Just realized the difference between page properties and block properties - please double check

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  • There is no standard markdown, frontmatter etc.
    • Logseq follows its own conventions, like everybody else does.
      • The more the features the more the needed conventions.
  • In Logseq MD:
    • graphs
      • have a folder in the file system
      • have connections that live in a local database
        • recreated on every re-indexing
      • have no concept of place or order
    • pages
      • are nodes in a graph
      • are files inside a graph’s folder hierarchy
        • unless they never had any content
      • are very much like special blocks
        • Especially in queries, they are just different entries in a mostly homogeneous database.
      • are often treated differently by Logseq’s built-in functionalities
      • are conceptually a different entity with a separate role
        • But this is not strictly enforced.
    • blocks
      • belong to a page’s outline
        • In outlines, everything has its own place in a strict hierarchical structure.
      • have always a parent
        • either their page or another block of the same page
      • have potentially one or more siblings
        • always ordered
    • frontmatter
      • belongs to a page
        • It is about that page’s meta-data.
          • Typically its properties.
          • They have their own order.
            • But that order has no special meaning.
      • is characterized by being:
        • in the beginning of a file
        • without dashes (-)
      • is edited from within its page’s first bullet
        • Sometimes this is mentioned as a block, while it is a mere bullet.
          • All blocks correspond to a bullet, but this bullet corresponds to the page.
        • While editing, sometimes this convention fails (aka a bug).
          • i.e. the first bullet may or may not contain frontmatter
          • Whenever this happens, it needs external editing of the markdown.
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