The main attraction of Joplin is that it uses markdown under the hood which facilitates the exchange of data with other markdown based note apps, and therefore no vender locking. However, it seems Joplin cannot import hastags as tag, or tags in YAML in markdown files? This is really a major missed o…

Seems we just need a plugin to scan all notes in a folder and covert hashtags into Joplin tags.

In the Plugin List, there is an entry which is supposed to perform this task: Auto Tag 1.0.3-rc7 Convert all octothorpe prefixed words into tags ZPH I installed it but it didn't do anything, and there isn't any documentation. It seems this entry should be removed to avoid confusion.

That's really an issue. I have the same problem. Moreover, in obsidian one could use 2 ** at the beginning of a word to bold the word without adding 2 ** again after the word. This is very sloppy, but obsidian understands it. When importing into Joplin, the problem is that Joplin doesn't understand…

This is wonderful! Can't wait to get back to my home computer to try it out. Many thanks!

Wonderful, thanks; it just solved my issue with # tags imported from Obidian! :+1: :+1:

Cannot import hastags or tags in YAML

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shikuz 6 February 2024 14:14 6

This recent plugin converts hashtags to Joplin tags. Hopefully this can solve your issue.

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Cannot import hastags or tags in YAML

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