Changelog

Big changes! A little change here, a big refactor there, and we got ourselves a performance improvement patch!

Performance

• The Notes file tree implementation has been rewritten to efficiently manage extremely long lists.

• Using Cmd/Ctrl + P for file navigation now instantly updates the tree, centering on the selected note.

• The file navigation architecture has transitioned from using unique IDs to file names, ensuring more reliable note navigation.

• Updating a note no longer triggers unnecessary file tree recalculations, reducing CPU usage.

Graph View

• The Graph View has been completely rewritten with a custom solution for improved performance.

• Nodes with more outgoing links are now larger, with their size increasing exponentially based on the number of connections.

• Hovering over a node dims the rest of the graph, enhancing focus on the hovered node and its connections.

Daily Desk

• Calendar navigation is now possible using shortcuts, which are listed below the calendar.

• Changes to the Migrate Incomplete automation:

  • A Migrated from <date> line is now added above incomplete todos in the transferred date note, helping to identify their origin.
  • A property (front-matter) indicating where incomplete tasks were migrated is added to the extracted date note.

• Performance improvements have been made to finding incomplete todos.

Meta Sidebar

• Note stats now display Characters and Lines.

• Selecting text in a note updates the stats for the selected text.

• Linked Notes and Attached Media headers now reflect the number of items they contain.

• External reference calculations have been optimized for better performance.

Reacting to Outside File Changes

• Octarine now reacts to in-note changes made outside the app, in addition to detecting directory-level changes (creating, deleting, moving notes/folders).

Improvements

• The Ask Assistant now fetches models compatible with your OpenAI server (defaulting to OpenAI) for the model selector, allowing the use of Deepseek, Grok, or any OpenAI API-compatible server without errors.
• Navigation buttons have been removed from breadcrumbs.
• The notes breadcrumb now adjusts to the app's size, truncating folder names as necessary.
• The note name in the breadcrumb now features a background around its input.
• Pinning or locking a note now updates its status in the note's property (front-matter) instead of the local database, preserving its status across devices or workspaces.
• LaTeX equations now support chemical equations — See ref.
• A Yesterday option has been added to the slash command.

Fixes

• Resolved a bug that prevented proper recognition of Chinese characters in word count.
• Fixed an issue where moving a note containing a . would result in a renamed file with missing characters.
• Corrected a bug where an error message regarding the existence of a note/folder during renaming would be obscured by other note items in the list.
• Relaxed the math equation regex to accommodate spaces between characters.
• Fixed an issue where pressing enter in the command bar while the editor had the cursor on a tag, would cause the tag to be entered incorrectly.

Breaking Changes

• Due to database changes, the following will be reset:
  • Your recently viewed notes list.
  • Any pinned or locked notes.
• A dialog will appear on load to inform you about the breaking changes and perform a fresh database cleanup for using Octarine.