Wikilinks

A wikilink is a link from one note to another. The whole idea of Flints rests on this one simple thing.

Creating a link#

Type [[ in the body. A list of your existing notes appears at once:

• Keep typing to filter the list.
• Pick with ↑ and ↓, insert with Enter.
• Close with Esc.

Ctrl + Shift + K does the same thing.

Linking to a note that does not exist#

This is one of the most useful things Flints does. You can link to a note you have not written yet:

This idea is very close to [[Deep Work]].

Even though Deep Work does not exist, the link is created. Click it and Flints creates that note for you and opens it.

So you never have to stop writing to create a note first — drop the link, carry on, and fill it in later.

Showing different text#

Sometimes the link text should differ from the note name. Use a vertical bar:

[[Deep Work|the book about focus]]

The link points at the Deep Work note but reads as the book about focus.

Opening a link#

Click a wikilink and the note opens in a new tab. You can also edit the link text: change the word and the link points at the new name.

How links are stored#

Links are part of the note's text — there is no separate "links table". That means when you export a note as Markdown the links come along as [[this]], so moving your notes to another app (Obsidian, for instance) is straightforward.

Next step#

When you create a link, the other direction appears automatically. Read about backlinks.