Can we get a way to embed images and files more compatible with other text editors?
tl/dr:
please support iA Writer style of image and file embedding:
\image.jpg
Multimarkdown has a transclusion syntax, but is too similar to the note linking syntax in Obsidian, but the folks at iA Writer have a very nice syntax, which has been proposed to be included as extension in CommonMark.
One of the main strengths of Obsidian is the fact that at the core, is based on a collection of markdown files.
I think notes in Obsidian should be as less locked in as possible and they should be as much compatible with other text editors.
At the moment iA Writer is a excellent way to use an Obsidian vault on mobile.
The current Obsidian transclusion syntax:
![[Accepted file formats]]
does not work in other markdown editors because it lacks the actual link to the file.
the default link syntax for Markdown works everywhere (only for images) but is a pain to type, as opposed to the drag and drop way of the standard Obsidian way to embed files.
If I use the drag and drop method in iA Writer it results in this syntax:
/Flowchart.png
which is actually very nice.
iA Inc have published a spec for Markdown Content Blocks (transclusion) over on GitHub:
I propose to :
- support the iA Writer syntax in addition to the current one OR
- give the user an option to use standard markdown syntax when dragging and dropping links (less convenient, would require to copy images in the default attachment folder and dragging from there)