Copy (only) Hyperlink

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tarot sport
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Copy (only) Hyperlink

Post by tarot sport »

I noticed that when you copy a hyperlink (i.e., a deeplink in Bookends), it is already rendered in its markdown version. Is there any way to "demarkdownize" and copy just the link?

For example:

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[The Rise of Metacreativity: AI Aesthetics After Remix](bookends://sonnysoftware.com/ref/Library/217204)
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bookends://sonnysoftware.com/ref/Library/217204
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Re: Copy (only) Hyperlink

Post by Jon »

The short answer is no. The long answer is this:

Bookends actually copies two links:

1. Native link. Apps that accept these (e.g. TextEdit, DT, Tinderbox, Mellel, etc.) will display them as live links. Note that the paste must include styled text, not Paste and Match Style. So in Bookends itself, if you've set Command-V to Paste and Match Style, you have to use Option-Shift-Command-V to insert these in styled text fields.

2. The Markdown link. When the receiving app only accepts text, not the live link, this is what is pasted. This makes the link accessible to apps like Obsidian, Craft, etc.

The Markdown link contains the actual link text, as your example shows, so you can trim it to get just that text.
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