Clarity: link, not sync?

[dictionarymouse]

It seems this is not an actual sync between Things and Obsidian, but rather a link, correct?

Or am I doing something wrong? For example, is the plugin meant to update Obsidian when a task is completed in Things?

[royxue]

The two software they didnt support direct command, so we need to simulate the command via link

[finn-matti]

My understanding is that:

• It is a one way sync in the sense that you can only trigger a sync from Obsidian but not from Things.
• What gets synced is relatively minimal: The Task title, tags (if they exist in Things first) and state (to do/done)
• How sync works is on a per-task basis: You create tasks and toggle their state line-by-line in your Obsidian note
• Create a task from a note is a little odd: No link is created in Obsidian in that case

Is this correct @royxue?

[royxue]

@finn-matti

1. Yes.
2. When create it will use those info. but if just sync checked status, it will use the things3 link inside obsidian.
3. Yes.
4. I knew it's painful, but things3 is not that open. I switched to ticktick now, they have better api. things3 api is little bit out of date style.