Ability to use *.todo file instead of *.md

[lawrence-laz]

Todo+ is a pretty popular VS Code extension for managing *.todo files.

It looks a bit like this:

Compared to markdown:

I would like to use it in Foam instead of markdown todo files. However, I cannot find a way to reference a *.todo file from a *.md file.

Adding it as a markdown link doesn't work, as clicking on the link (in edit mode) does not open the *.todo file the same way it does when you click a [[todo]] link.

Would it be possible to somehow integrate non-markdown files into Foam?

[holajoyce]

+1 yes, in fact, I find myself trying to reference code files in my foam markdown files, and would love to be able to do so.

[riccardoferretti]

This falls into better support for attachments, which the latest refactoring should make easier.
I have added this task to the backlog, I don't have a timeframe for it but I agree it's quite important

[riccardoferretti]

I have played with the extension and actually really liked it. I wonder whether the solution here should actually be the other way around. Is there a reason why TODO+ doesn't support .md as extension?

[lawrence-laz]

Is there a reason why TODO+ doesn't support .md as extension?

How would that work: would TODO+ extension be enabled on all .md files? I know that it has some keyboard shortcuts, functionality like archiving completed tasks and syntax highlighting. This could possibly conflict with some other markdown stuff in simple non-todo files I guess.

[SanketDG]

There is some context here on how to make it work, but in general it looks like the extension itself implements some spec?

[riccardoferretti]

thanks for this pointer, so it looks like TODO files are treated as having their own "language"... mm... problematic..

[riccardoferretti]

This is fixed as of 0.25.0