Variables

The concepts behind this table are explained on the Variables page. An unknown variable is left as is.

Available now

Variable	Where	Value
{{text}}	Line template	Text of the comment
{{quote}}	Line template	Commented passage, or the context around a point comment
{{tag}}	Line template	Category tag
{{category}}	Line template	Category name
{{date}}	Line template	Date of the comment
{{date}}	Note name	Today’s date
{{note}}	Line template	Link to the source note
{{note}}	Note name	Name of the note or folder
{{link}}	Line template	↩ back-link to the passage
{{id}}	Line template	Id of the comment (a1)

From version 0.5.0

Variable	Where	Value
{{date:FORMAT}}	Everywhere	{{date}} in a Moment.js format; date of the comment in the line template, today elsewhere
{{today}}	Everywhere	Today’s date (YYYY-MM-DD)
{{today:FORMAT}}	Everywhere	Today’s date in a Moment.js format
{{date-7d}}, {{date+1d}}	Everywhere	Today minus or plus N days
{{note}}	Template, annotation	Name of the note or folder
{{selection}}	Annotation, template	Selected text
{{cursor}}	Annotation	Where the cursor is placed in the starting text
{{sources}}	Template	Links to the source notes
{{comments}}	Template	Body of the extraction
{{VALUE:label}}	Everywhere	Value typed in a prompt titled label; same label, same value within a gesture or chain
{{GLOBAL:name}}	Everywhere	Value of the global variable name

Date offsets are always counted from today, even in the line template.