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[Enhancement] Attach, Display Images, Files
My workflow involves mostly text notes I can make in Markdown, but there are some notes that require handwriting. I use an ipad app that exports SVGs.
Being able to embed displayable files (images, vector graphics, maybe even PDFs?) would be great.
I also would like some way to control/default width so that the handwritten text is at a decent scale. My notes expand downwards, so the final image/vector is extremely tall, but the width should match roughly the width of a paragraph text.
While it's possible to make images appear in the editor, they would have to be somewhere external to the notes themselves (perhaps a file:// link would be possible).
This will not be a nigh priority item and the ability to control the attribute of the image would be even more complex so while I'll leave this open, I don't expect it to move forward anytime soon.
Would it be possible to add links to different notes?
That seems like it should be doable.
This will not be a nigh priority item and the ability to control the attribute of the image would be even more complex so while I'll leave this open, I don't expect it to move forward anytime soon.
On the contrary, I think it would be a huge advance over the rest of the note applications out there. Many use notes under images from the web or screenshots (personally, I used to take notes with Paper for online courses and was frustrated not to be able to integrate images into my notes). You can imagine a use case for many things :
- anotate a sales graph,
- take scientific notes on a plant species,
- draft a website blog (by inserting illustrations for the blog post),
- etc.
This feature would make Folio the equivalent of One Note (in terms of ergonomics) on Linux, with the advantage of Markdown.
Paper wanted to offer this (c.f. here) but unfortunately was already on the downhill slope in terms of support.
PS : I really thank you to take over this wonderful app. Paper was so good, I enjoy your kindness to continue the support in Folio.
I don't disagree that this feature would be useful, just that it is hard to implement with the current display engine and things like annotations etc are simply not doable at all.
Due to that complexity and those limitations, it's low priority for me as there are lots of other things to fix that are easier/possible, and I would not be using this functionality myself anyway.
Of course if someone wants to provide a PR with the feature I'd be completely open to it 😉
Hi @toolstack ,
In this context, rather than including attachments and images directly within notes, consider adding a sidebar.
A similar application called Noteworthy allows users to seamlessly attach images, voice notes, and other files to the note. These attachments remain accessible whenever needed, without cluttering the main note itself.”
I think inline images are doable, but I am a little concerned around the security implications of downloading remote data, so I have to put some thought into that.
I don't personally think a sidebar style link list makes much sense for markdown documents.
Images and graphics can typically be embedded into the markdown document and they displayed on the pages. What if, you simply allowed an attached image to act as a page, replacing a markdown document? This would fulfill my use case, as I could attach my digital stylus notes as pages for work I cannot type.
I will be adding image support, but I'm not willing to "break" the markdown standard.
Perhaps what I implement will be close enough, as if you have a single image link in the markdown document it will effectively just display the linked image.
I will be adding image support, but I'm not willing to "break" the markdown standard.
Perhaps what I implement will be close enough, as if you have a single image link in the markdown document it will effectively just display the linked image.
Actually, I realize Folio already restricts text width. Will you display images at full size or sized to fit the width (when wider than the width)? That would be ideal!
@LSeelig When width is restricted (which is optional, see the preferences), I would expect the image to be similarly restricted.
I use a very similar system on my Macbook of Typora (MD editor) plus Dropbox (for the cloud / devices sync). I'm finding that Folio is an almost exact workflow and document format match (amazing!) except that Typora supports pasting in inline images.
How Typora handles this can be done somewhat flexibly, but I've chosen a simple approach of having it store the image in an 'assets' subfolder under the MD file and then to insert a relative link:
the end result looks like this:
and the embedded markdown looks like this:
This has been working flawlessly for me for a few years now, or at least until I tried switching from MacOS to Bazzite and Typora to Folio and found that the embedded images in my notes won't render :-)
