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0 pointsarnejenssen2y ago0 comments

What I am wondering about is that although the basic files are markdown, some of the plugins might be proprietary. So that the part of the contents in the markdown files in effect creates a lock-in?

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AJ0072y ago

I would suggest editing and reading the markdown files in other editors to make avoid getting "locked in."

You certainly could create your own lock-in by making some unique workflow that requires a combination of plug-ins to function. The plugins are all third party, some of them are just annotating the existing markdown files, some are just visual.

swozey2y ago

So you only use Obsidian for its vaults/syncing?

theshrike792y ago

My workflow isn't reliant on Obsidian's plugins, they just make stuff easier.

Like having a template for my Daily Note that also automatically includes all files tagged #todo using Data View. Or a few global shortcuts via Keyboard Maestro that open specific notes on Obsidian.

I could maybe whip up a similar system in a day on top of any editor that can render Markdown and handle links, but now I don't need to.

georgejfrick2y ago

No, becasue the plugins are just JavaScript running against markdown that generally produce more markdown. You might get a plugin that produces an image and that would "stop working"; but it hard for the JS to be locked down/etc.

brightball2y ago

Potentially. I don't use many of the plugins so I can't say with authority.

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