[Feature] Text-based input of events

[cathywu]

Feature Description | 功能描述

I love the idea of this plugin! I wonder if it can be made easier to edit events (ideally in markdown format, for example a table?), instead of one-by-one using the graphical interface.

Use Case | 使用场景

My use case is that I have a hacked version of the yearly glance that I'd love to transfer over! I also think that maintaining events in Markdown will also be easier than using a graphical interface.

[Moyf]

Feature Description | 功能描述

I love the idea of this plugin! I wonder if it can be made easier to edit events (ideally in markdown format, for example a table?), instead of one-by-one using the graphical interface.

Use Case | 使用场景

My use case is that I have a hacked version of the yearly glance that I'd love to transfer over! I also think that maintaining events in Markdown will also be easier than using a graphical interface.

Hi, thanks for loving our plugin! ❤️

Here are the responses from several aspects:

1. This FR (to some extent) relates to [Feature] Support code block | 支持使用代码块（codeblock）嵌入笔记 #9 .
   The requirement in above FR is to use a code block to embed Yearly-Glance view into notes, which includes the functionality of converting "text data" (the content inside the code block) into a calendar display.

2. However, if a single .md file is used as the entire plugin's data source, it would likely require significant structural changes and pose quite a challenge. It might not be achievable in the short term.

In #27, we have planned to support batch export and import functionality, which might also be helpful for you?
This will be rolled out in upcoming updates.

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3. An early version of this plugin was a DataviewJS script, which essentially did something similar to (1). It also used text to define events directly.

I’m sharing it here in case you’d like to try it out if you’re interested.
(Though it’s all in Chinese, so you might need AI-assisted translation, haha.)

250331_年度一览DV代码_附文档.zip

But in terms of features, the plugin version will definitely be more robust.

[cathywu]

Thanks for the quick response! I think that a batch import functionality would address my need! Specifically, would it be possible to optionally support like a batch override (replace all existing events)? That way, I could maintain my own events separately and then import them into this plugin to use the awesome display and filtering functionality.