1.8.1-beta (Linux obsidian:// opener test build)

Linux test build. This is 1.8.0 plus a fix for the obsidian:// URI not opening on Linux from
inside calibre. It's published for testing — please try it and report back before it goes into a
normal release.

The fix opens the obsidian:// link through calibre's own open_url, which restores the bundled
environment (LD_LIBRARY_PATH etc.) before launching, instead of a raw xdg-open / webbrowser.

Install

Download highlights-to-obsidian-1.8.1.zip below (the asset — not "Source code"), then in
calibre: Preferences → Plugins → Load plugin from file and select the zip. Restart calibre.

How to test

Make sure "open Obsidian with the OS's command" is unchecked, then send a highlight — ideally
Obsidian opens the note directly, with no browser step.

If a browser still opens, run:

xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/obsidian

If that returns nothing, your system can't open obsidian:// directly (common with the AppImage
build of Obsidian); in that case enable "Write highlights directly to vault files", which skips the
URI and the browser entirely.