Closing Database
Whenever I close a database because I dont want to use it. the next time I launch DevonThink the databases pops up again, any reason why?
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DEVONthink for Note-Taking?
so which one is the most future proof? MD or RTF DEVONthink for Note-Taking? DEVONthink I use only DT for my note-making. No other app is required as I love simplicity and all the options I have in...
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Hens: so which one is the most future proof? MD or RTF No one can tell you. I’d guess that MD is already more widely adopted than RTF ever was (or will be). And (someone else already mentioned that)...
View ArticleSetting created/modified dates from markdown front matter
I’d also suggest using something like app.search("kind: markdown"). If needed, add {in: app.databases['YOUR DATABASE']} after the search string. Rationale: That way, you can search through all...
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Smart rule for deleting images that are not used in markdown documents?
For what it’s worth I use this smart rule to discover any unlinked images I may have in my diary markdown files: I know it doesn’t delete the images, as you wanted, but that’s not a particularly...
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Setting created/modified dates from markdown front matter
chrillek: since DT organizes its imported records by type on disk: all MD records are already collected underneath the same folder. Actually the structure of the Files.noindex folder doesn’t affect...
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DEVONthink for Note-Taking?
chrillek: Though RTF is a clear-text format, it’s nearly impossible to script it (without using third party software like Apple’s Richttext framework), much less handle it with command line tools....
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Is the database used by any scheduled smart rules or reminders? Another possible reason are folder actions and other scripts.
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DEVONthink for Note-Taking?
And there is a robust library for Python (used by millions if not more) for RTF. That is unlikely to disappear in the foreseeable future. PyPI PyRTF3 PyRTF - Rich Text Format Document Generation
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rmschne: And there is a robust library for Python Last updated 6,5 years ago, the link to the source repository is broken. And I don’t see any documentation… That doesn’t say anything about the...
View ArticleConvert to Markdown creates an E-book
I pick this discussion up though it is already old. I have the same problem: In DEVONthink my Markdown files are listed as the document type “E-book”. The solution described in this discussion does...
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Convert to Markdown creates an E-book
Ok, a couple of minutes later and I can tell that the problem is solved The described solution here works. However, it only works from within DEVONthink. The required steps are: In DEVONthink go to a...
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Future proofing is relative. RTF and docx are decipherable enough by observation. The format we really don’t want to disappear is zip. Rename a .docx or .xlsx file to .zip, unzip it, and it is little...
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Or do you have a Bonjour sync with Preferences > Sync > Bonjour Options > Open databases automatically enabled?
View ArticleOrphaned files after crash
Hold the Option key and choose Help > Report bug to start a support ticket so we can examine the logs. But the short story is, orphaned items need to be manually refiled. If you (hopefully) have...
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Smart rule for deleting images that are not used in markdown documents?
Very nice! I had never even considered that as it’s too easy to narrowly think about text document linking.
View ArticleConvert to Markdown creates an E-book
Welcome @wlars and no worries! DEVONthink gets that information directly from the Finder, as you have discovered. One thing to note: Selecting DEVONthink as your Markdown editor will cause a document...
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Docx, XLSX and RTF are well-defined formats. And of course you can extract text from XML as well as from RTF, but you’ll lose all formatting, aka semantical information. I was talking about the...
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