Eldorado 27 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Question: Is it possible to retrieve a classic note link ("evernote:///...") to a note directly from the user interface? Background: RClick on a note only offers "Copy Internal Link (Ctrl-Alt-L)" which ends in a "https://..."-URL to be inserted in other documents (like Excel, Word, ...) On a MAC someone tolds me to press an "option button" after RClick to find the command - but on Windows, I've neither an Option-Button available nor does CTRL work :-( My current workaround is to paste the internal link to a (new, temp.) note text then RClick on this new inserted text and "Edit..." the link. Within the small dialog, I can Cut&Paste the internal syntax string... But this is time wasting and complicated... Link to comment
RavBoy 189 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On EN-for-Windows, when you are in a note, and you do a CTRL+ALT+L to generate the CLASSIC (In-App) note-link (evernote:///view)... well, at this stage, you already have 'Retrieved' a classic note link... so to answer your question YES it's possible. I think the issue you're having, occurs when wanting to paste the 'actual' link-syntax, as opposed to the notes-title-anchor-text thingy. Hence why I think you are using your current '2-Step-Shuffle' of 1st pasting to notepad...as i believe notepad somehow strips everything away and just keeps the link-syntax. The easiest method I have found... when wanting to paste a classic note-link to either another app on your PC (assuming PC - not MAC), or a web-app, such as Asana (my online workflow system), simply Right Click and select 'PASTE AS PLAIN TEXT' -or- CTRL+SHIFT+V ...that should now show the classic-link syntax in 1 step. NB this however wont work if wanting to paste the classic link-syntax into another note on EN itself...don't know why!? ...and so back to your 2-step process 😞 My issue is, that unlike locally installed apps on my PC, such as MS Outlook or Word, that I can paste the classic links to fine, and have them open the note on the desktop... Classic note-links pasted to online web-enabled apps such as Asana...are not recognised!!! And no amount of configuring my browser has resolved it thus far... Link to comment
RavBoy 189 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 also...and just to clarify for you/me/others. When in a note on EN-for-Windows...Shortcuts to generate Links CTRL+ALT+L - to get a IN-APP - CLASSIC Note Link evernote:///view/ CTRL+/ - to get a WEB Note Link : https://www.evernote.com/ Link to comment
Eldorado 27 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Huh, annoying because it makes a difference whether you are working on note within EN's main window or with a New Window 😞 If you are working on a note in EN's main window Command "Note -> Copy Internal Link" shows an accelerator "CTRL-ALT-L" ... and stores a classic URL in Window's clipboard (OK) CTRL-ALT-L does this job without clicking through the command (OK) "CTRL-/" does NOT work (FAIL) ... on German keyboards because a "/" is reachable only by using a shift key 😞 and CTRL-SHIFT-/ seems to have no or any other functionality Command "Note -> Copy External Link" is not available (WISH: offer command) ... so I've no possibility to generate an external URL in this mode - but... If you are working on a note in a New Window (my preferred method to work in parallel in several notes) Command "Note -> Copy Internal Link" shows no accelerator (WISH: show an accelerator) ... and stores an external URL in Window's clipboard (FAIL: should store an Internal URL) [A] "CTRL-ALT-L" works even it is not mentioned in command and places an external URL in clipboard (OK) "CTRL-/" does NOT work (FAIL) - as above... Command "Note -> Copy External Link" is not available (WISH: offer command) - as above... THX RavBoy! Link to comment
Eldorado 27 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Small addendum: to [A] Because "Note -> Copy Internal Link" works like a "Note -> Copy External Link" in this case (in a New window), this is could be seen as a feature (with invalid naming) - and it is the only way to get an external link to my note 😉. @EN-developers: Please end up these boring discussion by simply offenering both commands ("Note -> Copy Internal Link [CTRL-ALT-L]" and "Note -> Copy External Link [CTRL-/]") ... in both modes (Main window and New Window) ... with accellerators shown in command menus (to help to remember them easily for new users) ... and an other accellerator than "Ctrl-/" for German power users 😉 THX for your attention... Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted August 16, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 16, 2019 On 8/11/2019 at 11:27 AM, Eldorado said: RClick on a note only offers "Copy Internal Link (Ctrl-Alt-L)" which ends in a "https://..."