Database with external files indexed - creating files in external file system

[Bernardo_V]

@ksandvik

Basically treat Devonthink as a file browser where indexing is saved in the database but creating new files happens in the original directory hierarchy.

One thing to watch out for is that you absolutely need to be inside the indexed folder when creating new files. If for some reason it gets created in the database, you also can right-click and select Move to external folder (or something like this)

@ksandvik

its like how VodooPad works, you create a page and then if the page name is mentioned in any other pages it will make it to a link

DT3 can do that!

You just have to choose Names and Aliases in Settings > WikiLinks. I was using VoodooPad as well and everything I could do with it and more, I can do now with DT3.

The aliases feature is even more powerful in DT3 than in VP, since you can insert them as a simple comma-separated string (in VP you have to insert them one by one). I wrote about how I use this in this thread.

@ksandvik

Or, you could select a string and make it to a link and it also becomes a new page.

Since 3.0.2, I think, there is an applescript to do that using ⌘L. I made some changes to the original script and posted it here. With the modifications, this is what happens when I press ⌘L:

1. It will use the selected text for the name of the new note. If there is no text selected, it will ask me for a name.
2. Next, it will ask me for the text in the body of the new note, with the content of the clipboard already showing up as a possible default answer.
3. Finally, it will open the note in a new tab.

@ksandvik

Now, I suspect I need to implement this outside DevonThink just now.

With DT3 you can do all of this and still have your files in the indexed iCloud drive