Linking

Although you may use regular Markdown links, neuron supports wiki-links that are often more convenient to use to link zettels. To link to a zettel using wiki-links, place that zettel’s Zettel ID inside [[..]]. For example,

Place that zettel's [[id]] inside `[[..]]`.

In Web interface, neuron will automatically display the title of the linked zettel.

Alternate link text can also be given using a pipe, as in [[link|text to display]].

Folgezettel links

Wiki-links may be labelled as “folgezettel” if you are writing a “structure note” (or hub note, or index note). See Folgezettel Links#.

Advanced linking

If you are using the Tags plugin, you can link to multiple zettels matching a tag (see Tag Queries#).

Zettel ID
- A Zettel ID is a Zettel Markdown file’s filename¹ without the extension. Zettel IDs must be unique across the Zettelkasten.
  1. Neuron will NFC normalize the Zettel ID derived from filename or link so that they work reliably when using non-ascii characters in filename or links (see Linking#).
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- Neuron will NFC normalize the Zettel ID derived from filename or link so that they work reliably when using non-ascii characters in filename or links (see Linking#).
- A title ID is one that uses arbitrary text, typically denoting the title of the note. For example, in the link [[Some note title]] (see Linking#), “Some note title” is the title ID, corresponding to the note filename Some note title.md, that is generated in the Web interface as the HTML file named some-note-title.html (unless you override this slug in Zettel metadata).
Tutorial
- In the text editor, link it (see Linking#) to your first zettel. It should look like this:
Folgezettel Links
- Wiki-links (see Linking#) may be labelled as “folgezettel” if you are writing a “structure note” (or hub note, or index note). Folgezettel links are used to curate a tree-like structure (termed Folgezettel Heterarchy) for your zettelkasten, which structure is used in both Uplink Tree and Impulse.
Folgezettel Heterarchy
- Neuron allows you to organically build a Heterarchy out of your Zettelkasten over time. When a zettel links (see Linking#) to another, it “branches off”¹ to that zettel … using Folgezettel Links#.
  1. Hence the German compound word “folge-zettel”. Read https://zettelkasten.de/posts/kinds-of-ties/
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Editor integration
- VSCode is recommended for new users of neuron. Though you may also use other Zettelkasten apps that supports wiki-links (see Linking#) like Obsidian.
Directory Tree
- Create folgezettel links (see Linking#) automatically reflecting the directory tree
Creating and Editing zettels
- Do not forget to link your new zettel to the rest of your Zettelkasten. See Linking#.

Zettel Markdown#
- Linking#
Plugins#
- Linking#
- Parent directory zettel