\globalStorage\\dendron.dendron\\segmentresidualcache.log"}
{"level":30,"time":1647448186788,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"SegmentClient","msg":"Attempting to flush residual segment data from file."}
{"level":50,"time":1647448186822,"pid":9760,"hostname":"hostname","name":"dendron","stack":"TypeError: i.ConfigUtils.getVaults(...).filter is not a function\n    at w.syncVaults (c:\\Users\\zacha\\.vscode\\extensions\\dendron.dendron-0.86.1\\dist\\extension.js:2:468196)\n    at w.initialize (c:\\Users\\zacha\\.vscode\\extensions\\dendron.dendron-0.86.1\\dist\\extension.js:2:458835)\n    at Ui (c:\\Users\\zacha\\.vscode\\extensions\\dendron.dendron-0.86.1\\dist\\extension.js:8:3223078)","type":"Error","msg":"i.ConfigUtils.getVaults(...).filter is not a function"}

kevins8

03/16/2022, 5:40 PM

no, that shouldn't affect this

Gander7

03/16/2022, 6:02 PM

Thanks @User @User @User for your time on that 🙂 (Resolved with a new workspace)

Daniel Silverstone

03/16/2022, 8:06 PM

@User Is there a way to get workspace vaults to have their copy-note-url work properly when added to another workspace? I have seen this work for seeds, but I'm not sure I can add my own repos as seeds. An easy reproduction is: "Have a new dendron workspace, add the dendron site seed, and see how you can copy URLs to the dendron site when in notes in the seed. Now remove the seed and instead add it as a remote vault. Notice how you can't look up note URLs any more."

SeriousBug

03/16/2022, 8:07 PM

No unfortunately. You might be able to get it working by writing a seed config for your own workspace vault by hand, but I've never tried it. We do have improvements to vaults coming that will make this possible though. I'm actively working on it, it should be available in a month or two.

Daniel Silverstone

03/16/2022, 8:08 PM

@User Aha, cool. I wasn't sure if it would be part of what you were up to - you told me you were working on being able to publish different vaults differently, but I'd not learned of adding a vault which is actually a workspace before, so I was excited until it didn't work 😄

Daniel Silverstone

03/16/2022, 8:10 PM

If I managed to add my own workspace thingy as a seed, would I be able to still edit it, or are seeds treated as read-only?

SeriousBug

03/16/2022, 8:11 PM

Seeds are regular vaults, so I think it should work.