Obsidian introduced breaking changes around File Explorer JS structure which prevented this custom-sort plugin from working.
- fix backward compatible with versions earlier that 1.5.4
- version bump before release
- `aaa-z` and `a-zzz` sort orders (uppercase first, alphanumeric order and lowercase first, alphanumeric)
- `vsc-unicode` sort order, which is equivalent to what VS Code refers to as 'unicode' sorting (which name is arbitrary and confusing, yet familar to VS Code users)
- the last-resort default fallback sorting method (which was alphabetical) is extended to give preference to files. In other words, if all the specified sorting levels don't sort two items, the file goes first (if the other item is a folder)
- added explicit syntax to specify `files-first` or `folders-first`
- naive implementation, the escape lexeme is \\DOT (problematic long term because of overlaps)
- naive implementation, the escape is transformed to simple-regexp (technically this is not needed at all)
- sorting by bookmarks, item w/o bookmark pushed to the bottom in both: asc and desc orders
- sorting by metadata, item w/o metadata pushed to the bottom in both, asc and desc orders
- sorting by creation or modification date, advanced mode: empty folders (or folders having only folder children) are pushed to the bottom, regardless of asc or desc order
* #74 - Integration with Bookmarks core plugin and support for indirect drag & drop arrangement
- added new plugin setting to enable auto-integration with bookmarks
- full integration with standard sorting at folder level and at sorting group level
- refined support for implicit sorting for bookmarks plugin integration
- documentation update (partial, sketchy)
- context menu for 'bookmark this' and 'bookmark+siblings' for sorting
- order of bookmarked siblings reflects the current sorting in File Explorer, whatever it is (!!!)
- handler for 'changed' event of the vault to reflect files/folders locations change in the bookmarks automatically, whenever applicable
- adjusted behavior of by-bookmark-comparator to adhere to the multi-level sorting support implemented in #89 and merged recently to this branch. Basically, each comparator is responsible only for its own comparison and should no fallback into other default comparisons - instead it should return 0, which indicates item which are equal from the perspective of the comparator
- adjusted bookmarks integration to the merged from master multi-level sorting support and its implications
- fix suggested by github code check
- advanced performance optimizations: bookmarks cache finetuning, switching to Obsidian sort code if the implicit bookmark-integration sorting spec is in effect for a folder and there are no bookmarked items in the folder
- update of treatment of whitespace in parent path extraction: spaces allowed as leading/trailing in path elements
- increased coverage of the new functionality with unit tests
- basic manual tests done
- next step: real-life usage tests
- full runtime processor extension plus necessary syntax adjustments
- backward compatibility with semi-two-levels
- extended meaning of sorting: lexeme
- extended and more fine-grained error messages for sorting order specifications
- full runtime handling (application) of multi-level sorting
- full unit tests coverage of new functions
- metadata-based sorting extended to be applicable at each of sorting level, possibly with different metadata + full unit tests coverage
- having the run-time part ready, the missing part is the extending the sorting-spec-processor.ts
- added run-time execution logic for multi-level sorting
- modified the sorter-by-metadata (required change for multi-level sorting)
- adjusted unit tests
- NO NEW UNIT TESTS
- no syntax added to support specification of multi-level (remains to be done)
- sorting engine updated
- no dedicated syntax introduced, new feature used only in unit tests
- replaces the simplistic support for secondary sorting level for regexps
- unit tests
- the meaning of CustomSortOrder.standardObsidian changes from a fixed one to what is actually selected in Obsidian UI
- the CustomSortOrder.standardObsidian can be applied at a folder level (as the default for folder) and at a group level (this is a major addition)
- added a mapping of Obsidian UI sorting methods onto internal plugin sorting methods, plus addition of the Obsidian UI logic to push folders to the top unconditionally
- !!! NO NEW UNIT TESTS FOR THIS FEATURE - must add later
- not tested manually, as the commits extraction and pushing is done as part of #88 github issue
* #79 - parent-folder-name variable support
- introductions of simplistic macros / templating support
- initially only one macro supported: {:%parent-folder-name%:}
- macro expanded only for plain-text matching rules, ignored for regexp-based rules
- for children of the root folder the macro is ignored
- unit tests for the new macros.ts
- unit tests for the testable part of updated custom-sort.ts
- updated settings description for clarity
- minor extension of the code to allow both _about_ and _about_.md in the settings
- Version bump before release
- new keyword added to support items starred with Obsidian core plugin 'Starred'
- the keyword is `starred:`
- detection and more user friendly handling of the general error condition when the File Explorer is not available
- new ribbon status icon shape to indicate the general error plus detailed error logged to the console
#32 - Implementation completed with rich unit tests coverage.
- manual.md contains a simple example of the new feature
- support for undocumented `\[0-3]` for the requester of the feature ;-)
- full unit tests coverage of the new functionality
- refactor of the parser to allow more flexible syntax and be able to detect more errors
- introduced many new errors recognized by the parser
- Implementation with full coverage of unit tests
- Documentation update with details about priorities (as an advanced feature, only in manual.md, not in README.md)
* #23 - support for sorting by metadata
- added support for grouping items by the presence of specified metadata
- new keyword `with-metadata:` introduced for that purpose in lexer
- if metadata field name is omitted, the default `sort-index-value` is used
- added support for sorting items by notes and folders metadata
- new keyword 'by-metadata:' introduced for that purpose
- if metadata field name is omitted, the default `sort-index-value` is used (or metadata name inheritance is used)
- unit tests of sorting spec processor extended accordingly
- documentation and code example in README.md
- extended to also support true alphabetical on metadata fields
- release unnecessary references after sorting completed
- finetuned the 'modified' sorting method - not the folders are ordered alphabetically, as the standard Obsidiand sort by 'modified date' does
- finetuned the 'created' sorting method in the same way as 'modified'
- added some initial content to syntax-reference.md ;-)
- extended the 'advanced modified' sorting method to also support the edge-case secondary sorting methods for groups
- added two new commands to enable/suspend the plugin
- intentionally put in the description convenient names: sort-on and sort-off
- code area was not covered by unit tests, not adding new one at this point (simple logic, fresh mind ;-)
Cosmetics: wildcard patters for root like '/*' or '/...' produced a non matchable sort spec in the main sorting spec. The sort spec in wildcards tree was ok.
- new syntax: target-folder: Reviews/* <-- applies to folder, subfolders and all descendant folders
- new syntax: target-folder: Reviews/... <-- applies to folder and subfolders
- special case: target-folder: /* tells the plugin to apply the specified sorting to entire vault
- enhanced syntax for '.' - can be used to specify relative path now (e.g. target-folder: ./daily)
- added new sorting attribute (sorting: standard) to actually give back the sorting into the hands of standard Obsidian mechanisms
- fixed a minor bug: some of error messages were displayed only in console, not in the ballons
- unit tests for all new and changed functionality
- pending README.md update
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