On Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 11:18:39 PM UTC-5, Thomas Passin wrote: > > > > On Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 10:59:37 PM UTC-5, Thomas Passin wrote: >> >> Andy, thanks for your comments. I will give my reaction to them in a >> series of posts, one per item. >> > > Continuing my reactions to your comments - >
> 9. Backlinks > @andyjim" "Yes, bi-directional links is on my wish list. > I agree that backlinks should be in exported files, but not sure what the > implications are. I've assumed all code embedded in a zettel should be in > any external files. But let's see, if we want to export a file to say, > Scrivener to be worked into a document, it seems at that point we're > expunging it from the zettelkasten system and it should only need text and > perhaps markdown, but will it need any embedded code? Probably I'm not > understanding on this one." > My thinking on this one has changed over the last few days. Backlinks are important for sure. This means that of you link zettel A to zettel B, then the system knows that zettel B should also be linked to zettel A. However, keeping all that information in the zettel itself might make for the zettel getting too long. Remember that part of the zettelkasten system depends on the notes being short and focused. When the system sets up the links, it certainly can create and keep track of the backlinks. But maybe, if the data is exported to text, there should be a separate file that only contains these backlinks. That might fulfill the intention of having all the information available in simple text files while keeping the individual zettels short and relatively clean. Of course, if we have our system working, it could export just the text of the zettel if that's what we need for say publishing papers. That's a separate matter from recovering our data. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/76b60e2f-011b-4f2a-839e-b46d1afdcf5d%40googlegroups.com.
