Importing/Editing a Markdown file with embedded images

[doobes]

Greetings,

I've volunteered to review/edit a book written for ART (an image processor) that is a markdown file in a github library. I've forked the library as recommended, and am wanting to edit the file, but I'm complete markdown ignorant, and prefer to stay that way.

So, a light went off, that I could import into Trilium, review/edit and then export.

I can import the md file, but it doesn't include the referenced images. The images are where the md references, but Trilium doesn't include them.

Can someone help with how that might be done?

Thank you!

chris

[ptmorris1]

You might try the Python tool, but I am not sure if that will do it or not.

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @doobes! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the Notes team.

TriliumNext Notes doesn't automatically import local image files referenced by relative paths in Markdown files—only the text and the image links are imported, not the image files themselves (source). To get your images to show up, you'll need to manually upload each image file into Trilium, then update the image links in your note to point to the uploaded images.

Here's a quick way to do it:

1. Import your Markdown file as you have been.
2. For each missing image, upload the image file into Trilium (usually as a child note or attachment).
3. Edit the note and update the image link to use the Trilium image's URL or attachment path.

If you have a lot of images, this can be a bit tedious, but it's currently the only way within Trilium. If you want a tool that can automatically bundle Markdown and images together, you might consider using an editor that supports importing/exporting Markdown with embedded images as a ZIP or similar archive.

Let me know if you want step-by-step instructions for uploading and linking images in Trilium!

To reply, just mention @dosu.

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[doobes]

Oi. There are a gazillion images. Not going down that rabbit hole.

The ability to import markdown would be a nice enhancement!

I installed Joplin (which I hate because of its unholy reliance on markdown) and it imported just fine.

cheers