Seems to be a missing feature in iOS editors. I believed that Textastic could be a contender, but searching the manual did not help. Am I incredibly dumb (I even looked in Working Copy, which I use for my Git repos, and that doesn’t do replacing, only global search), or does no iPad app do this to multiple files in a folder? I wanted to do some regular expression processing of a bunch of old Markdown files (to atomise Bear.apps’ nested tag system, which Obsidian can’t recognise) and had to use Visual Studio Code on a Mac to do it. What I didn’t like in the import process (no fault of Obsidian, BTW) was the realisation that the iPad seems to lack any text editor with “search and replace in folder” functionality, like any reasonable programming editor on a desktop. It’s interesting that you can only use iCloud Drive or their own syncing system, though - I had no real idea that Dropbox integration into iOS/iPadOS didn’t go beyond single file access at a time! And I've not even started to work with links said: Yeah, I love the fact that you can access the vault via Files. On the Mac, my favorite is SnippetsLab because it not only supports tags but it also has a nice and fast full text search engine. I know more fun things to do than giving tags to each text file but I have to say that after forcing myself to spend the 30 seconds to give a new file proper tags and extend them if necessary, I now find it much easier to access any text that I'm looking for. I've been working with lots of text files over the years, basically snippets of information that sometimes cannot be sorted into a clear folder structure because subjects are often mixed. Maybe it's great for later, when you want to follow the connections, but at the time of writing it really takes you out of the zone. If I forget where it is I can search, this has never let me down.īut with back-linking you have to make an effort as you create the document to think of all the other documents that share some attributes, and this is actually really distracting because it takes you out of the writing. I like to have a three-ring binder approach where I can file a note in a specific location and be done with it. Obviously this system works well for people who are wired that way, I'm just not sure I'm one of them. One objection I have is that this is kinda like working with tags, which I was never keen on because it's more mental effort than just using a hierarchy. I imported a bunch of notes and I've started organising them with links. Since it's free I'm giving it a go and will use it for a few weeks to see if I can warm to the workflow. Not the case for everyone of course, but it works really well for said: I can display my notes in thumbnail form, and for the type of notes I often create this makes a lot of sense because they contain a lot of visual information. The thing is I'm already pretty happy with Notion, and Notion has one big advantage that is very important for me: it's highly visual, which for me means I find it much easier to organise. I hear you, and I'm going to give it a few weeks to see if I can change my mind. Ultimately, it's intended to be a tool for you to reflect the way you think. This doesn't work for me, so I've come up with my own scheme, which uses folders for big topics and links across topics. If you look at Obsidian or Roam or any of these other "second brain" type apps, they'll push the Zettelkasten methodology, which in the strictest form demands a very flat storage structure - one folder! - with links to provide idea structure. Then add links as you go, growing into a hybrid model. Said: : I would say that Obsidian is flexible enough that you could have a folder hierarchy as your primary organizing scheme if that's what works for you.
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