Realize various functions: conversion, batch addition, text extraction, global modification, shortcut key operation, collection of MD documents（download：ObHelper.zip）

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ObHelper.zip (385.4 KB)

Welcome to the OB Editing Assistant v1.7.

Note: the function of this tool is only valid in Obsidian software!

  1. In the Chinese input state, click the keys - [, [6, [9, 1 [[, 1 [9) to output half angle symbol combination;

  2. After selecting the text

2.1. Press the F2 key to add the []] symbol at both ends of the text; if the text contains [[]], remove it;

2.2. Press the CTRL + F2 key to quickly clear all the [[]] symbols in the current page;

  1. Press F3 key to search for the current keyword quickly (OB shortcut key is Ctrl + Shift + F);

  2. Press F4 key:

4.1. If single line text is selected, a new note with the name of stroke text will be created quickly;

4.2. If multi line text is selected, create a new note to save the selected text and complete the internal link;

  1. Press F5 / F6 / F7 / F8 to set or cancel bold, highlight, italics and delete effects;

  2. After entering the text, press the shortcut keys such as Ctrl + 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 to quickly switch the title level;

  3. Press the X, C, V keys while holding down the left mouse button, which is equivalent to cutting, copying and pasting operations;

  4. Pressing Ctrl + Shift + V can achieve enhanced paste

8.1 you can paste the copied web documents or excel tables with more than 1 column as the markdown syntax style;

8.2 you can paste the copied markdown grammar style table into excel;

  1. Right mouse button gesture

9.1. Stroke left to return to the previous note; right to continue with the next note;

9.2. Stroke up to copy the selected text; down to paste.

After v1.4, some practical functions have been enhanced

If multi line or spaced text is selected, the []] symbol can be added at both ends of each text segment;

Press F9 to set the sequence table; press F10 to set the unordered list;

Press Ctrl + Shift + C to save the selected page content as MD document;

Press F12 to specify the Library Directory for storing MD documents;

The mouse gesture function is cancelled to avoid interference with the normal operation of obsidian.

If you find bug or functional requirements, welcome to leave a message to silkworm (QQ: 312815311)

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Wow, tested it a little and like it! Do you mind sharing the AutoHotkey code? If not, that’s okay of course too. Thanks for your work.

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回头稳定后会分享的

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For anyone who does not understand what @iteacher has just said, he basically said "I will share it (the AutoHotkey Code) when it is stable. " Luckily I know Chinese.

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;当按下F2键后，先复制选文，判断，如包含[[]]符号，则正则替换为空；反之则正则替换为前后补加[[]]
F2::
if WinActive(“ahk_exe obsidian.exe”)
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll
Send, ^c
Sleep, 100
if (clipboard != “”)
{
FoundPos := RegExMatch(clipboard, "[[.]]")
if (FoundPos > 0)
{
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “[[|]]”, “”)
Send, ^v
}
else
{
clipboard := “[[” clipboard “]]”
Send, ^v
}
}
else
{
Send {F2}
}
Sleep, 50
Clipboard := ClipSaved
ClipSaved := “”
Return

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;按CTRL + F2键可快速清除当前页面中的所有[[]]符号
^f2::
if WinActive(“ahk_exe obsidian.exe”)
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll
Send, ^a
Sleep, 200
Send, ^c
Sleep, 100
if (clipboard != “”)
{
FoundPos := RegExMatch(clipboard, "[[.]]")
if (FoundPos > 0)
{
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “[[|]]”, “”)
Send, ^v
}
}
else
{
Send ,^{F2}
}
Sleep, 50
Clipboard := ClipSaved
ClipSaved := “”
Return

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For anyone who has trouble understanding Chinese, I have provided translations of @iteacher’s comments:

After pressing F2, if the selected text is a link, it will be unlinked. Otherwise, the selected text will be linked.

F2::
if WinActive(“ahk_exe obsidian.exe”)
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll
Send, ^c
Sleep, 100
if (clipboard != “”)
{
FoundPos := RegExMatch(clipboard, "[[.</em> ]]")
if (FoundPos > 0)
{
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “[[|]]”, “”)
Send, ^v
}
else
{
clipboard := “[[” clipboard “]]”
Send, ^v
}
}
else
{
Send {F2}
}
Sleep, 50
Clipboard := ClipSaved
ClipSaved := “”
Return

Pressing Ctrl-F2 will unlink all the text in the current note.

^ f2::
if WinActive(“ahk_exe obsidian.exe”)
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll
Send, ^a
Sleep, 200
Send, ^c
Sleep, 100
if (clipboard != “”)
{
FoundPos := RegExMatch(clipboard, “[[. ]]”)
if (FoundPos > 0)
{
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “[[|]]”, “”)
Send, ^v
}
}
else
{
Send ,^{F2}
}
Sleep, 50
Clipboard := ClipSaved
ClipSaved := “”
Return
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Thanks @iteacher and @Mayonnaise2124 for the first 2 parts! I’m not very good with AutoHotkey, but this code will be a help.

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更新F2热键对应的代码：

F2::
if WinActive(“ahk_exe obsidian.exe”)
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll
Send, ^c
Sleep, 100
if (clipboard != “”)
{
FoundPos := RegExMatch(clipboard, "[[.]]")
if (FoundPos > 0)
{
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “[[|]]”, “”)
Send, ^v
}
else
{
;clipboard := “[[” clipboard “]]”
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “m)\s$”, “”)
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “m)^”, “[[”)
;clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, " ", “]] [[”)
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “、”, “]]、[[”)
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard, “m)$”, “]]”)
Send, ^v
}
}
else
{
Send {F2}
}
Sleep, 50
Clipboard := ClipSaved
ClipSaved := “”
Return

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分享F3热键对应的代码：

; 按下F3键，复制所选文字，激活搜索面板并进行搜索
*F3::
if WinActive(“ahk_exe obsidian.exe”)
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll
Send, ^c
Sleep, 100
if (clipboard != “”)
{
Send ^+f
Sleep, 100
Send, ^v
Sleep, 100
Send {Enter}
}
else
{
Send {F3}
}
Sleep, 50
Clipboard := ClipSaved
ClipSaved := “”
Return

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This is very interesting, but a bit dated. Does it still work as of July 2021? Is there now a git or other location where this or something similar is looked after and updated to reflect any changes in obsidian versions? Thank you!

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现在维护【ZH增强编辑】插件，可以实现上述大部分功能。可惜未能分享到Git

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And what does that mean in English

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频繁更新或补充新功能。

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Now maintain the [zh enhanced editing] plug-in to realize most of the above functions. Unfortunately, I couldn’t share it with GitHub

ZH增强编辑0.3.7.zip (31.1 KB)