Changing Notes CSON to Markdown

[sudomf]

Changing notes files to use .md instead of .cson. #490

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• #490: Store notes as .md files instead of .cson files

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[Flexo013]

I will also put @arcturus140's question here:

what happens with existing .cson notes?

Additionally could add this checklist to your PR description?

Type of changes
[ ] Bug fix (Change that fixed an issue)
[ ] Breaking change (Change that can cause existing functionality to change)
[ ] Improvement (Change that improves the code. Maybe performance or development improvement)
[ ] Feature (Change that adds new functionality)
[ ] Documentation change (Change that modifies documentation. Maybe typo fixes)
Checklist:
[ ] My code follows the project code style
[ ] I have written test for my code and it has been tested
[ ] All existing tests have been passed
[ ] I have attached a screenshot/video to visualize my change if possible

[arcturus140]

Since this format is incompatible with the existing one it requires to increase the major of jsonData.version for proper handling.

[ZeroX-DG]

Well it's better to have a tool for converting cson to markdown (separated from the main app). The main app will only parse any markdown file and show a small list of cson file not being parsed and saying users need to use a tool to convert them. What do you guys think?

[arcturus140]

@ZeroX-DG we don't even need to list files, jsonData.version already tells which format we have per storage. Then show a pop up to force an upgrade of the entire storage location.

if external tool or internal is only a matter of convenience.

[arcturus140]

the thing is, once upgraded there's no turning back, so we force everyone to update to the latest version - shared devices and team members...

I'm sticking with an older version, because of some bugs in the later. I'm sure I'm not the only one, since making updates optional is also a highly wanted feature.

but we gotta do it anyway at some point, so...

[eromoe]

if boostnote use md as default format, so that I can directly map path to jekyll , make blog easily .
And this #3117 would be easy too.

[c33s]

why not using the frontmattre format or at least make it configurable?

[c33s]

any plans to merge and release this?