Dendron Weekly: 0.92 release, Graph View speedup, self contained vault improvements, bug fixes, and more!
It’s time for a weekly roundup! The email newsletter is a curated collection of weekly updates about Dendron and the Dendron community!
A New Dendron Release has Appeared!
Graph View: We’ve improved the loading speed of the graph view. You should notice a drastic improvement in load times-up to 100x in larger workspaces 🚀🚀🚀.
Tree View: We’ve improved the stability of the tree view and fixed an error with Dendron: Rename Note
that caused the tree view to fall out of sync.
Self Contained Vaults: You can now move self contained vaults between local and remote locations using the Dendron: Vault Convert
command.
- More information can be found in our documentation on vaults
Highlights
- enhance(views): optimize graph view load times - 100x improvement on large workspaces
- fix(views): multiple stability fixes for tree view
- enhance(workspace):
vault convert
now works with self contained vaults
Everything Else
- enhance(workspace): general speed ups across multipel commands
- enhance(workspace): doctor command can detect and fix misconfigured self contained vaults
- fix(pods): exporting as markdown will add
.md
extension to markdown files - fix(workspace): hovering an asset link while holding
ctrl
no longer opens the asset - fix(view): some views don’t update for new notes with self contained vaults
- fix(view): broken preview for links with sub-hierarchy starting with .md
- fix(workspace): remove stale entries from cache when initializing
Community
General Updates
Greenhouse Talk: Interested in learning about how other Dendron users go about sharing their notes? Have a cool workflow of your own to share? We are having a Greenhouse Talk on Friday (04/29) at 4PM PST to discuss workflows for publishing Dendron content.
We are still looking for a few last minute speakers, so please don’t hesitate to sign up. Prospective speakers are invited to fill out a proposal form. If you have something to share or are just curious, we’d love to see you there!
- For more information on Greenhouse Talks, see details here
Starboard and TIL Highlights
These are highlights from the Dendron Discord
#starboard
and#today-i-learned
channels.
- ⭐
@codeluggage#5635
shared a link to a gist on how to setup shortcuts for task management: “I’ve been learning and getting into task management in Dendron lately, and found myself reaching for shortcuts to manage checkboxes. Cobbled together these macros to quickly work with the current line, as well as quickly run through the current file when clearing out old tasks.”
Dendron Reading Series
This week’s entry in the Dendron Reading Series.
Credit to
@cameron#9185
for sharing the link for this week’s Dendron Reading Series in our#what-are-you-reading
channel!
Markdown has seen a lot in its 20 year life. Originally created as a tool for web-writing, it has evolved to become the de facto container for digital content for many authors and organizations. In the opinion of this piece’s author, Markdown’s usefulness is dwindling in the modern age of block content. As the content on the web has shifted from text-centric HTML pages to richer interactive multi-media experiences, Markdown’s role has come under question.
What do you think? Is it so that content has grown past Markdown, or can Markdown grow to meet these modern requirements?
All technology has a history and is a product of human interaction.
Part of the beauty of the modern web is that ideas are shared and repurposed with unparalleled ease. Though originally intended for the single purpose of web-writing, Markdown grew into different flavors and versions, serving different needs and niches. Its usage evolved beyond simply web writing into the lingua franca for all digital content.
In this tweet, Jon Gruber, one of the creators of Markdown, claims that No one syntax would make all happy. Perhaps in this we find why Markdown has been so well loved, because it isn’t a single syntax, but rather a material that can be molded and extended to one’s satisfaction.
And finally, in some Internet trivia, I was suprised to find that Aaron Swartz was one of the creators of Markdown. The web is a smaller place than you’d think!
Event Reminders
-
Community Teatime: Drink tea, eat food, and hangout with the Dendron crew!
-
Greenhouse Talks: Visit the Greenhouse Talks page for notes from previous sessions.
- Subject: Publishing workflows with Dendron.
- Description: Interested speakers will present their workflows for publishing content, followed by an open discussion. The event will be recorded and later published online.This is a good opportunity to share tips and tricks about nifty things about your workflow, and ask for advice and input on challenges and pain-points in your current system.
- Next: Fri, Apr 29, 04:00 PM PDT / 23:00 UTC
- Greenhouse Talk Recordings - YouTube Playlist
-
Office Hours: Visit the Office Hours page for notes from previous sessions.
- Next: Wed, May 04, 09:00 AM PDT / 16:00 UTC
- Office Hour Recordings - YouTube Playlist
- Notes for this past weeks Office Hours can be found here, and the recording here.
-
New User Tuesdays: Visit the New User Tuesdays page for notes from previous sessions.
Thank You’s
A big thanks to the following gardeners that brought up issues, contributions, and fixes to this release :man_farmer: :woman_farmer: Visit Discord Roles for more information.
- Kumudan
@kzilla#8818
- Aleksey Rowan
@aleksey#5276
- Daniel Bradenburg
- #role.bugcatcher
- [Bug] Dendron preview broken in code-server
- Jody Foo
- #role.taxonomist
- Less ambigous link examples
- Paolo Dina
@pdina#0608
- #role.taxonomist
- Update dendron.topic.schema.md
- Alexandru Ichim
@ichimga#3577
- #role.taxonomist
- Update dendron.topic.publish.quickstart.md
- Derek Ardolf
@icanteven#0264
- #role.taxonomist
- Fix note ref on upgrading CLI in publish notes
- Byron Wall
@byronwall#1313
Surveyors
The following community members provided feedback in the Dendron user survey:
@marshyon#6669
@Bill M#4550
As Always: Community Resources
- Join the Dendron Discord
- Register for Dendron Events on Luma
- Follow Dendron on Twitter
- Follow Dendron on Mastodon
- Subscribe to Dendron on YouTube
- Checkout Dendron on GitHub
- Read the Dendron Blog
- Visit and bookmark the Dendron Smartpage