Obsidian 1.12.2 Desktop (Early access)
By Steven Van ·
Improvements CLI Added help <command> to get help with a specific command. Added --help as an alias for the help command.
The Obsidian desktop CLI gets several new commands and safer defaults in 1.12.2, an early access release, alongside smaller editor and Bases changes.
- The CLI adds a "help" command for per-command help (also available as "--help"), a "daily:path" command that returns the expected daily note path, and a "rename" command. The "search" command is split into "search" and "search:context".
- CLI commands are now silent by default and no longer expect an active file. The "all" parameter is replaced by "active" (to target the active file) and "silent" is replaced by "open" (to open the target). Unrecognized "--" flags are now ignored instead of causing errors.
- Files can now be imported into Bases by dragging and dropping them in.
- Right-clicking an image adds a "Copy image" option, and copying text from the editor now includes HTML formatting, making it easier to paste into apps like Google Docs.
- Opening a file in an external application now shows a confirmation dialog, with a separate warning when the file is an executable.
The release also fixes a number of bugs, including notices that stopped appearing after being dismissed, CLI commands that failed with unicode characters or ran before the workspace finished loading, and "obsidian://" links not working when the CLI was disabled. Full details are in the changelog.
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