Testing version:
2.0.17
What were you doing:
I’m working on an Apple Shortcut that converts markdown tasks into Things 3 tasks.
What feature did you use:
Markdown Tasks
Using a note where I’ve typed four tasks, completed and uncompleted:
- [x] completed task 1
- [x] completed task 2
- [ ] uncomplete todo
- [x] resolved todo
What happened:
When I manually copy the Bear text into TextEdit, and then run my shortcut, it works like a charm. When I send the Bear text directly into the shortcut, Apple Shortcuts cannot see that the text is in a task. (See screenshot–the first column is the original, second is how it pastes into TextEdit, and the third is how Apple Shortcuts interprets it). This is true whether I select ‘hide markdown’ in settings or not.
Other notes:
I tested a bunch of different combinations of converting to rich text, html, etc. Also played with some other Markdown editors. The Bear-unique issue seems to be that copying the tasks allows a paste into plain text that retains the markdown markup, but is invisible to Apple Shortcuts. I suspect this might be an Apple Shortcuts issue, BUT I think the hiding markdown preview should be preventing the problem if that’s the case.
What did you expect to happen:
I would expect that the tasks from Bear would enter the clipboard the same way—not sure what is happening.
Here’s an excerpt of the shortcut I’m building that replicates the issue: Shortcuts
(instead of creating a Things 3 task, it should display a notification saying ‘new task’ or ‘completed task.’)
See also these two issue reports:
…apple-shortcuts-shortcut-input-does-not-properly-parse-markdown-links/11695
…bug-copy-and-paste-tasks-does-not-work-properly/9303/1
(sorry–can only put in two links into this bug report according to the system)
Thanks!