-URL to be inserted in other documents (like Excel, Word, ...) There are three types of note links . In-app (Classic); evernote:///view/... - Private browser; https://www.evernote.com/... - Public brower; https://www.evernote.com/... On my Mac and iPad, Copy Note Link updates the clipboard with the Private browser link; https://www.evernote.com/... I can verify this with a clipboard viewer app Pasting within the Evernote app converts this to the In-app (Classic) link; evernote:///view/... >>>>On a MAC someone tolds me to press an "option button" Confirmed; holding down the option key forces the In-app (Classic) link. Link to comment
Eldorado 27 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 minute ago, DTLow said: - Internal browser; https://www.evernote.com/... - Public brower; https://www.evernote.com/... What's the difference? 2 minutes ago, DTLow said: On my Mac and iPad, copy Internal Link updates the clipboard with the Internal browser link; https://www.evernote.com/...Pasting within the Evernote app converts this to the Internal in-app (Classic) link; evernote:///view/... On Windows, I sometime had the feeling that EN places both formats the clipboard (this is possible in Windows - we use this feature in our programs ;-)). So any other application is free to select the propper one for its own purpose during paste (Word: https:..., Evernote itself: evernote:...) Maybe I was confused during my tests. But I think they should not be toooo clever: If I have two distinct commands to place explicitely one URL in the clipboard, I will use the desired one in any case. BTW: In my environment I use the internal URL even in external cases like (HTML based) texts. Doing so, Windows will launch EN to show my note (and not a browser with un-comfortable EN-UI). This is why I mentioned [A] as a FAIL 😉 Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted August 16, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Eldorado said: What's the difference?😉 I corrected this, the two links are Private Browser and Public Browser Two different browser links to the same note The Public Browser link allows access by anyone; no password required The Private Browser link requires userid/password to access >>BTW: In my environment I use the internal URL even in external cases like (HTML based) texts I also use the In-app (Classic) link; never the Private Browser link The In-app link also works within Evernote/Web Link to comment
Eldorado 27 Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Moreover I just saw a nice feature regarding auto-converting link formats: If I inserted external links ("https://...") to other documents (like an eMail body in Outlook) and then Copy&Paste this text back to an EN note EN converts it to an internal link ("evernote://..." automatically (NICE) and changes the colour to green (default for internal links! - very good) But... If I inserted external links ("https://...") to an eMail body in Outlook and then use "Save to Evernote" to move my sent message to EN EN does not auto-convert the links (@EN-Developers: WHY?) On 8/16/2019 at 6:01 PM, DTLow said: The Public Browser link allows access by anyone; no password required The Private Browser link requires userid/password to access THX for clarifying this - it leads me to some more investigations/findings (for Windows users) Note -> Copy internal link (Ctrl-Alt-L) creates internal links to be pasted within EN (OK) creates external private links to pasted outside EN (OK) Note -> Share -> Copy sharable link - in Main window creates external public links to pasted anywhere (OK - but be careful!) @EN-Developers: This command should show accelerator info ("Ctrl-/") Note -> Share -> Copy share URL (Ctrl-/) - in separate Note window creates external public links to pasted anywhere (OK - but be careful!) @EN-Developers: Please use other accelerator becasue "Ctrl-/" cannot be used on German keyboards Regarding "but be careful!": In my opinion, this command should be named "Copy public share URL" in all cases to grant a user to be aware of this. Up to now, a Public url remains public (with no password requirement) until a user explecitely stops access by command Note -> Share -> Share note... > Turn off But who knows this complicated commands later or is even aware ot public links later?@EN-Developers: please think about 😉 Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted August 23, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, Eldorado said: ... is even aware ot public links later? Search sharedate:* Link to comment
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