DataViewJs Queries for Longform Writers and Researchers

[gino_m]

A latest script was added here:

Return a string of text and the backlink via dataview

Now, not to pester OP or anyone else for their attention about yet more of the same, but – mainly for my own use cases to do with longform writing – I decided to make and share an upgrade of what came above, in the form of a Templater Js script with the DV query embedded, which lets the user interact with what they want output. It seems to be working well. <%* const currentFile = app.workspace.getActiveFile(); if (!currentFile) return; let folderRegex = /(.*)([/\\])/; // Default regex for ful…

In it, search term accepts regular expressions so the script can be used for ‘range or so-called proximity search’: e.g. <searchterm1>.*?<searchterm2> will find the two terms in their closest vicinity of one another and the full paragraph will be printed for context. The < and > are not part of the syntax, of course.

• Same thing as in the Obsidian search modal, but there you need to put in at least the opening / slash to indicate we want to use regex.
• The search done in the DV query like this is more superior as one can copy out the results for further processing. I expect later Obsidian versions will have this functionality in-built.