Getting Started#
Welcome to your new foam workspace, let's get you started.
if you are already familiar with Foam and don't need help, just remove the
docsfolder for a clean repo.
Let's go through this to set up your repo:
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if you are new with VS Code, see how to get-started-with-vscode and how to use-keyboard-shortcuts-for-editing
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you can navigate the links between your notes by
cmd+click(orctrl+clickon Windows) on a wikilink. You can go back withctrl+-. Here, go to your inbox -
to see how your notes are connected, execute the
Foam: Show Graphcommand. See graph-visualization. -
#tags can be used to further organize your content. Look at the
Tag Explorerview on the left panel to find and navigate the tags in your knowledge base. See tags-and-tag-explorer. -
Foam supports spell-checking.
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You can also paste images in your Foam, just press
cmd+alt+vto create the image file and link to it from your note. See paste-images-from-clipboard. -
You can use Foam for your daily notes, or journaling. Execute now the
Foam: Open Daily Notecommand to create a new file in yourjournalfolder. See daily-notes. -
Want to see how to manage your tasks? Go to the todo note
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The section at the end of this file contains wikilink definitions, which enable navigation of your notes from GitHub's web UI, and in general to make
[wikilinks](<../features/wikilinks.md>)understood by any Markdown parser. See link-reference-definitions. -
To explore all the Foam settings, press
cmd+,, thenExtensions > Foam -
Living within VS Code, Foam can be customized in many ways! Look at the Foam Recipes for ideas!
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Join the Foam community on Discord, introduce yourself and leave a message on how you found Foam and how the onboarding went :) We are always keen to do better
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Take the Foam Welcome survey! It helps us better understand your need and how we can make Foam better and better for you :)
Advanced Features#
- You can create note-templates for things like book reviews, people, daily notes (coming soon), and more!
About Foam#
Foam doesn't do all this magic on its own, it relies on some amazing extensions. Look at their documentation if you want to fully unlock the possibilities!
Here they are:
A special mention goes to Markdown Links and Markdown Notes which have now been replaced by our own implementation but were foundational to Foam's beginnings.