quartz-research-note/content/notes/Obsidian.md

---
title: "Obsidian Vault Integration"
tags:
- setup
---

## Setup
Obsidian is the preferred way to use Quartz. You can either create a new Obsidian Vault or link one that your already have.

### New Vault
If you don't have an existing Vault, [download Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) and create a new Vault in the `/content` folder that you created and cloned during the [setup](notes/setup.md) step.

### Linking an existing Vault
The easiest way to use an existing Vault is to copy all of your files (directory and hierarchies intact) into the `/content` folder.

## Settings
Great, now that you have your Obsidian linked to your Quartz, let's fix some settings so that they play well.

1. Under Options > Files and Links, set the New link format to always be Absolute Path in Vault.
2. Go to Settings > Files & Links > Turn "on" automatically update internal links.

![Obsidian Settings](/notes/images/obsidian-settings.png)*Obsidian Settings*

## Templates
Inserting front matter everytime you want to create a new Note gets annoying really quickly. Luckily, Obsidian supports templates which makes inserting new content really easily.

**If you decide to overwrite the `/content` folder completely, don't remove the `/content/templates` folder!**

Head over to Options > Core Plugins and enable the Templates plugin. Then go to Options > Hotkeys and set a hotkey for 'Insert Template' (I recomment `[cmd]+T`). That way, when you create a new note, you can just press the hotkey for a new template and be ready to go!
fix capitalization 2021-12-27 22:44:39 +00:00			`---`
			`title: "Obsidian Vault Integration"`
			`tags:`
			`- setup`
			`---`

			`## Setup`
			`Obsidian is the preferred way to use Quartz. You can either create a new Obsidian Vault or link one that your already have.`

			`### New Vault`
docs update 2022-01-04 16:39:22 +00:00			If you don't have an existing Vault, [download Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) and create a new Vault in the `/content` folder that you created and cloned during the [setup](notes/setup.md) step.
fix capitalization 2021-12-27 22:44:39 +00:00
			`### Linking an existing Vault`
docs update 2022-01-04 16:39:22 +00:00			The easiest way to use an existing Vault is to copy all of your files (directory and hierarchies intact) into the `/content` folder.
fix capitalization 2021-12-27 22:44:39 +00:00
			`## Settings`
			`Great, now that you have your Obsidian linked to your Quartz, let's fix some settings so that they play well.`

feat: basic latex support 2022-04-03 00:00:14 +00:00			`1. Under Options > Files and Links, set the New link format to always be Absolute Path in Vault.`
docs update 2022-01-04 16:39:22 +00:00			`2. Go to Settings > Files & Links > Turn "on" automatically update internal links.`
fix capitalization 2021-12-27 22:44:39 +00:00
			`![Obsidian Settings](/notes/images/obsidian-settings.png)Obsidian Settings`

			`## Templates`
			`Inserting front matter everytime you want to create a new Note gets annoying really quickly. Luckily, Obsidian supports templates which makes inserting new content really easily.`

			If you decide to overwrite the `/content` folder completely, don't remove the `/content/templates` folder!

docs update 2022-01-04 16:39:22 +00:00			Head over to Options > Core Plugins and enable the Templates plugin. Then go to Options > Hotkeys and set a hotkey for 'Insert Template' (I recomment `[cmd]+T`). That way, when you create a new note, you can just press the hotkey for a new template and be ready to go!