Templates

Templates define how the final markdown document will look like. Starting on v0.1.0 you can specify a templates directory in the Tools > Mdnote preferences. Once a directory is specified, Mdnotes will look for the following files:

.
├── Mdnotes Default Template.md
├── Standalone Note Template.md
├── Zotero Metadata Template.md
└── Zotero Note Template.md

The files must be located at the root of the folder you chose. For now, hidden folders (those starting with .) are not supported. If there is no path specified or the file doesn't exist, Mdnotes will use the default templates.

Defaults

The default templates can give you an idea of existing placeholders and wildcards

Mdnotes Default Template

This template is used when you use the menu Create mdnotes file or when you have the single-file setting and choose Batch export. You can add (or remove) any item placeholder to your template. Depending on your workflow and settings, you should edit this template or leave it empty so that information is not repeated multiple times.

{{title}}

![[%(metadataFileName)#Metadata]]

Other files:
{{mdnotesFileName}}
{{metadataFileName}}

##  Zotero links
{{localLibrary}}
{{cloudLibrary}}

## Notes
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Standalone Note Template

This template is used when you use the menu Create a standalone note. It is essentially a duplicate of the mdnotes default template. Its purpose is to provide a secondary template that can be used to add notes with some metadata and automatically adding links to Zotero.

Note: Standalone notes must be activated in the Preferences.

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Standalone Note Template

Related to: [[%(metadataFileName)]]

## Notes
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Zotero Metadata Template

This template is used when you use the menu Export to markdown and you have a Zotero item selected. You can add (or remove) any item placeholder to your template.

{{title}}

## Metadata

{{itemType}}
{{author}}
{{proceedingsTitle}}
{{date}}
{{dateAdded}}
{{url}}
{{DOI}}
{{citekey}}
{{collections}}
{{related}}
{{tags}}, #zotero, #literature-notes, #reference
{{pdfAttachments}}

{{abstractNote}}


##  Zotero links
{{localLibrary}}
{{cloudLibrary}}

{{notes}}

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Default Zotero Metadata Template

Zotero Note Template

This template is used when you use the menu Export to markdown and you have a Zotero note selected. You can add (or remove) any note placeholders to your template.

{{tags}}
{{related}}
{{mdnotesFileName}}

{{title}}

{{noteContent}}

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Default Zotero Notes Template