I am maintaining course notes using IA Writer, which are organised into files and folders.
I tag notes with terms like #verb, #noun, #adjective and so on.
I always have DT3 open at the same time with a database that indexes the folder structure, and that makes it easy to find notes with particular terms, words or word endings - great.
I’ve noticed however that a number of the markdown documents when viewed in DT3 have no tags displayed at the bottom of the window. Sometimes, one of the tags is missing, but other tags are shown. It doesn’t seem consistent.
When I look at the sidebar and browse the tags that DT3 has recognised, some categories are now completely empty, whereas they used to point to documents - notably #verbs which should have many documents within it.
If I edit a problem document and save it, the tags will appear, but since I always have DT3 and IA Writer open at the same time, this should have been happening anyway.
‘Update Indexed Items’ doesn’t seem to resolve the issue. I could re-create the database since it’s indexed content, but if it happens again I again risk ‘losing content’ in that it disappears from the tag index.
Example markdown below:
한국인 has the same meaning as 한국 사람.
There are three ways to refer to someone from a country, by attaching 사람, 인, or 분 to the end of the country's name.
#noun
#connector
What OS and version of DEVONthink?
Sequoia 15.1.1 and DT3 3.9.8
What is set in DEVONthink’s Settings > Files > Import?
Convert hashtags to tags - Set
Convert keywords to tags - Not set
Convert properties to tags - Not set
Convert geolocation to tags - Not set
Add Vision suggestions to images - Not set
In the interests of time, I’ve created a new database and re-imported the folders so I can keep going.
#verb that was previously 0 is now showing 32 documents, which matches the number shown in the Finder if I select the tag there.
I put my hashtags on adjacent lines like this:
#verb
#tense
Is that OK?
My bad, I meant I re-indexed the content !
Work with the new database a bit and see if the issue recurs.
Will do, thanks for your replies.
I’ve spotted the issue again today while reviewing some notes.
As before, some indexed Markdown documents aren’t being tagged correctly, so do not appear in the list of documents when I select the tag ‘verb’ in the side bar.
I’ve gone into IA Writer, made an edit and saved the document, then selected ‘Update Indexed Items’, but this hasn’t forced DT3 to reindex the document.
As you can see below, although the #verb is in the document, only one of them shows in the tag list.
No, I can’t see this. Did you forget to post a screen capture
No, I can see the screenshot in the post above your reply.
It was unclear that is two separate documents.
ZIP and post both documents so we can inspect them.
‘03 Can’t - 못 and 지 못하다 Forms.md’ is an example of a file that is successfully tagged, ‘04 Negative Sentences.md’ is one that isn’t being tagged.
This is not an issue with DEVONthink. It’s one of your very complex document.
If you look at the WYSIWYG source, you should notice the headers aren’t being displayed as headers. Also, the text is shown light gray as if they’re in a code block. That should have tipped you off. Backtracking to the last working header, you have…
: Attach Subject Marker to noun being described (`이` or `가`) ➜ 저는 빌리가 아니에요` - I am not Billy
That is incorrect as it’s missing the first backtick. So you essentially made the rest of the document one giant fenced code block.
Corrected to…
: Attach Subject Marker to noun being described (`이` or `가`) ➜ `저는 빌리가 아니에요` - I am not Billy
…and the hashtag is immediately detected and converted.
Oh dear, this is embarrassing!
I only use the preview mode in DT3 when searching and browsing my content.
I rely on the editor view and preview mode in IA Writer when creating the content, and usually it will show up unbalanced code ticks. This one managed to get through!
Thank you for your excellent detective work!
Mo worries and you’re welcome 
