Behaviors related to [[linking files]]

Lettera
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  • Creating a [[wiki link]] to a non-existing file preserves the [[]] around the link itself, but the text is not linked. I would expect the bracketed text to be a link that, when clicked, creates the non-existent file. Is this expected behavior?
  • File A and File B exist. Within File A, I can create a link to [[File B]]. If I rename File B, the link in file A is broken. I would expect it to update to reflect the change in File B’s name. Is the current behavior expected behavior?
2

I would say it is expected behavior in some way. Even if a real wiki link already exists to another note, it will not be displayed as link if the linked note is not inside the root folder. On one side I would expect the same behavior as in bear workspaces, means: Lettera asks me if I want to change the workspace. But on other side that requires that Lettera knows IF and WHERE the linked note exists. The problem is probably that such a linked note can reside anywhere on the hard disc. I assume that Lettera is not using a database but an index which is built on each opening of a folder.

3

Both are expected for now, but for different reasons:

  • The first one simply isn’t implemented yet. Creating a new file from a wiki-link is something we want to support.
  • Updating links on rename isn’t on our list yet. We don’t have a database or index telling us which files reference a given one, so for the moment it’s not feasible.