nextcloud / nextcloud/notes

Implement inter-note-references [[link]]

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enhancement needs discussion
Dominant language
JavaScript
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Some editors allow for references to be added to notes. Those references are a link to that specific note.
This allows for fancy things like automatic-mind-map-creation.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to see notes support double-bracket-references.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Not implementing this.

Additional context
Obsidian.md allows this, aswell as zettlr.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how the JavaScript notes app parses and renders note links, then determine where double-bracket references would be recognized. Done means a note can reference a specific other note using [[link]] syntax and that reference behaves as a link; the issue does not name files or tests to run.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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