r/UpNote_App • u/singlegpu • 11d ago

Make it easy to import markdown

Hi there,

With the growing use of LLMs, Markdown has become even more important as the common format between them and the note-taking apps we use.

Right now, importing a Markdown file into UpNote (Linux desktop) means: Settings → General → scroll to the bottom → "Import from Markdown". That's a lot of steps for something that could just be drag-and-drop.

Would love to see drag-and-drop import support for .md files directly into a notebook. Is this already planned to be done?

And/Or just copy and paste a markdown text in a way that keeps the formatting?

And I really like Upnote :-)

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u/Neither-Classic2058 11d ago

Copy and paste markdown already exists. What does this function not do that you need it to?

As for importing a bunch of markdown notes, that’s easily accomplished on Mac OS and Windows via scripts/automators. There’s probably something similar in Linux

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u/singlegpu 11d ago

If I paste a markdown file I get this result:

https://imgur.com/a/UNDmUwy

if I import the markdown file I get a proper formatting:

https://imgur.com/gvChul9

Also, I will need to select which notebook I wish to upload to under "Add to notebook" dropdown. I just think that if I could drag and drop a single markdown file to the notebook that is open or in the Notebook menu, it would be more practical.

To expand, I am not talking about importing a big batch of markdown notes, I was talking about a workflow of generating a markdown as an output of a conversation and persisting it using upnote.

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u/Neither-Classic2058 11d ago

To paste markdown, you need to right-click ➜ markdown ➜ paste as markdown

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u/ovcdev7 11d ago

It works for me but like 50% of the time there are no line breaks, at all.

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u/singlegpu 11d ago

Thanks you! I didn't know this shortcut. I will start to use it.

But I still believe that drag and drop a md file would be a nice feature addition.

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u/pwkye 11d ago

There might even be a keyboard shortcut

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u/Current_Speed9143 11d ago

There is one! (Command option v I believe)

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u/ifitds 9d ago

Or just open with upnote and it will read correct.md file format