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December 19, 2023

Notesium v0.5.0

Notesium now includes an embedded Web App which is completely self-contained and runs locally. It includes an Editor to view and edit notes with syntax highlighting, and a Finder which mimics the Vim user-experience example integration (Fzf, bats, keybindings, etc.).

This version includes backwards incompatible changes.

Added:

  • Web: --writable option to allow writing of notes in NOTESIUM_DIR via API.

  • Graph: XDG edit links will be hidden if ?noxdg parameter is set.

  • Links: Accepts --filename= as alternative to filename as argument.

  • API: Initial specification documented in API.md.

  • API: Note creation provided via POST /api/notes/.

  • API: Note updating provided via PATCH /api/notes/:filename.

  • API: Note updating refusal if provided lastMtime mismatch to filesystem.

  • API: Experimental CLI pass-through commands: /api/raw/list|links|lines.

  • Web/App: Finder opening via keybind sequences similar to Vim.

  • Web/App: Finder for displaying list links lines results.

  • Web/App: Finder filtering exact-match and multi-match (AND).

  • Web/App: Finder preview with syntax and linenumber highlighting.

  • Web/App: Finder preview toggle via keybinding.

  • Web/App: Finder keybindings for navigation in addition to mouse.

  • Web/App: Finder initial query filter support.

  • Web/App: Finder selection will open note:linenumber or switch if open.

  • Web/App: Tabs support for opening multiple notes concurrently.

  • Web/App: Tabs open right of source Tab or last if via Finder.

  • Web/App: Tabs visual indicator of unsaved changes.

  • Web/App: Tabs close refusal if note has unsaved changes.

  • Web/App: Tabs close will switch to previously active or last.

  • Web/App: Tabs switching keybindings for next, previous, previously active.

  • Web/App: Tabs re-ordering via mouse drag.

  • Web/App: Tabs note.IncomingLinks update on Save for potential changes.

  • Web/App: Editor link-insertion Finder without preview via [[ keybinding.

  • Web/App: Editor markdown syntax and active-line highlighting.

  • Web/App: Editor conceal links and formatting unless active-line (toggable).

  • Web/App: Editor inline-link click support if concealed, edit or view mode.

  • Web/App: Editor keybinding for Save when in edit-mode.

  • Web/App: Editor changeSet markClean on successful Save.

  • Web/App: Note sidebar actions: Conceal-formatting. Related-links. XDG-open.

  • Web/App: Note sidebar stats: Lines, Words, Characters.

  • Web/App: Note sidebar dates: Modified, Created. Open Finder of same day.

  • Web/App: Note sidebar backlinks: Links to source:ln of IncomingLinks.

  • Web/App: Note sidebar backlinks: Updated when referenced note is saved.

  • Web/App: Note link clicks will open note or switch if open.

  • Web/App: Warn on closing browser tab if any notes have unsaved changes.

  • Web/App: Navbar actions: new, list, links, lines, graph, keybindings.

  • Web/App: Empty state: new, list, lines quickstart.

  • Web/App: Settings overlay for keybindings with filter search.

  • Web/App: Alert notifications on errors - auto-dismiss or sticky.

  • Web/App: Heartbeat support for Web option --stop-on-idle.

  • Web/App: Embedded build includes minified, concatenated vendor files.

Changed:

  • Links are sorted alphabetically if filename not specified.

  • Note titles will be returned as untitled if no Title was enumerated.

  • API notes list Incoming/OutgoingLinks now include dst/src note Title.

  • Embedded webroot set to web instead of web/graph (redirect to /app).

  • Embedded web/graph now located at /graph instead of /.

  • Readme Vim Graph command changed to Web command.

  • Readme updated to include web/app and related screenshots.

  • Cache population will be skipped if already exists.

  • API errors are returned as JSON {Error, Code}.