My journey from Wikidpad to Obsidian

[Bjorn]

After many years I have left WikidPad behind. I found that Obsidian 

offer most of the functionalities of WikidPad and some more.

I created a series of python scripts to transform the links to markdown that

obsidian uses. I have >7000 pages with my first note from 2007

Wikidpad is snappier than anything I have tried, but using markdown 

makes obsidian so much more flexible and social. 

Cheers,

Björn

 

[Christopher Tomasulo]

I've done the same but moved to Logseq and haven't moved anything from Wikidpad yet.

How does your script work?  Do you put it in a specific folder and just run it or something else?

I know that both Obsidian and Logseq both use md and I can even open Obsidian folders in Logseq so I am hoping to adapt your script.

-Chris

[BT]

Chris,

I use CudaText to view and edit WikidPad files ( https://cudatext.github.io/ )
with the WikidPad lexer and WikidPad helper.
Unlike WikidPad, it runs on the latest versions of Ubuntu and Python.
CudaText is much faster than WikidPad.
It is especially noticeable on large files where WikidPad could barely cope and had to wait
a long time for rendering.

What features of the new programs you are using?
What features of WikidPad do you lack in them?

Mike



16.01.2024 21:31, Christopher Tomasulo пишет:

> I've done the same but moved to Logseq and haven't moved anything from Wikidpad yet.
>
> How does your script work?  Do you put it in a specific folder and just run it or something
> else?
>
> I know that both Obsidian and Logseq both use md and I can even open Obsidian folders in
> Logseq so I am hoping to adapt your script.
>
> -Chris
>
> On Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 5:40:53 AM UTC-5 Bjorn wrote:
>
> After many years I have left WikidPad behind. I found that Obsidian
> offer most of the functionalities of WikidPad and some more.
>
> I created a series of python scripts

> <https://gist.github.com/BjornFJohansson/c340f1040c3f722513901a52a0fc1d5c> to transform

> the links to markdown that
> obsidian uses. I have >7000 pages with my first note from 2007
>
> Wikidpad is snappier than anything I have tried, but using markdown
> makes obsidian so much more flexible and social.
>
> Cheers,
> Björn
>

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[Bjorn]

The scripts are crude and perhaps better as inspiration.

The most important part was to rename the files to .md then:

1. Reformat alias

2. Reformat file links

3. Add back wiki links to naked CamelCase links (This was the hardest) 

[Björn Johansson]

Does it handle CamelCase links?

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[BT]

Yes with WikidPad helper by double click on CamelCase word.

17.01.2024 12:41, Bjorn пишет:

> Does it handle CamelCase links?
>

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[BT]

Björn,

yes, with WikidPad helper by double click on CamelCase word.

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[Christopher Tomasulo]

Thanks Mike.  I'll check it out.  

I can pull up the files in a text editor like Notepad++ too.

I used Wikidpad as both a journal and a way to store things of interest and link them with Wikiwords.  

The basis of my organization was by months.  So, for example, I would have an entry called [January 2024]    Then I would make daily entries in that wikiword and have other wikiwords within the entries.   I would separate each daily entry with an anchor.  So today would be anchor: 2024-01-18 for example.

This worked really well for me.

Logseq takes this system to another level as it automatically sets up a new DAILY journal entry and both wikiwords and tags are supported and it shows all of the associated links on the page automatically.  

Logseq uses .md files like Obsidian but it is set up more as a journal and outline application than Obsidian (and it looks better too).

Logseq also has some amazing plugins. 

Here are a couple that I use regularly...

Kindle highlights

I can import all of my Kindle Highlights and it will create pages for those books and it will also put each highlight on the journal page of the day I made the note while also tagging the book so that all of the notes are available on the book page as link backs but also I can see what date I made the note.

Anki Sync

Logseq has a built in flashcard system that is super easy to use.  You can just tag #card at the end of the line to create new cards.   No other software needed.   However, Anki is the gold standard on flashcard software and it's spaced repetition and initial learning system is superior.  So this pluging takes any notes I turn into cards while outline and imports them into my Anki file.  So far it's been flawless.

Being able to see the backlinks on any tag is amazing also.

I got a ton of use out of Wikidpad and had over 8000 pages when I switched to Logseq in 2022.   I probably would have stayed with it forever, but I realized that the support and upkeep seemed to be declining over time and I also noticed that there were some amazing moves forward with things like Obsidian and Logseq.

-Chris

[Christopher Tomasulo]

Thanks Bjorn.

They definitely inspired me. 

I created a script to move everything to MD files and that worked great.  Now I'm figuring out how to parse out daily entries and other items I want done.

Luckily Google Bard is helping me out with this since I am a very rudimentary Python script writer.

Thanks again.

-Chris