[feature request] Even more fine-grained theorem callout referencing settings

[joelatschool]

Sorry to be asking for something so specific but I don't see how to achieve it without a change to Math Booster and I think it makes a lot of sense:

I'd like for it to be possible to make it so that a a theorem without a title is linked by [note title] > [type] [number] but a theorem with a title is linked by [title]. This might be best achieved with a template system, if that's possible.

[RyotaUshio]

Thanks again for the helpful suggestion.

For now, I'm thinking of something like this.

• In the plugin settings, users can configure four different templates for theorem referencing format:
  1. For a link of the form [[note#^block-id]] pointing to a theorem with its own title
  2. For a link of the form [[note#^block-id]] pointing to a theorem without title
  3. For a link of the form [[#^block-id]] pointing to a theorem with its own title
  4. For a link of the form [[#^block-id]] pointing to a theorem without title
• In templates, users can use variables like
  • {{note}}: note title (only applicable for 1 & 2). If the target note has a main theorem callout, {{note}} is replaced with its title formatted according to the "format for a note that has its main theorem callout" setting.
  • {{type}}: theorem callout type, e.g. Theorem, Definition, etc
  • {{type-number}}: {{type}} with the theorem number, e.g. Theorem 1.1, Definition A, etc. For unnumbered theorems, this is exactly the same as {{type}}.
  • {{title}}: theorem title, e.g. "Cauchy-Schwarz inequation" for "Theorem 1.1 (Cauchy-Schwarz inequation)."

What do you think? Any suggestions are welcome.

[lwzbr]

Yes, I like this idea. I would like to be able to suppress the note title automatically if the theorem callout has a title, but not under other circumstances.

For example, I might have a note called “Pythagorean Theorem” that contains a theorem callout called “Pythagorean Theorem” as well as some commentary, examples, etc. In this case linking to [[Pythagorean Theorem#^theorem-id]] will produce “Pythagorean Theorem > Pythagorean Theorem”, which is redundant. I would like to suppress the note title in this instance.

But, in other circumstances, I might want to reference an unnamed lemma or proposition from a different note. In this case, it would be helpful to have “Note Title > Proposition 4” or something like that.

Right now “show note title at the head of a link” is a blanket toggle, but its usefulness is situation-dependent.