# Obsidian ## Usage ### UI/UX - [Sidebars](https://help.obsidian.md/User+interface/Workspace/Sidebar) ### Editing - Unicode code points -- currently lacking this feature. ### Formatting - [Obsidian Callouts (admonitions)](https://help.obsidian.md/How+to/Use+callouts) - `note` (default) - `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` ## Plugins ### Major Features - [[dataview|Dataview]] plugin. - [Obsidian Kanban Plugin](https://publish.obsidian.md/kanban/) - [`mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban`](https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-kanban) - A GUI tool for organizing tasks list within a [[markdown|Markdown]] file. - [[zotero-obsidian-integration|Zotero Integration]] - [Pandoc Reference List](https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-pandoc-reference-list), write and cite in Obsidian. ### Minor Features - [Colored Tags](https://github.com/pfrankov/obsidian-colored-tags), [[color-scheme|colors]] [[taxonomy|tags]], does not work with graph view and `v0.14` properties feature yet . - ~ [List Callouts](https://github.com/mgmeyers/obsidian-list-callouts), prefix bullet text to make it a callout. - [Outliner](https://github.com/vslinko/obsidian-outliner), allows collapsing bullet points, and using `s` to reorder bullets. - [Icon Shortcodes](https://github.com/aidenlx/obsidian-icon-shortcodes) - This plugin provides more features compared to [Emoji Shortcodes](https://github.com/phibr0/obsidian-emoji-shortcodes) - Including extended icon packs (with Obsidian built-in icons). ## How? - Folders? Backlinks? Tags? The goal is to extend our brain, not building a great Obsidian setup. The beautiful graph view is merely a byproduct. ## Comparison with [[roam|Roam Research]] [Why I chose Obsidian over Roam (as a Roam investor) by Nicole van der Hoeven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWUk8-6yG2g) - Data ownership - Roam has too many proprietary formats in Markdown - Easy to publish/share the notes - Better performance - In Roam, everything you write is a bullet point in the _database_, which provides easily block access but also ruins the performance. - Development team in Obsidian is much more inclusive. - PRICING. ## Obsidian on mobile devices - On iPad, turn off "auto punctuation" to prevent two dashes from being replaced by an em-dash. --- Refer to [[notes-organizing-principles]].