In the hope that it might be helpful, I’ll add a further comment to the post I made in the other thread here
I understand that one of the goals of TB is to provide a note-keeping facility that’s protected (at least to some degree) so that our notes and their metadata can survive the ebb and flow of format changes. That seems to me to imply some things:
- A relatively simple format (XML seems to be that)
- Limits to features
I’d expect it to be extremely challenging technically to add some kinds of new (highly desired, possibly) features without breaking the fundamental commitment to longevity of the notes. There are other applications that provide a lot more in the way of functionality (I’m thinking of Zengobi Curio or the late lamented Circus Ponies Notebook), which is great for current use but carries that risk that the data gets lost if the software goes away (I speak from experience as former user and lover of Circus Ponies).
That doesn’t help you with your practical problem, but might help with the mismatch between what you’re expecting and what you’re seeing.