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# Obsidian Sample Plugin
# Smart Rename
This is a sample plugin for Obsidian (https://obsidian.md).
This is a plugin for [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) that adds the command `Smart Rename` which does the following following steps after renaming the note:
This project uses Typescript to provide type checking and documentation.
The repo depends on the latest plugin API (obsidian.d.ts) in Typescript Definition format, which contains TSDoc comments describing what it does.
1. Adds the previous title as an alias to the renamed note
2. Preserves the backlinks to the renamed note that were using previous title as a display text.
**Note:** The Obsidian API is still in early alpha and is subject to change at any time!
## Detailed explanation
This sample plugin demonstrates some of the basic functionality the plugin API can do.
- Changes the default font color to red using `styles.css`.
- Adds a ribbon icon, which shows a Notice when clicked.
- Adds a command "Open Sample Modal" which opens a Modal.
- Adds a plugin setting tab to the settings page.
- Registers a global click event and output 'click' to the console.
- Registers a global interval which logs 'setInterval' to the console.
1. You have
## First time developing plugins?
`OldName.md`:
Quick starting guide for new plugin devs:
- Check if [someone already developed a plugin for what you want](https://obsidian.md/plugins)! There might be an existing plugin similar enough that you can partner up with.
- Make a copy of this repo as a template with the "Use this template" button (login to GitHub if you don't see it).
- Clone your repo to a local development folder. For convenience, you can place this folder in your `.obsidian/plugins/your-plugin-name` folder.
- Install NodeJS, then run `npm i` in the command line under your repo folder.
- Run `npm run dev` to compile your plugin from `main.ts` to `main.js`.
- Make changes to `main.ts` (or create new `.ts` files). Those changes should be automatically compiled into `main.js`.
- Reload Obsidian to load the new version of your plugin.
- Enable plugin in settings window.
- For updates to the Obsidian API run `npm update` in the command line under your repo folder.
## Releasing new releases
- Update your `manifest.json` with your new version number, such as `1.0.1`, and the minimum Obsidian version required for your latest release.
- Update your `versions.json` file with `"new-plugin-version": "minimum-obsidian-version"` so older versions of Obsidian can download an older version of your plugin that's compatible.
- Create new GitHub release using your new version number as the "Tag version". Use the exact version number, don't include a prefix `v`. See here for an example: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-sample-plugin/releases
- Upload the files `manifest.json`, `main.js`, `styles.css` as binary attachments. Note: The manifest.json file must be in two places, first the root path of your repository and also in the release.
- Publish the release.
> You can simplify the version bump process by running `npm version patch`, `npm version minor` or `npm version major` after updating `minAppVersion` manually in `manifest.json`.
> The command will bump version in `manifest.json` and `package.json`, and add the entry for the new version to `versions.json`
## Adding your plugin to the community plugin list
- Check https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/blob/master/plugin-review.md
- Publish an initial version.
- Make sure you have a `README.md` file in the root of your repo.
- Make a pull request at https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases to add your plugin.
## How to use
- Clone this repo.
- `npm i` or `yarn` to install dependencies
- `npm run dev` to start compilation in watch mode.
## Manually installing the plugin
- Copy over `main.js`, `styles.css`, `manifest.json` to your vault `VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/your-plugin-id/`.
## Improve code quality with eslint (optional)
- [ESLint](https://eslint.org/) is a tool that analyzes your code to quickly find problems. You can run ESLint against your plugin to find common bugs and ways to improve your code.
- To use eslint with this project, make sure to install eslint from terminal:
- `npm install -g eslint`
- To use eslint to analyze this project use this command:
- `eslint main.ts`
- eslint will then create a report with suggestions for code improvement by file and line number.
- If your source code is in a folder, such as `src`, you can use eslint with this command to analyze all files in that folder:
- `eslint .\src\`
## Funding URL
You can include funding URLs where people who use your plugin can financially support it.
The simple way is to set the `fundingUrl` field to your link in your `manifest.json` file:
```json
{
"fundingUrl": "https://buymeacoffee.com"
}
```markdown
This is a note `OldName.md` that is going to be renamed to `NewName.md`.
```
If you have multiple URLs, you can also do:
`OtherNote.md`:
```json
{
"fundingUrl": {
"Buy Me a Coffee": "https://buymeacoffee.com",
"GitHub Sponsor": "https://github.com/sponsors",
"Patreon": "https://www.patreon.com/"
}
}
```markdown
This note references
1. Wikilink [[OldName]]
2. Wikilink with the same display text [[OldName|OldName]]
3. Wikilink with a custom display text [[OldName|Custom display text]]
4. Markdown link [OldName](OldName.md)
5. Markdown link with a custom display text [Custom display text](OldName.md)
```
## API Documentation
2. You invoke current plugin providing `NewName` as a new title
See https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api
3. Now you have
`NewName.md`:
```markdown
---
alises:
- OldName
---
This is a note `OldName.md` that is going to be renamed to `NewName.md`.
```
`OtherNote.md`:
```markdown
This note references
1. Wikilink [[NewName|OldName]]
2. Wikilink with the same display text [[NewName|OldName]]
3. Wikilink with a custom display text [[NewName|Custom display text]]
4. Markdown link [OldName](NewName.md)
5. Markdown link with a custom display text [Custom display text](NewName.md)
```
Current plugin's aim is to preserve `OldName` display text in links 1, 2, 4