How to split a note?

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and you would be right! Profuse apologies, I’d used ‘Command’ when I meant ‘Control’ in 3 places. :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

My last post above now fixed.

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thanks @mwra

unfortunately, it does not render the outcome i subjectively desired …

goal

“highlighted text” in $Text in the source note

  1. is to become the $Name of the newly created note (through splitting)
  2. the “highlighted text” itself + everything past the “highlighted text” = are to make up the $Text of the newly created note

result

what happens, though, is:

  • the highlighted text of the source note appears in $Text of the newly created note (through splitting)
  • and everything past the “highlighted text” (of the source note) appears in $Name of the newly created note

it maybe that this is intended by @eastgate … but, unfortunately, it is neither what i subjectively expected nor what i subjectively desired (see goal above)

i’d love to remedy my subjective intuition and learn to understand the objective intent of how the split-function currently works.

Thank you

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This all makes sense, but as you note is not a current feature.

I think the current split is close.

Current behaviour:

  • New note’s $Name. The first sentence(paragraph?) after the split use used as the new $Name. Anyway, much text (if not all) goes into the title.
  • New note’s $Text text:
    • selected $Text. The selected (only!) is removed from source text and moved to the new note
    • no selected $Text. All $Text after the current in-text cursor position is removed to the new note.

Aside, I think the selected $Text option makes no sense here as the source text’s remainder now doesn’t make sense as an inline part is missing.

You want:

  • New note’s $Name:
    • selected $Text. The selected text is used as $Name.
    • no selected $Text. The first sentence after the text cursor is used as $Name
  • New note’s $Text text:
    • All $Text after the current in-text cursor position is removed to the new note.

Aside, if $Text is selected, I’d have expected only that $Text to in the new note, with it being retained.

This begs the question of whether the feature needs modifying or a separate feature needs adding. I don’t have a settled view on that, if only because it isn’t a feature I use with any regularity and regular use is where the sharp edges of a feature come to the fore.

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thanks, @mwra! you making it crystal clear when you summarise it:

What do you say @eastgate in light of the following consideration from Mark?

I would very much like to see this feature added, as it would spare one the effort of having to insert delimiters into a text beforehand, which would then need to be processed using the explode feature.

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I’ll look into this

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thanks @eastgate