Dendron Tutorial Feedback

[kevinslin]

We're constantly iterating to make the tutorial better. Please report here if anything about the Dendron tutorial does not work or is unclear!

[HuangJunye]

The getting started tutorial is great! I just want to mention a small typo in "Next Steps" section.

• "Appy Template" => "Apply Template"

[kevinslin]

thanks for this. we'll fix this in the next release!

[CoryOsmosisJones]

It wasn't immediately clear to me that the note preview was on the right side and I read mostly through the tutorial markup before realizing it was a lot easier to read the preview on the right. Perhaps make some mention to the two screens showing the same things in different representations.

My mistake was further deepened by misunderstanding the note "We will teach you at the end how to unlock the preview". I thought that meant the preview was locked as was not showing the result of the markup and that I would learn how to preview it at the end of the tutorial.

[kevinslin]

I can see how that would be confusing. we'll add a notice at the top about the preview!

[tlylt]

Hi there,

• navigating to link via CTRL + Enter doesn't seem to work (I'm using Windows 10 on VScode)
  
• inconsistency when referencing keyboard shortcuts is somewhat confusing: e.g. in <CTRL>-<TAB> vs <CTRL>+<ENTER> was confused for a second and thought that maybe there's some difference in - and +
  
  

[fprotazio]

I was going to report exactly the same thing in the "Navigate a link" section but since you reported already, I am commenting here.

The only different for me is that I am using macOS and command <CMD>+<ENTER> did not work too. Furthermore, the <ENTER> equivalent on MacBooks is <RETURN>

[jonathandavidlewis]

This instruction was not accurate in my case. I am on MacOS. Command + enter did not work. It was the CTRL key, not COMMAND.

on MacOS: + opens the link

[OneCricketeer]

RE

NOTE: when you rename a note, Dendron updates all links and references of the original note being renamed. Try switching back to [[tutorial]] to see the updated link!

This did not happen for me.

I did replace the whole name (tutorial.one) with my-note originally, so maybe my error, and that messed up the cache. But when I went back and renamed it back to tutorial.one, that fixed the link, but then renaming to my-note.one did not replace anything that I could see in tutorial.

But also, I was deleting sections as I went, and wasn't actively saving the file (I have auto-save disabled), so maybe it cannot replace links for unsaved files?

[bmda]

The link did not update for me, either.

[JamesHoran]

"control + k v" is not doing anything. VS Code says it's not a valid command, while your documentation seems to say it is (https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/ldt8dqn41k80emerw5w88by/). If I'm doing this wrong please let me know, but pressing "k" followed by "v" all while holding down the control key is not working for me. I want to be able to toggle the preview using keyboard shortcuts, but it just isn't working now

[sensibubs]

I'm interested in importing my Obsidian notes, and noticed the link right down the bottom (Just above the Community heading) doesn't do anything
When I copied that line, the text comes out as "Coming from Obsidian? Click here to import your Obsidian notes (or any markdown notes) into Dendron to see how they look.",
but clicking on "here" doesn't do anything for me

[alelom]

I'm using Visual Studio Keymap as I came to VSCode from its bigger brother Visual Studio, and I'm used to its keybinds.

With that extension installed, the CTRL+L shortcut suggested in the tutorial doesn't work.
Perhaps some instructions should be added for people with keybinds different than the original, at least to configure Dendron properly.