version 1.6.0

Highlights to Obsidian v1.6.0

New features

• New formatting options:
  • {chaptertitle} — the chapter / table-of-contents section the highlight is in (#1)
  • {color} and {colorlabel} — the highlight's color, plus an optional color → label mapping (jm289765#5, jm289765#8)
  • {format} — the book format the highlight is in (e.g. EPUB) (jm289765#5)
  • Book metadata: {calibreid}, {isbn}, {lccn}, {identifiers}, {pubdate}, {tags} (jm289765#5)
• {x:yaml} format spec — makes any value safe inside Obsidian YAML frontmatter, e.g. {title:yaml} for a title containing ":" (jm289765#9)
• "Keep notes sorted and preserve your edits" (write-to-file mode) — inserts each new highlight at its correct sorted position and updates existing ones in place, instead of appending at the bottom, while keeping your manual edits (jm289765#13)
• Read annotations from a custom column — e.g. one populated by the Annotations plugin; sends the column content as the note body, one note per book (jm289765#14)
• "Only send these highlight colors" — an optional color filter (jm289765#8)
• Open Obsidian with the OS's command on all platforms — the former Linux-only option now works on Windows and macOS too (jm289765#7)

Fixes

• The sort key is now forgiving of stray whitespace and capitalization (a trailing space used to silently disable sorting), and the config warns when you enter a sort key that isn't a real formatting option (jm289765#11)

Requires calibre 6.10 or newer.

Install

Download highlights-to-obsidian-1.6.0.zip below and load it via calibre's Preferences → Plugins → Load plugin from file.