Page synonyms crashing Roam

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Page synonyms crashing Roam

dunjack opened this issue 3 years ago · 7 comments

Is anyone else finding an issue with Page Synonyms crashing the entire Roam itself?

How so?

Answer 1 · 2021-05-26T15:28:59.000Z

Yes this is a known Roam bug. For now, the workaround is found in this last paragraph on the https://roamjs.com/docs/extensions/page-synonyms page:

Answer 2 · 2021-05-26T21:05:01.000Z

Aw man. That's brilliant. Thanks man!

Are there any plans for a Graph wide synonyms?

Answer 3 · 2021-05-27T19:30:27.000Z

To use your example from the Demo.
On a Demo page, I can choose to has task, Tasks, and Task all link to the Task-page

So Page Synonyms is really aptly named - it does what it says on the tin.

I was wondering if there was a way to do this across an entire Graph of Pages with a given Tag.
i.e. task, Tasks, and Task would link to the Task-page on the Demo-page, but also a completely separate page e.g. Not-a-Demo-page.

For me, this comes in handy as a clinician researcher that commonly uses abbreviations in my field.
For example, I would want age-related macular degeneration and amd and AMD to all be aliases for AMD.
At present, I include them all into a single page age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which can get quite distracting when you start referencing drug compounds such as anti vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF)

So this has utility for me, but how feasible is it and is it on the horizon?

Answer 4 · 2021-05-27T19:31:13.000Z

Also, what is your preferred method of support?
Patreon? add to the Roam/js fund challenge?

Answer 5 · 2021-05-27T21:42:09.000Z

Ah so you're basically asking if with one click, it would auto alias all blocks in your graph? While possible, this could be a pretty expensive operation, and might even run into Roam's 300 block edit per minute limit.

To support directly, we accept sponsorships on https://roamjs.com/contribute! Each extension's documentation page also has a place to contribute. If you see a specific project you'd like to see implemented, you could commit to funding the project, and won't be charged until the project is complete

Answer 6 · 2021-05-29T08:32:16.000Z

Right. I can see how it doesn't make sense to upscale this version of the solution.

Thanks for your time and contribution coming your way - what you do is very much appreciated!