Markdown as first-class citizen & networked knowledge

[trevormeier]

I just had an “aha” moment that links together several ideas across several forum threads.

MultiMarkdown supports links to anchor tags. This can take the form of an internal link within the same markdown file (headings automatically create an anchor tag), or an external link to a standard URL with an anchor tag. However, anchor tags don’t seem to work in DEVONthink for x-callback URLs.

For example:

# Link to Headers via Anchor Tags

## Examples

With MultiMarkdown, I can do [internal links][] to other headings in the same markdown document.

If I link to an [external page](https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6-Syntax-Guide/#building) with ```https://url#anchor``` it will also work.

However, if I link to a markdown file's [heading](x-devonthink-item://XXXCALLBACKXXX#anchor) with an internal DEVONthink x-callback URL using an anchor tag, it doesn't work.

## Internal Links

The first item in the [Examples][] will link here.

If DEVONthink supported the MMD anchor-tag format for internal x-callback URLs, it would enable the specific “knowledge block” addressing needed for true networked knowledge management. This would open up a whole new world of workflows within DT without requiring any other change as far as I can see. And it’s already supported within MultiMarkdown.

What do you think?

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Here are some of the other forum threads for reference:

Making and saving comments for selected text

The idea is for “knowledge blocks” to be able to be more granular. Instead of a monolithic document with everything in it, which pushes towards a hierarchical viewpoint, more granular addressing of knowledge blocks through individual files allows data to have one-to-many relationships with related ideas. I agree this might require a function in DT to view items together, e.g. similar to Scrivener’s “scrivenings” view, which shows selected documents together and allows editing as though they’re …

Support for textbundle format

Another +1 here for textbundle support. Bundling immutable assets (such as images) inside a simple markdown-based folder format would be desirable and solve a number of problems. The suggested workflow of creating a custom folder/group structure every time is a PITA, even if it’s automated with a template. For example: start writing in a markdown document, then realize you want to add images look up how to do this on the forum (either because it’s the first time or you haven’t done it in awhi…

Summarize Highlights for webarchive?

Hi there—I’d like to request the ability to summarize highlights for web archives. This saves having to import articles of interest as PDFs before highlighting & annotating. As it is, there’s a bit of an interface bug: when I highlight in a .webarchive file, the Tools -> Summarize Highlights menu options are available which is a bit misleading. I had to search on the forum to see that summarize highlights is not yet available for html-based files. Thanks!