PLAIN TEXT; PAPER, LESS — PRODUCTIVITY DIGEST
PTPL 083: Markdown Formulas in the Newly Updated Obsidian Tables
It’s a nice non-essential for tracking expenses on digital paper
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Obsidian tables have had an update
People with early access to new features in Obsidian received a treat recently: tables now have Notion-like handles for easily moving rows and columns around! The Advanced Tables plugin has always been able to do this, but it sure is nice to see some table-love in the core of the app.
What I love is that everything I’m discussing today about tables, even the complicated formula stuff, is for convenience only. It’s nothing you couldn’t do manually, and it doesn’t do weird things to your Markdown.
My financial records journey
Earlier this year I tried my hand at plain text accounting using hLedger, and failed. Moved on to Beancount…
