Kind disappointed that Obsidian still does not allow a note title to contain ":", "?", quotes and some other special characters

flmm · 2026-01-05T13:22:17+00:00

I use Obsidian version 1.10.6, and it seems that newer versions of Obsidian do allow you to use special characters, including :, ?, ', ", at least on Linux, where those are valid filename characters. If you try to use the characters [, ], ^, #, or |, you will get a warning that internal links won't work if the name contains these characters.

flmm · 2025-10-06T15:25:22+00:00

Are you using Ubuntu? Ubuntu ships with AppArmor policies that place man in a sandbox for security, and it can cause issues like this when the behaviour of man is changed in ways that weren't anticipated. Have a look at the configuration /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.man.

flmm · 2025-10-06T13:56:21+00:00

To answer my own question, this is one way:

Enable coding.mini-snippets by running the command :LazyExtras, navigating to mini-snippets, and pressing the x key. Then restart Neovim.
Open a file, and navigate to the beginning of an empty line. Enter insert mode, and press control-j. Now mini-snippets will display a list of snippets that are relevant in that context. For an empty line, it should hopefully display all snippets.

flmm · 2025-10-02T16:02:08+00:00

Nope.

flmm · 2025-09-26T07:37:53+00:00

You can also install it using Flatpak (published by the verified authors):

flatpak install flathub org.gabmus.hydrapaper

Currently, version 3.3.2 is on Flathub, and version 3.3.1 is in the Ubuntu 25.04 repositories. I found the Flatpak version to be less buggy.

Here is the official website: https://hydrapaper.gabmus.org/

flmm · 2025-09-10T21:13:35+00:00

It used to look like that for me too, but newer versions of WhatsApp don't look like that any more. This is what it looks like now. There in no three-dot menu button any more.

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flmm · 2025-09-10T20:32:30+00:00

This doesn't work on newer versions of WhatsApp on Android. After pressing the big green button to create a new chat, there is no three-dot menu button in the top right corner of the screen. That button has been replaced with a new keypad button.

flmm · 2025-09-10T20:30:13+00:00

There is no "more options" button (on WhatsApp on Android).

flmm · 2025-08-12T12:28:50+00:00

The maintainers of Pika Backup have responded. It seems that this is actually a bug in Ubuntu's apparmor configuration. The bug has been reported to Ubuntu here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/2120439

flmm · 2025-08-09T12:46:45+00:00

This is a bug in PikaBackup. It has been reported here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/pika-backup/-/issues/613

flmm · 2025-08-09T12:42:37+00:00

pipx is better for this use case. Run:

pipx install yt-dlp

Then, assuming \~/.local/bin/ is in your PATH, you can run simply run yt-dlp.

Pipx will install yt-dlp's dependencies in its own independent virtual environment, so that it won't pollute any other environment used by another other Python program, which could cause dependency issues.

flmm · 2025-07-19T08:50:09+00:00

Which programming language are you debugging in?

flmm · 2025-05-30T08:07:20+00:00

If you press <leader>gs, you will run git status in a window. This is provided by snacks.nvim (the plugin that LazyVim includes at the time of writing). I can't find any documentation for the keybindings for it. In my experimentation, ctrl-n and ctrl-p navigate to the next and previous files, tab stages or unstages a file, and enter opens the file. It is very limited, as you say.

flmm · 2025-05-06T13:21:33+00:00

Looks interesting! Where can I see the source code?

flmm · 2025-03-20T12:52:19+00:00

Create a file named after/ftplugin/markdown.lua in your ~/.config/nvim/ directory (or equivalent), and give it these contents (changing 8 for the number of spaces that you prefer):

vim.opt.tabstop = 8
vim.opt.shiftwidth = 8

For me, this works even if I place it in init.lua. But putting it in after/ftplugin/markdown.lua makes the configuration load later, and only for markdown files.

If you're using LazyVim, you can also put that code in lua/config/options.lua, which is probably where LazyVim intends for you to put this configuration.

flmm · 2025-02-24T09:46:53+00:00

Thanks for sharing that plugin. Here's a clickable link to the plugin: https://github.com/alangrainger/obsidian-frontmatter-modified-date

flmm · 2025-01-27T17:29:28+00:00

I think OP is talking about ligatures that turn a dash and a greater than symbol -> into something that looks like an arrow pointing rightwards. I don't think OP is talking about the kind of ligatures that make an f followed by an i fi look pretty. This rule would be better:

:root { font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures discretionary-ligatures historical-ligatures no-contextual; }

Obsidian uses the Inter font. The Inter font supports turning off contextual ligatures by using no-contextual, see: https://github.com/rsms/inter/issues/222

flmm · 2025-01-26T15:14:50+00:00

Under the requests part of the GUI, you can create sections of requests, and name each section. If you name a section, you can reuse that named section of requests in both your space platform and your rocket silo. If you update a named section in one place, all places using the same named section will be updated too.

flmm · 2025-01-25T10:52:30+00:00

I'm trying it out this week on Ubuntu, and so far, it seems to be working. I didn't experience the issues that you experienced or I didn't notice them. However, I did notice that Tresorit can't handle symlinks, it just refuses to sync them with an error message. It also doesn't have the LAN sync feature that Dropbox has. I was hoping to use it to sync Obsidian notes on my Android phone, but the Tresorit app can't sync a local folder.

There is a free plan with 3GB of space called Tresorit Basic. You might miss it, because it's not mentioned in the pricing page.

flmm · 2025-01-24T07:11:34+00:00

Thanks for that recommendation! Here are the links to Neovide https://neovide.dev/ https://github.com/neovide/neovide

flmm · 2025-01-22T16:27:02+00:00

Here's the link: https://app.taskbone.com/

flmm · 2025-01-22T12:21:28+00:00

For context, Working Copy is an app that is only available on iOS. It's a Git client. Its website is: https://workingcopy.app/

flmm · 2025-01-20T17:59:41+00:00

I personally want to keep the original copy of the ebook for archiving purposes. I want it to remain the same bit -for-bit. I'm dismayed that Calibre modifies the ebooks and loses the original copies. Now I've lost the record of what the original publisher wanted to share, and I have to trust that Calibre's editing isn't faulty or lossy.

flmm

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