Re: [Zim-wiki] Lots of automatic links pointing nowhere

[Will Foran]

I don't have a solution, but I share this issue on one (debian) of two
(other=archlinux) zim installs using the same notebook (synced with
syncthing).

On the problematic debian install, I tried opening the notebook with a
fresh-from-git version of zim and had the issue. So, maybe it is an issue
in ~/.local/share/zim/

I didn't spend too much time on this as the work around is easy. when
completing a link with cmd+L, start with  :

for inserting a date link with the calendar plugin, I use a modified version
 of the now-button plugin


On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:42 PM Christoph Held 
wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thanks for your response but this is not the problem I described. The
> targets do exist already, but elsewhere in the hierarchy.
>
> An example:
>
> A
> B
> C
> 1
> 2
> 3
>
> Imagine I am writing an entry 3 and in it I would like to link to the
> (already existing) entry C.
> What I do is
> Cmd-L
> I will type “C" (okay, the name is really longer but you get the idea)
> In the drop down list that appears I select “C” and accept
>
> What I get is a functional link, yes, but instead of taking me to C in the
> above example, I find it takes me to
>
> A
> B
> C
> 1
> 2
> 3
> *A*
> * B*
> * C*
>
> Because the syntax that was automatically inserted looks like this:
> A:B:C
>
> Instead of
> :A:B:C
> Note the missing leading colon, thus the link is pointing to A:B:C
> starting from the actual position of the link origin (entry 3) rather than
> following an absolute path starting from the highest level in the hierarchy.
>
> I hope this is clearer now.
> Again, my question is if this is a known behaviour and what I can do to
> avoid this problem.
>
> Thanks
> Christoph
>
> On 9 May 2018, at 14:40, Guilherme Lino  wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> By default there are several things that create links automatically.
>
> Writing " +something " a word starting with +
> Writing " SomeThing " camel case
> Writing " :something " a word starting with :
>
> Even if you paste the text from somewhere else. Those words will be
> clickable. Will appear grey in the tree until you put some content.
>
> Also pasting folders with .txt files inside one of Zim notebook folders
> will show in the links tree.
>
> Regards,
>
> On 9 May 2018 at 10:53, Christoph Held  wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> My main Zim Notebook is accumulating links that I have not set
>> intentionally, to be more precise, I have created a link but it is pointing
>> to a target that does not exist where the link is pointing thus a new but
>> empty target appears in the Index pane in italic letters.
>> The reason in a few cases seems to be that the link target is missing the
>> leading colon.
>>
>> I usually create a link by typing Cmd-L (on a Mac) and type a few letters
>> until the desired target appears in a drop down list, I select it,
>> sometimes I adjust the descriptive text to make the rendered text look a
>> bit more readable and accept my choice.
>>
>>
>> Why would Zim sometimes suggest incomplete paths thus implicitly creating
>> unwanted new targets with the shortest relative path? I am pretty sure I
>> did not create these link targets myself.
>>
>> Any ideas how to fix or avoid this behaviour in the future?
>>
>> Christoph
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Re: [Zim-wiki] Lots of automatic links pointing nowhere

[Christoph Held]

Hi

Thanks for your response but this is not the problem I described. The targets 
do exist already, but elsewhere in the hierarchy. 

An example:

A
B
C

1
2
3

Imagine I am writing an entry 3 and in it I would like to link to the (already 
existing) entry C. 
What I do is 
Cmd-L
I will type “C" (okay, the name is really longer but you get the idea)
In the drop down list that appears I select “C” and accept

What I get is a functional link, yes, but instead of taking me to C in the 
above example, I find it takes me to

A
B
C

1
2
3
A
B
C

Because the syntax that was automatically inserted looks like this:
A:B:C

Instead of 
:A:B:C
Note the missing leading colon, thus the link is pointing to A:B:C starting 
from the actual position of the link origin (entry 3) rather than following an 
absolute path starting from the highest level in the hierarchy.

I hope this is clearer now. 
Again, my question is if this is a known behaviour and what I can do to avoid 
this problem.

Thanks
Christoph

> On 9 May 2018, at 14:40, Guilherme Lino  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> By default there are several things that create links automatically.
> 
> Writing " +something " a word starting with +
> Writing " SomeThing " camel case
> Writing " :something " a word starting with :
> 
> Even if you paste the text from somewhere else. Those words will be 
> clickable. Will appear grey in the tree until you put some content.
> 
> Also pasting folders with .txt files inside one of Zim notebook folders will 
> show in the links tree.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> On 9 May 2018 at 10:53, Christoph Held  > wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> My main Zim Notebook is accumulating links that I have not set intentionally, 
> to be more precise, I have created a link but it is pointing to a target that 
> does not exist where the link is pointing thus a new but empty target appears 
> in the Index pane in italic letters.
> The reason in a few cases seems to be that the link target is missing the 
> leading colon. 
> 
> I usually create a link by typing Cmd-L (on a Mac) and type a few letters 
> until the desired target appears in a drop down list, I select it, sometimes 
> I adjust the descriptive text to make the rendered text look a bit more 
> readable and accept my choice. 
> 
> 
> Why would Zim sometimes suggest incomplete paths thus implicitly creating 
> unwanted new targets with the shortest relative path? I am pretty sure I did 
> not create these link targets myself.
> 
> Any ideas how to fix or avoid this behaviour in the future?
> 
> Christoph
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Re: [Zim-wiki] Lots of automatic links pointing nowhere

[Guilherme Lino]

Hello,

By default there are several things that create links automatically.

Writing " +something " a word starting with +
Writing " SomeThing " camel case
Writing " :something " a word starting with :

Even if you paste the text from somewhere else. Those words will be
clickable. Will appear grey in the tree until you put some content.

Also pasting folders with .txt files inside one of Zim notebook folders
will show in the links tree.

Regards,

On 9 May 2018 at 10:53, Christoph Held  wrote:

> Hi all
>
> My main Zim Notebook is accumulating links that I have not set
> intentionally, to be more precise, I have created a link but it is pointing
> to a target that does not exist where the link is pointing thus a new but
> empty target appears in the Index pane in italic letters.
> The reason in a few cases seems to be that the link target is missing the
> leading colon.
>
> I usually create a link by typing Cmd-L (on a Mac) and type a few letters
> until the desired target appears in a drop down list, I select it,
> sometimes I adjust the descriptive text to make the rendered text look a
> bit more readable and accept my choice.
>
>
> Why would Zim sometimes suggest incomplete paths thus implicitly creating
> unwanted new targets with the shortest relative path? I am pretty sure I
> did not create these link targets myself.
>
> Any ideas how to fix or avoid this behaviour in the future?
>
> Christoph
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[Zim-wiki] Lots of automatic links pointing nowhere

[Christoph Held]

Hi all

My main Zim Notebook is accumulating links that I have not set intentionally, 
to be more precise, I have created a link but it is pointing to a target that 
does not exist where the link is pointing thus a new but empty target appears 
in the Index pane in italic letters.
The reason in a few cases seems to be that the link target is missing the 
leading colon. 

I usually create a link by typing Cmd-L (on a Mac) and type a few letters until 
the desired target appears in a drop down list, I select it, sometimes I adjust 
the descriptive text to make the rendered text look a bit more readable and 
accept my choice. 


Why would Zim sometimes suggest incomplete paths thus implicitly creating 
unwanted new targets with the shortest relative path? I am pretty sure I did 
not create these link targets myself.

Any ideas how to fix or avoid this behaviour in the future?

Christoph
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