Merging several selected notes into one note

osman · 27 September 2020 21:57

Is it possible to create this feature: the ability to merge several selected notes into one note, leaving the original ones intact. Everntoe has this feature but it destroys the selecte notes. It would be great if we can have it in Joplin while keeping the original notes intact. I think it is a useful feature to lots of users, especially those who use Joplin to collect data for some forms of writings, like articles, essays etc.

And as usual: Big Big thanks for all of you great great guys who are giving us this amazing app :slight_smile

laurent · 28 September 2020 18:34

I believe that should relatively easy to implement as a plugin, and that makes me think I should add a way to get the list of selected notes.

osman · 28 September 2020 19:01

Thanks so much @laurent for your prompt reply and the amzing work you and the team are doing. Just a side reminder of two old features request: Custom order for notebooks, and nested tags.

laurent · 29 September 2020 15:36

Well I'm having fun with the plugin service, so I've just implemented the feature there, as it was also a good idea for a plugin demo:

github.com

laurent22/joplin/blob/plugin_system/CliClient/tests/support/plugins/multi_selection/src/index.ts

joplin.plugins.register({
	onStart: async function() {
		joplin.commands.register({
			name: 'concatSelectedNotes',
			label: () => 'Concatenate selected notes into one',
			iconName: 'fas fa-music',
		}, {
			execute: async () => {
				const noteIds = await joplin.workspace.selectedNoteIds();
				const newNoteBody = [];
				let parentId = null;

				for (const noteId of noteIds) {
					const note = await joplin.api.get('notes/' + noteId, { fields: ['title', 'body', 'parent_id']});
					newNoteBody.push([
						'# ' + note.title,
						'',
						note.body,
					].join('\n'));

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Once the plugin system is ready it should be relatively easy to turn this demo into an production-ready plugin.

rxliuli · 29 September 2020 16:13

But this should not be placed in the plugin service, it should belong to the internal Plugin API. . .

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Merging several selected notes into one note

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