The script functions by turning the content of the selected EN note into plain text, searching that text for WikiWords and placing around them, extracting all terms that are contained within, creating a new Notebook in EN (if necessary) with name of selected note, searching EN for existing notes with titles of the terms, a "Wiki" tag, and placed in the newly created Notebook, creating all necessary notes in the new Notebook, getting the note links of all the notes in that new Notebook, putting the note name and note URl together in Markdown format, putting back around the note titles, creates 2 lists: one, of note titles (which were WikiWords and in original note) and two, of Markdown formatted note titles and note links, removes any duplicates from lists, sorts both lists so that they are in the same order, finds terms and WikiWords in original notes and replaces with Markdown formatted (Note Link), and finally exports new text to Markdown editor for Evernote, Markable.Īt this point the user must manually export the Markdown text to Evernote as HTML (very important, and not currently the default setting). ) will create 2 notes: "multiple" and "words". NOTE: You may either type WikiWords or words, but multiple words within brackets (i.e.
It uses WikiWords and words as the base for the newly created notes. This script take the selected note and treat it as the Index Page for Wiki-Style sub-pages created in a seperate Notebook that is entitled the same as your Note. Script is here (the forum won't currently let me attach a script file to the post, sorry). I would love to add soon an AutoLinking function (a la Voodoopad's automatically link to a page if you type the page title), as well as migrate away from the third-party app Markable to get from Markdown to Evernote.īut, as it stands, this script will Wikify your Evernote. Any additions or alterations are welcome. And I am an Applescript noob, so I doubt it is the most efficient. While the script doesn't quite create the fluidity of a personal desktop wiki (finishing typing a word and it links), it does create a very fluid wiki-like experience in EN (tests run appr. Each note you write thus becomes an Index Page (in Voodoopad speak) for its sub notes. The script currently creates all new notes in a new Notebook that is named the original note title. With this script, you can write a new note, put in WikiWords as you wood in a personal wiki and it will generate new pages if necessary and link to all pages with WikiWord titles.
One then merely pastes into Markable and exports to EN. It will then retrieve the note links of these new notes, create Markdown formated (link) entries for each, and replace them in the text. The script below will take the text of an EN note, search for WikiWords, and create new notes with those WikiWord titles. Thus my cross-app links look quite ugly (i.e. Unfortunately, while Voodoopad can export its documents from Markdown to HTML, it cannot easily view Markdown as HTML within the program. It is quite simple, and being plain text, easily automated. While I had seen simply Markdown syntax before (# for header, etc), I had not seen the Markdown linking syntax. In struggling to automate external link creation in Voodoopad via Applescript, I stumbled across Markdown (I'm late to the game, I know). I was particularly frustrated by this fault because I take advantage of numerous apps now creating their own custom URL schemes to create an inter-linked knowledge base across my various applications. While it was almost magical how easily Voodoopad linked to voodoopad pages, it was quite the hassle to link to external files. This was always one of my favorite aspects of EN as well, with the Stacks and Notebooks.Īnother issue for the personal desktop wiki program was the cumbersomeness of external linking. Specifically, I felt it greatly lacked a means of powerful Vertical Organization that is, the nested organization with multiple levels seen in Finder, for example. Although I loved to no hassle page linking (simply type a WikiWord and a new page is created if a page exists and you type its title somewhere, it is automatically linked), I did not love the Interface.
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As a Mac user, I worked with Voodoopad for a while.
However, I began to flirt with alternatives in the wiki-verse because I really love the idea of what I call organic horizontal organization that is, a form of organization at the base level of notes (or pages, or documents, or what ever you call your base note form) that is interconnected among itself, creating an inter-locking, inter-linking web. I have used it extensively this year (my first year of grad school). Like many users (I imagine), I initially fell in love with Evernote and its ability truly to be my external brain.
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