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Glyph stores all your notes as plain markdown files on your local filesystem, giving you complete ownership and portability of your data.

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Creating Notes

You can create new notes in several ways:
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Via File Tree

Right-click any folder in the file tree and select New Note. A file dialog will appear where you can name your note.
2

Via Keyboard Shortcut

Press Cmd+N (macOS) or Ctrl+N (Windows/Linux) to create a new note in the current folder.
3

Via Command Palette

Open the command palette and search for “New Note”.
All notes are automatically saved as .md files. If you don’t include the extension, Glyph adds it for you.

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Note Structure

Each note can contain:
  • Title: Generated from the filename (without .md extension)
  • Frontmatter: YAML metadata block at the top (optional)
  • Body: Your markdown content

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Frontmatter

Add structured metadata to your notes using YAML frontmatter:
Frontmatter supports:
  • Text properties: status: draft
  • Boolean properties: published: true
  • List properties: tags: [work, important]
  • Date properties: created: 2024-01-15
You can click links inside frontmatter - both wikilinks [[Note]] and markdown links [text](url) work.

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Managing Notes

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Renaming Notes

1

Right-click the note

Find the note in your file tree.
2

Select Rename

Choose Rename from the context menu.
3

Enter new name

Type the new name and press Enter. Links to this note are updated automatically.

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Moving Notes

Drag and drop notes between folders in the file tree. All wikilinks pointing to the note are updated to reflect the new location.

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Deleting Notes

Right-click a note and select Delete. A confirmation dialog will appear before permanent deletion.
Deleted notes cannot be recovered unless you have a backup. Consider using version control or regular backups for important notes.

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Note Properties Panel

When editing a note with frontmatter in rich mode, Glyph displays a properties panel above your content. You can:
  • Edit property values inline
  • Add new properties
  • Remove existing properties
  • Toggle between structured view and raw YAML editor
The properties panel automatically syncs with your frontmatter YAML.

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File Storage

Notes are stored as plain text markdown files in your space folder:
  • Location: Wherever you created your Glyph space
  • Format: Standard markdown (.md files)
  • Encoding: UTF-8
  • Newlines: Preserved as-is
You can edit these files in any text editor, use git for version control, or sync them with any file sync service. When viewing a note, Glyph automatically displays all other notes that link to it at the bottom of the editor. This creates a bidirectional link graph without requiring manual maintenance. See Wikilinks for more details on linking between notes.