Be able to link to specific highlights

[vstrien]

In Obsidian, you can link to a specific heading.
Translated to exported highlights, I would like to be able to link to a specific highlight.

In the Kindle exporter that I use (https://github.com/hadynz/obsidian-kindle-plugin) this can easily be done, because

• the per-highlight template is editable (apart from the general template)
• there are variables for (for example) location

Ideally, this kind of structure makes it very flexible to export highlights.

Alternatively, just putting a heading above every highlight with the location (i.e. ### location {{ location_number }}) would do the trick even without customizable highlight templates.
We could then immediately "deep-link" to the specific highlights by using [[BookTitle#location loc_number]]

[OGKevin]

Hmm, I see.

Alright, I think the first prio is for me to take over #107 and get it merged. I think this should open op the possibility for a lot of other features such as per-highlight templating.

As this is the second request that is blocked in this MR, I’ll have a look at taking it over after Christmas/New Years.

[OGKevin]

Could you give an example of how the markdown would look like.

Currently we have 2 headers, one for the title and one for the chapter, so I think you're suggesting to use level 3 header for each highlight. But how would this look when someone is using callouts or quote (>)?

For example:

## Chapter Four

%%START-802b79d7-17e2-4e39-bfb0-3d596800a7ba%%

%% Here you can type whatever you want, it will not be overwritten by the plugin. %%

%%START-EXTRACTED-HIGHLIGHT-802b79d7-17e2-4e39-bfb0-3d596800a7ba%%
> [!quote]
> I was congratulating myself (because nobody else ever does it) on an excellent save — [[2022-03-14]]
%%END-EXTRACTED-HIGHLIGHT-802b79d7-17e2-4e39-bfb0-3d596800a7ba%%

%% Here you can type whatever you want, it will not be overwritten by the plugin. %%

%%END-802b79d7-17e2-4e39-bfb0-3d596800a7ba%%

Would be

## Chapter Four

%%START-802b79d7-17e2-4e39-bfb0-3d596800a7ba%%

%% Here you can type whatever you want, it will not be overwritten by the plugin. %%

%%START-EXTRACTED-HIGHLIGHT-802b79d7-17e2-4e39-bfb0-3d596800a7ba%%
### location 1

> [!quote]
> I was congratulating myself (because nobody else ever does it) on an excellent save — [[2022-03-14]]
%%END-EXTRACTED-HIGHLIGHT-802b79d7-17e2-4e39-bfb0-3d596800a7ba%%

%% Here you can type whatever you want, it will not be overwritten by the plugin. %%

%%END-802b79d7-17e2-4e39-bfb0-3d596800a7ba%%

?

Would't this kind of look ugly once it's rendered? A file full of location headers 🤔.

[OGKevin]

In case of the highlights being shuffled around due to someone creating a highlight between highlights or using a diff sort order etc. I think it might be an idea to use the ID of the highlight? Just like it's used for the markers.

Would this be satisfactory?