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Nathan Price Jul 27, 2023
Posted Thu, Jul 27, 2023 8:16 AM

In reply to Rudolf Nanne

Hey Rudolf
Thanks for jumping on board
I'm not familiar with that in Notion.
Could you post some screenshots perhaps.

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2. Format Date Fields in Build In Title
Nathan Price Jul 26, 2023
Posted Wed, Jul 26, 2023 12:54 PM

Edited Wed, Jul 26, 2023 12:57 PM

I think being able to include a formatting setting on any date element would be best.
Also a default format - i.e. US or European
Then the ability to modify it in the reformat it in the "Build title" section would be great. i.e

${Date|hh:mm}

This is way to much information.

Today, Wed, Apr 05, 01:00:00 PM - Today, Wed, Apr 05, 02:00:00 PM

Do we really need the seconds here?

This would be a great setting to have

Wed, Apr 05, 1-2pm

Or on a date page,

1-2pm
1pm-2pm

It'd be a little like excel where you can just apply the appropriate formatting but then still access the more detailed data underneath if required.

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Nathan Price Jul 27, 2023
Posted Wed, Jul 26, 2023 11:41 AM

Edited Thu, Jul 27, 2023 7:34 AM
Paragraph view with Nodal Sentences
I think it was either Tarjei or Olav who mentioned in Q and A the reason for their resistance to enacting this feature.
They basically felt the data structure of nodes was incompatible with the idea of paragraphs, that nodal data structures made more sense at the level of a sentence.
I think however you should still be able to create a solution that supported both outcomes.
A view/edting mode that parses sentences into nodes and allows them to be viewed in either paragraph or nodal modes.

Paragraph View
This is node one. This is node two. This is node three.

Nodal View

#Par Break
This is node one

This is node two

This is node three

You would have to think about how you would deal with child nodes
i.e.
Nodal View

Par Break
This is node one

This is node two
This is node two B

This is node three

**Paragraph View **
This is node one. *This is node two. ...

This is node two B
... This is node three.

But these issues are not insurmountable. That way you get the best of both worlds. Node=Sentence and Paragraph view. And maybe it would mean Tana were more likely to implement.
Best N
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