Loreshelf Docs

basic concepts.md

What is Loreshelf?

Loreshelf is a knowledge archive that brings the following benefits:

Fast Access

Switch quickly between notebooks and workspaces.

Structured Content

The information is formated and given structure.

Responsive Views

Notecards are listed next to each other.

Distributed Workspaces

No central database. Every workspace can be stored elsewhere - in a Dropbox folder, a Github repository, an encrypted ZIP archive, etc.

Data Organization

Workspaces [Loreshelf Docs]

• Notebooks [Get Started]

  • Notecards

    [Data Organization]

Workspace is a folder of your notebooks.

Notebooks are text files.

Notecards are chapters of the notebooks.

Open on startup

Set a notebook to open on startup.

1. Open the notebook which you want to open on startup.

2. Right click on the name of the notebook to open the context menu.

3. Click on the option “Open on startup“.

export.md

Markdown to PDF

Right click on the notebook’s title and choose Export to PDF from the context menu.

icons.md

Icon Codes

The codes entered to the notecards are automatically transformed into icons.

Code	Icon
[ ]	[ ]
[x]	[x]
[-]	[-]
[/]	[/]
[?]	[?]
[.]	[.]
[+]	[+]
[!]	[!]
[i]	[i]
[*]	[*]

Press the Backspace key if you want to return the transformation back to the text state.

slash commands.md

Header

Write /header and confirm with Enter.

Example header

Headers can contain icons

[*] Header with icon

/icon-

Table

Write /table and confirm with Enter.

Pros	Cons
Example table	with 2 columns

Add new row

Press Enter when the cursor is in a cell.

Alternatively right click on the row and select Add row after from the context menu.

Remove row

Right click on the row and select Delete row from the context menu.

Alternatively select all cells in the row and press Delete key.

Remove table

Right click on the table and select Remove table from the context menu.

Quote

Write /quote and confirm with Enter.

Example quote

Long quote

on multiple lines

Date and time

Today date

Write /today and confirm with Enter.

May 5, 2020

Now time

Write /now and confirm with Enter.

20:45

Icons

Write / and icon command to filter out the options. When selected press Enter.

Command	Icon
icon-none	[ ]
icon-yes	[x]
icon-no	[-]
icon-not	[/]
icon-question	[?]
icon-dot	[.]
icon-pin	[+]
icon-warning	[!]
icon-info	[i]
icon-star	[*]

Large message

Write /large and confirm with Enter.

$10 000

Horizontal rule

Write /rule and confirm with Enter.

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