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13.1 Version 18.5.0

Date: 23 Feb 2026 - Monday

Fixed Web Book Site Export Bug

As a result of changes made in Version 18.4.0, the Web Book Export as Site function was deleting all output image files, but only replacing them if the associated note changed. This has been corrected, so that all image files will be rewritten.

Eliminated Tahoe Menu Item Images

There have been several recent blog posts decrying macOS Tahoe’s rather liberal and indiscriminate scattering of small image icons across an app’s menus. See this Rogue Amoeba blog post for a summary. This change removes all such visual flotsam, using this code from Brent Simmons.

Refinement of Span Handling in Titles

Processing of the Title and Long Title fields has been improved to allow the embedding of some span elements within titles, as identified below.

Styling Markdown allowed HTML allowed
emphasis (appears as italics) *words* or _words_ <em>words</em>
cite (appears as italics) n/a <cite>Title</cite>
strong (appears as bold) **words** or __words__ <strong>words</strong>
code `code` not supported

Sensible support for these elements requires several interesting considerations.

  1. When presented in web form, as on the Display tab, any embedded Markdown must be converted to HTML ;
  2. HTML must be preserved when the field appears in a web context;
  3. Original formatting codes (Markdown and/or HTML) must be preserved in the raw field value;
  4. When presented in a list or an outline or a table, the title should be shown without formatting elements of any kind (neither original codes nor any generated ones);
  5. When being used to generate a unique Note ID, or a sort key, or a filename, all formatting codes should be discarded.
New Merge Template Variable Modifier for Title Variants

A new Variable Modifier of Title Variant - ^T has been added, to allow selection of a specific title variant (plain, HTML, Markdown, etc.) in a Merge Template.

Small Changes in Handling of Titles

Some small changes were made in the handling of the Title field.

Notenik uses a “lowest common denominator” variant for determining the uniqueness of a note title. Previously this meant ignoring all punctuation as insignificant. However there are some punctuation characters that express a relationship between the terms or references on either side, and these are now being included in the algorithm for boiling a title down to its lowest common denominator. These characters are: <, >, = and +.

These same characters may now also be included in filenames, for the same reason.


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