• mogoh@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Saying Obsidian uses just TXT files suggest, that I could use any editor and that Obsidians file format is compatible with any editor. That is technically the truth, but the problem is, that if I decide to use another editor I might get problems because of the lacking ability to usefully edit the metadata. So, if I use Obsidian, the files are de facto not compatible with other editors.

    Of course I could switch off of Obsidian and I have the raw data, so I am not locked in. But I think stating that obsidan uses just txt files without any explanation is a bit misleading.

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      1 month ago

      Obsidian is just another WYSIWYG Editor.
      What makes it a problwm is the MD-dialect they employ.

      For example callouts in obsidian are not possible in the markdown flavor of vs-code.
      I can’t do thiy in vscode

      > [!warning]-  
      > This is a collapsed warning
      

      But that is what I quite like and I found no other programs which handles as well as Obsidian.
      Maybe some parts of vscode markdown with plugins closes the gap.