Leave blank lines in yaml untouched

[winne]

would you please implement the option to not remove existing empty lines from yaml when editing properties other than in source mode?
i use empty lines to visibly structure data. thx so much;

[WhiteNoise]

API: processFrontMatter removes string quotes, comments, types, formatting

So we’ve had long debates about this, and it mostly comes down to a trade-off between allowing user to store arbitrary comments and formatting in the YAML, vs making it not painful for plugins to interact with YAML. I will say that it is rather unfortunate that YAML became the most popular way markdown documents store metadata. YAML is difficult to write by hand because it provides way too many options to write the same thing, and there’s a lot of “gotchas” such as reserved keywords, the many m…

[winne]

ah, ok, too bad. with yaml i get along, with js not;)
thanks anyway for your detailed answer, cheers

[winne]

btw, will you support nested keys in near future, or is that also not practicable for the same reason?

[ariehen]

Maybe this? Give it a to upvote the feature request.

Properties: Support multi-level YAML (nested attributes)

Use case or problem We need to be able to support multi-level YAML. Especially for Dataview users --- parent: - child1: - grandchild1: 1 - grandchild2: 2 - child2: - grandchild3: 3 - grandchild4: 4 ---

[winne]

already did;) couldn’t find a hint on what the future brings, if it’s worth waiting or rather decide for or against the use of properties. i was just wondering if what @WhiteNoise has explained here could also have something to do with the current incompatibility of nested keys …

[ursa_teddy]

@aiehen

Not sure if this is a solution for your needs, however I do multilevel style tags using the ‘/’ notation.

So in your example:

parent:
  - child1
  - child1/grandchild1
  - child1/grandchild2
  - child2
  - child2/grandchild3
  - child2/grandchild4

It may not display the nicely laid out structure you are after, however it does delineate the relationships between the keys and can be used in DataView.

[ariehen]

I think you may have intended to reply to the original poster, winne.

[ursa_teddy]

@airehen Possibly I can neither confirm or deny that statement.