The “denote” links in markdown exported files do not work

[maikol-solis]

Hi!

Basically, I have this problem, I have searched for a solution, but I haven't found anything relevant.

Imagine you have a markdown file with title My first file and signature 0a with the link

[0b  My second file](denote:20240426T141754)

After exporting the first file with pandoc, I got this in the html

<a href="denote:20240426T141754" target="_blank" rel="noopener">0b My second file</a>

of course, this link doesn't work. What I'm expecting is to have something like

<a href="20240426T141754==0b--my-second-file.html">0b My second file</a>

My solution is to use #327 to change every link to classic markdown everywhere.

However, I don't know if this has any side effects on the backlink system or any denote's features.

Best.

[protesilaos]

From: Maikol Solís ***@***.***> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:28:03 -0700 Hi!

Hello and thank you for taking the time to report this!

Basically, I have this problem, I have searched for a solution, but I haven't found anything relevant.

I think this and the other issue you brought up make it clear that we need a denote-markdown-extras.el to provide a few more tools for people who use Denote with Markdown.

Imagine you have a markdown file with title `My first file` and signature `0a` with the link ```markdown [0b My second file](denote:20240426T141754) ``` After exporting the first file with pandoc, I got this in the html ```html <a href="denote:20240426T141754" target="_blank" rel="noopener">0b My second file</a> ``` of course, this link doesn't work. What I'm expecting is to have something like

The reason here is that Pandoc does not understand 'denote:' links, which is to be expected.

```html <a href="20240426T141754==0b--my-second-file.html">0b My second file</a> ``` My solution is to use #327 to change every link to classic markdown everywhere.

Yes, converting the links would work for the exported file.

However, I don't know if this has any side effects on the backlink system or any denote's features.

I have not tested #327 yet---will do it as soon as possible. I recently made some unrelated changes to the backlinking mechanism and think either it will work or it is easy to make it work.

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-- Protesilaos Stavrou https://protesilaos.com

[maikol-solis]

Thanks. I'm willing to help test the new features for markdown files whenever you want.

Best.