MLO handling of linking to TheBrain

[zel...@gmail.com]

I am trying to marry MLO with TheBrain. Both generate links to tasks and thoughts respectively. 

I am able to generate a link to a task (mlo://G:\MLO\mytasks.ml?{009CC443-9681-4A1E-973A-0538C29E6C2C}) in MLO and use it in TheBrain.

However, MLO Task Notes does not execute a link generated by TheBrain (brain://api.thebrain.com/mNjJ/LinkMLOToAThoughtInTheBrain). 

Any ideas?

[Jason Seaman]

Not sure which platform you are using, so the following may not apply.

I do the following on Windows 10 (for a different app):
- highlight the link in the MLO note
- copy to clipboard (Ctrl-C)
- right click the windows icon (lower left)
- in the pop-up menu, left-click "Run"
- in the Run Dialog box, in the "Open" text field, paste copied text (Ctrl-V)
- press return, or click OK.

It's clunky, but works.

cheers
..jason

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[zel...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the reply. That sounds like a job for a macro. I will keep it in mind.

I am able to make the link work in MLO by adding the markdown edits [ ]( ) like so:

[brainlink](brain://api.thebrain.com/mNjJ/LinkMLOToAThoughtInTheBrain) 

[zel...@gmail.com]

I have worked it out in Win 10.

Make a link to MLO from TheBrain

This makes a link from the content area of a thought in TheBrain to a task in the main pane in MLO.

In MLO:

1. Right click on the task
2. “Copy as > Copy as URL” in the context menu

In TheBrain:

1. Click the “Attach” button
2. Click “Link to URL”
3. Paste into the box that appears
4. The link appears under the thought title in the note. It can be renamed through its context menu.

Make a link to TheBrain from MLO

To make a link to a thought in TheBrain from a markdown note in Task Preview mode in MLO:

In TheBrain, right click on the thought and choose "Copy Local Thought URL" from the context menu.

In MLO, in the Task Properties pane (in Task Edit mode), type in the notes panel.

Use square brackets and parentheses to create the link:

[label](Local Thought URL)

label: Text that shows in Task Preview mode in the Task Properties pane.

Local Thought URL: Link address to the thought in TheBrain.

The steps to achieve this are left to the student.