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Plugins make Obsidian special for you
We started making Obsidian with plugins in mind because everyone seems to take notes differently. Offering a generic set of tools for a note-taker is like offering only one configuration of kitchen for passionate home cooks.
There are two types of plugins in Obsidian: core plugins and community plugins.
Modular core plugins
Core plugins are made by us, and they give Obsidian basic modularity. “Modularity” is just a fancy word for having neat features that can be turned on and off without affecting the other pieces.
Wild community plugins
Plugins not just give Obsidian modularity, but also extensibility. Extensibility means other people can add features to Obsidian as they see fit.
Unfortunately, you’d need to know some coding to know how to do that. But fortunately, Obsidian has a community plugin store that lets you install these community plugins with one click.
A big shoutout to plugin developers who are generously sharing their own gems with the community!
If you’re convinced Obsidian is worth a try for you, it’s time to get started:
> Human beings face ever more complex and urgent problems, and their effectiveness in dealing with these problems is a matter that is critical to the stability and continued progress of society.\- Doug Engelbart, 1961
Human beings face ever more complex and urgent problems, and their effectiveness in dealing with these problems is a matter that is critical to the stability and continued progress of society.
Syntax highlight is supported with the language specified after the first set of backticks. We use prismjs for syntax highlighting, a list of supported languages can be found at their site
```js
function fancyAlert(arg) {
if(arg) {
$.facebox({div:'#foo'})
}
}
```
function fancyAlert(arg) { if(arg) { $.facebox({div:'#foo'}) }}
Text indented with a tab is formatted like this, and will also look like a code block in preview.
Text indented with a tab is formatted like this, and will also look like a code block in preview.
- [x] #tags, [links](), **formatting** supported- [x] list syntax required (any unordered or ordered list supported)- [x] this is a complete item- [?] this is also a complete item (works with every character)- [ ] this is an incomplete item- [ ] tasks can be clicked in Preview to be checked off
You can create tables by assembling a list of words and dividing them with hyphens - (for the first row), and then separating each column with a pipe |:
First Header | Second Header------------ | ------------Content from cell 1 | Content from cell 2Content in the first column | Content in the second column
First Header
Second Header
Content from cell 1
Content from cell 2
Content in the first column
Content in the second column
Tables can be justified with a colon | Another example with a long title:----------------|-------------:because of the `:` | these will be justified
Tables can be justified with a colon
Another example with a long title
because of the :
these will be justified
If you put links in tables, they will work, but if you use Piped Links, the pipe must be escaped with a \ to prevent it being read as a table element.
First Header | Second Header------------ | ------------[[Format your notes\|Formatting]] | [[Callouts\|Callouts]]
Here's a simple footnote,[^1] and here's a longer one.[^bignote][^1]: meaningful![^bignote]: Here's one with multiple paragraphs and code. Indent paragraphs to include them in the footnote. `{ my code }` Add as many paragraphs as you like.
Here’s a simple footnote,1 and here’s a longer one.2
You can also use inline footnotes. ^[notice that the carat goes outside of the brackets on this one.]
You can also use inline footnotes. ^[notice that the carat goes outside of the brackets on this one.]
c & d
\end{vmatrix}=ad-bc$$
You can also do inline math like $e^{2i\pi} = 1$ .
Obsidian uses [Mathjax](http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/basic/mathjax.html). You can check which packages are supported in Mathjax [here](http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/input/tex/extensions/index.html).Link to original
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Use `You can’t see this text
It can span
multiple lines
You can’t see this text
It can span
multiple lines
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As of v0.14.0, Obsidian supports callout blocks, sometimes called “admonitions”. Callout blocks are written as a blockquote, inspired by the “alert” syntax from Microsoft Docs.
Callouts are also be supported natively on Obsidian Publish.
NOTE
For compatibility reasons, if you’re also using the Admonitions plugin, you should update it to at least v8.0.0 to avoid problems with the new callout system.
Use the following syntax to denote a callout block: > [!INFO].
> [!INFO]> > Here's a callout block.> It supports **markdown** and [[Internal link|wikilinks]].
It will show up like this:
INFO
Here’s a callout block.
It supports markdown and wikilinks.
Types
By default, there are 12 distinct callout types, each with several aliases. Each type comes with a different background color and icon.
To use these default styles, replace INFO in the examples with any of these types. Any unrecognized type will default to the “note” type, unless they are customized. The type identifier is case insensitive.
note
abstract, summary, tldr
info, todo
tip, hint, important
success, check, done
question, help, faq
warning, caution, attention
failure, fail, missing
danger, error
bug
example
quote, cite
Title and body
You can define the title of the callout block, and you can also have a callout without body content.
> [!TIP] Callouts can have custom titles, which also supports **markdown**!>
Folding
Additionally, you can create a folding callout by adding + (default expanded) or - (default collapsed) after the block.
> [!FAQ]- Are callouts foldable?> > Yes! In a foldable callout, the contents are hidden until it is expanded.
Will show up as:
Are callouts foldable?
Yes! In a foldable callout, the contents are hidden until it is expanded.
Customizations
Snippets and plugins can define custom callouts, too, or overwrite the default options. Callout types and icons are defined in CSS, where the color is an r, g, b tuple and the icon is the icon ID from any internally supported icon (like lucide-info). Alternatively, you can specify an SVG icon as a string.
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
Alice->>+John: Hello John, how are you?
Alice->>+John: John, can you hear me?
John-->>-Alice: Hi Alice, I can hear you!
John-->>-Alice: I feel great!
```
sequenceDiagram
Alice->>+John: Hello John, how are you?
Alice->>+John: John, can you hear me?
John-->>-Alice: Hi Alice, I can hear you!
John-->>-Alice: I feel great!
Obsidian supports linking to notes in Mermaid:
```mermaid
graph TD
Biology --> Chemistry
class Biology,Chemistry internal-link;
```
An easier way to do it is the following:
```mermaid
graph TD
A[Biology]
B[Chemistry]
A --> B
class A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z internal-link;
```
This way, all the note names (at least until Z[note name]) are all automatically assigned the class internal-link when you use this snippet.
If you use special characters in your note names, you need to put the note name in double quotes.
"⨳ special character"
It looks like this if you follow the second option:
A["⨳ special character"]
