Folder Note Plugin: Add description note to folder

[aidenlx]

@pjeby

FYI, your wiki page on the different strategies is incorrect regarding the cons of the inside-same strategy: you do not need to use [[myFolder/myFolder]] to link, [[myFolder]] is sufficient if you only have one note named myFolder.

First, thanks for your suggestion on the pro-con comparison. It’s mostly adapted from xgpo’s without too many changes.

@pjeby

You may also wish to add to the Pros of that style that it’s compatible with the Note Folder Autorename plugin, which users may prefer if they’d rather move or rename the note than the folder. (As notes can be moved or renamed using keyboard commands, unlike folders which require mouse operations on the explorer view, or else Quick Explorer.)

This feature is already covered in my plugin, so I will add a warning about this.

@pjeby

(After a bit more examination it looks like the main thing the plugin adds is the vfolder block syntax, but it’s not clear to me that it couldn’t be just a plugin that provides vfolder blocks, since the vfolder syntax could be useful on its own without any of the other features, and I assume it could be used with xpgo’s plugin to get the renaming and file explorer parts.)

TLDR: alx-folder-note is a maintained, completely rewritten, and improved folder note plugin that covers all core features of the original folder note (except folder overview), with enhanced file explorer patches and lots of QoL improvements, aiming to make the folder with note work as seamless as native files.

The foldverv is actually not the main purpose for the new plugin. The reason for the new folder note:

1. At first, I implemented several improvements as a pr on the xpgo’s plugins such as keep folder with folder notes collapsable on file explorer. But as I continue, I found that my implementation is basically a complete rewrite of the original plugin, as I move on to patch file explorer core plugin directly instead of dom patch in the global window, which is quite unreliable.
2. it seems that the xpgo’s plugin is no longer maintained and the author has disappeared from the community for quite a while
3. the plugin is without any license, so no forked version, no new features without author’s permission unless rewriting a new one

The major improvement is that it allows auto-hide on folder notes, while original plugin hides only if you click on the folder, as well as classes to folder item to allow styling on folder in file explorer with linked note, and many QoL improvements. Also, API is exposed for other plugins.

@pjeby

In addition, Quick Explorer supports the inside-same folder note strategy, by showing previews of the folder note as a preview for the containing folder, so that might be another pro worth mentioning. (Of course, I might be biased, since I wrote both NFA and Quick Explorer. )

I’ll talk about this in the discord, I have a very similar plugin and I think we may be able to collaborate