[Help] Auto creation of notes when added for first time as a link

[yuujay]

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I am trying to see if there is a way for zk to auto-create a note if I add a link to the note. Is this possible?

For example, assume I am working on a note called my-interesting-note where the contents is

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This is where I try to add a new topic something link [[my new topic]]. Where `my new topic` note doesn't exist. Is there a way to configure zk to auto-create that note?

Let me know if this is feasible and is the right/recommended way to work with zk.

Thanks for all the work that has went into zk.

[tjex]

Do you want this to link to a 'non-existant note', like in Obsidian? This is not possible in zk.

Or do you simply want to create a new note from "my new topic".
In this case, if you're using neovim as your editor, you can use the command :ZkNewFromTitleSelection (also checkout :ZkNewFromContentSelection).

[yuujay]

Perfect, that works for me. : ZkNewFromTitleSelection is what I was looking for. I didn't want to lose context as I swithc out of a note to another. This one works perfectly for me.

As for : ZkNewFromContentSelection, when I select content and use the command, it replaces the contents with a link to the new note but doesn't paste the contents to the new note(using my default template). Am I missing something or is something not configured correctly?

If it helps, I have this as my global zk config in addition to the default generated for my notebook.

Anything in my global config that could be preventing contents to be copied over when using :ZkNewFromContentSelection

[tjex]

The template needs the {{content}} placeholder in it.

So,

# {{title}}

{{content}}

[yuujay]

This sets me up for most parts. Once again thanks for all your effort!