Plugin: Random Note Reloaded

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This plugin opens a random note from your workspace. Since there is no activity in the original repo since some years, I forked it and added some features that I wanted to try.

New features:

  • Exclude notes or notebooks (by right-click)
  • Exclude finished todos (by settings)
  • Get random notes from specific notebooks only (by right-click)

References:

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Thanks for creating this. I try to use it daily to review some (random) notes from my knowledge base.

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Thanks!

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It's very great!But I cannot use it on my phone.

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I will check if it's possible to make the plugin compatible to mobile.

Update:

It seems to be not possible easily. If I understand correctly, there are a few functions that the plugin requires, but that are not supported. Most important would be the openNote command.

I'm open to a PR, if somebody knows a way how to make this plugin compatible to mobile.

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openNote should work in recent versions of Joplin mobile. Edit: I've updated the post linked above.

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Thanks for the update. I can't see the exact reason why the plugin is marked as incompatible on my phone, though. I guess because the plugin needs a menu item, which is desktop-only.

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It might be related to missing keys in manifest.json. I'm linking to part of the docs:

If you encounter an "incompatible with Joplin mobile" error, be sure that "platforms": ["mobile", "desktop"] is included in your plugin's manifest.json (documentation).

— Debugging mobile plugins | Joplin

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Thanks, that worked. The plugin is available on mobile now. It's not really convenient, though. You have to edit the note first to get the menu including the random note button.

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Thanks a lot.At lease we can use it on mobile.It's better than nothing :kissing_heart:

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Thanks for making the plugin available for mobile. Can you assist in making the button more convenient @laurent, or is there no good solution?