Changelog.

External Files

• You can now reference external files that Octarine doesn’t natively support in your notes. Clicking on these files opens them in the default app, allowing you to work with your notes and references simultaneously.

• The Meta sidebar features an External References section for each note. It allows you to import new files or search for existing files in the workspace to reference.

• These references are stored in the markdown as frontmatter at the top of the markdown file, which also lays the groundwork for Properties/Frontmatter in upcoming releases.

  • Here’s an example of how the frontmatter will appear in the file:

    ---
    external_files:
      - 2412.10953v1.pdf
    ---
    

• Octarine comes with support for several default extensions. You can add additional extensions that suit your workflow by navigating to Settings → Files → External Files.

  • However, the following extensions cannot be imported, as Octarine already supports them natively in your notes: MD / PNG / JPG / JPEG / GIF / WEBM / SVG / MP4 / MOV.

Weekly Notes

• A new column labeled WN (Week Number) is now available in the Daily Desk’s Calendar, displaying the weeks of the year.
• Weekly Notes are stored in the Daily/Weekly folder in the workspace, following the <YEAR>-W<NUMBER> format.
• The size of the day buttons in the calendar has been reduced.
• The week now starts on Monday instead of Sunday.

Improvements

• A context menu (right-click) has been added to items under Attached Media in the meta sidebar.
• The style of the Alert Dialog has been updated.
• Codeblocks are now wrapped to prevent horizontal scrolling on medium-sized windows and above. On smaller windows, codeblocks remain unwrapped and scrollable.
• The speed of creating a daily note has been improved.
• Clicking Regenerate on an Ask Assistant response now sends an explicit retry with the previous response, prompting the LLM to avoid sending the same response again.
• The Linked Notes section in the meta sidebar has a maximum height and a scrollbar, preventing it from occupying the entire sidebar height when numerous doclinks are attached.

Fixes

• A bug has been fixed where switching workspaces could sometimes display incorrect days with notes in the daily desk’s calendar.