I would like to work with variables: For instance I would like to have a date variable “%project1_phase1_start” where I could add other dates, e.g. “%project1_phase1_start”+"%today"+20d.
Or I would like to automaticly add working time counters. So I could create an project status page, where all variables of my working times are added.
I definitely agree. I meant to do a feature request but forgot to. Glad to see this. Below, I pasted a quote from a topic about moving lines from the current heading to the previous heading.
If variables are added they could be added in YML files that are dot-prefixed, enabling variable inheritance down to subfolders.
For example, in the root is a file .obsidian-vars.yml that defines three variables A, B, and C. Any file in the vault can then use all three of these variables.
Then in a subfolder there is /subfolder/.obsidian-vars.yml that defines two variables B and D. Any file in that subfolder can use variables A, B, C, and D. Since B was overridden in the subfolder then when a file in the subfolder references B it takes on the value that was defined in /subfolder/.obsidian-vars.yml while A and C retain their original values.
I’m not saying this should be implemented, just that this is potentially a relatively straightforward way for it to be implemented.
Hi, I am looking forwards if these features will demanded by a lot of support.
It will be useful for novel writer to define the characters, nouns, events…
@male_cast = David
{{weapon}} = The big sword
the we can wrote as
@male_cast is holding {{weapon}}
which translate into
David is holding The big sword.
And it can support for workspace level, to folder level.
Be aware that this is not standard YAML (but many YAML preprocessors support it). Plus, it generates YAMLWarning: Unresolved tag: !include … in the console.
Seems either the devs thought ahead, or just the used upstream library supports it. Yay!
Seems !!inc also works. So maybe just CodeMirror uses js-yaml and that supports these, or maybe in turn uses yaml-include.
Interestingly enough, Dataview picks it up and Templaterdoesn’t:
Please officially support the !include (preferred) or !!inc syntax, so we don’t see warnings all the time.
*EDIT: Too bad, so sad! After more testing, I found that it’s not !include working but an odd Dataview “feature”, because using test: [[yaml-var]] turns out to work the same!
Still I’d support this FR, by having !include officially supported in YAML frontmatter.