Default Conversion to Markdown

This page describes how to convert notes from single files or folders (recursively) to Markdown.

Supported Formats

The default conversion covers the following formats:

• Every format that is supported by Pandoc. Some formats may need some tweaking, though. A few examples:
  • AsciiDoc
  • Comma-separated values (CSV)
  • DocBook
  • DOCX
  • Emacs Org Mode
  • electronic publication (EPUB)
  • HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
  • Jupyter Notebook
  • MediaWiki
  • OpenDocument-Text (ODT)
  • Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML)
  • reStructuredText (RST)
  • Rich Text Format (RTF)
  • txt2tags
• Email (EML)
• Fountain:
  • There is a built-in Joplin plugin that can be activated in the settings.
  • There is a Obsidian plugin.
• Markdown (CommonMark)
• MHTML
• PDF
• TXT

Instructions

1. Install Jimmy
2. Convert to Markdown. Examples:

   # convert a single file supported by pandoc
   jimmy-linux cli libre_office_document.odt
   
   # convert multiple files
   jimmy-linux cli plaintext.txt markdown.md document.pdf
   
   # convert all files in a folder recursively
   jimmy-linux cli path/to/folder
   

3. Import to your app

Compatibility

Feature	Supported?	Remark
Attachments / Images / Resources	✅
Labels / Tags	✅
Note Links	✅
Notebook / Folder Hierarchy	✅
Rich Text	✅

Acknowledgements

• The markup converters are based largely on Pandoc. Thanks for developing it!
• The PDF converter is based on pdf_oxide. Thanks for developing it!