#1

Some software exports markdown files with .markdown or .mmd extensions. (I believe .mmd has been used for MultiMarkdown files in the past.)

Obsidian only seems to recognize .md files in a vault. Please consider recognizing the other two extensions, .markdown and .mmd, in addition to .md.

No big deal – can always rename files if needed – would rather not have to though.

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#2

I really wanted to take Obsidian for a spin, but yeah, it doesn’t recognize my hundreds of files with the .markdown extension as Markdown files. :frowning:

Is this on the roadmap?

#3

I don’t know if it’s on the roadmap or not, but you could always programmatically rename these files!
On Linux, or with GNU utilities installed on a Mac, you would use:

while read f; do mv "$f" "${f%%.markdown}.md" ; done < <(find . -iname '*.markdown')

I’m sure there are some Windows wizzs here who could help you with that if necessary!

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#4

It’s simple to change file extensions in macOS in the Finder app. But that’s not what this thread is about.

#5

Yeah, other apps exporting textbundles are coming with a .markdown file instead of .md. I thought it was a bug when I first tried to open the .markdown and it went over to TextEditor (default app). I changed the file name to .md and it opened in Obsidian, no problem for me.

The big problem here is a new user to Obsidian wouldn’t understand why their “markdown” .markdown file isn’t opening in an app that is designed for markdown.