Create a link in a file, preferably inside a sentence. Example:
This means you can [[write naturally]] about [[whatever comes to mind]] and then go back and create the new notes at your leisure.
Follow that link.
Change the name of the file, confirming the change if needed. For example, change the name of the file “write naturally” to “Natural Writing.”
Expected result
I expect the text in the original file to remain the same, but updated to point to the new file using piping, as in:
This means you can [[Natural Writing|write naturally]] about [[whatever comes to mind]] and then go back and create the new notes at your leisure.
Actual result
Instead, what happens is that my original writing has changed, meaning I’ve lost data:
This means you can [[Natural Writing]] about [[whatever comes to mind]] and then go back and create the new notes at your leisure.
Additional information
While I can see some use for the ability to change the original text, surely, with the free-floating writing and linking Obsidian encourages, not changing my writing should be the default.
Agree. That is why I don’t use this approach to writing. Instead I add “See also” section at the bottom of file or add links in brackets after the current sentence.
But I not sure that your proposal is acceptable in all cases. For example, for my files, structured as I described above, i want links to be updated and always reflecting actual filenames.
I think if we want preserve original text of the link in future, we should create this link in special way, e.g. (attention to extra | in link):
This means you can [[write naturally|]] about [[whatever comes to mind|]] and then go back and create the new notes at your leisure.
This means you can [[write naturally|]] about [[whatever comes to mind|]] and then go back and create the new notes at your leisure.
If you do that thing with the extra | in link, Is not a solution because the links will disappear in the preview mode (just tested). It shows like this:
This means you can about and then go back and create the new notes at your leisure.