Extended Search and Replace Mode

[Nocturnal]

Use case or problem

When I copy something from an external source to Obsidian notes, the new line character is lost and it copies all items continously in a single paragraph. For example when I copy YouTube timestamps into Obsidians notes, each timestamp collapses into a single line. To correct this, the cursor should be interted in each item and enter key should be pressed.

TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 – The Hype is Insane 00:41 – The Quiet Revolution Nobody Talks About 01:10 – What Happened with GPT-4o 01:58 – My Honest Take on AI 02:36 – Why New Models Still Matters

Sample link to try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-oNHD-9DdQ

This kind of problem also happens while copying from other sources.

Proposed solution

If the already existing ‘Find’ and ‘Replace’ functionalities includes escape sequences like ‘\n’ (for example, like in Notepad++ Searching | Notepad++ User Manual ), a simple search and replace can make the correction easy.

Thank you!

[dawni]

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Not trying to demoralize with five-year-old requests! Just letting you (and others) know so you could consolidate hearts.