aeon3obsidian

Export Aeon Timeline 3 project to Obsidian Markdown files

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The aeon3obsidian Python script extracts the items of an Aeon Timeline 3 project and generates a set of Markdown documents.

Features

• Creates a page for each aeon item.
• Creates links between the pages according to the relationships.
• Inserts tags, if any.
• Inserts date/time (Gregorian date, “A.D.” only) for the event-based pages.
• Inserts duration (as set in Aeon) for the event-based pages.
• The __index.md file holds the table of contents on the top level.
• The __narrative.md file holds the table of contents of the narrative.

Requirements

• Python version 3.6+.

According to recent user feedback, the Aeon Timeline 3 file format has been changed, so this script might not work for you.

Aeon Timeline 2 users: A variant for Aeon Timeline 2 can be found here.

Download and install

Download the latest release (version 1.0.5)

• Unpack the zipfile and copy aeon3obsidian.py whereever you want.

Changelog

Usage

aeon3obsidian.py Sourcefile

positional arguments:
  Sourcefile  The path of the .aeon file.

You can also drag an .aeon file and drop it on the aeon3obsidian.py icon.

The created Markdown files are placed in a subfolder, named after the aeon project.

Troubleshooting

The aeon3obsidian.py script should create a folder that contains a whole set of .md files. This folder should be found in the same directory where your .aeon file is located. If your .aeon file path is for example “c:\Users\Snoopy\Documents\my timeline.aeon”, the folder containing the .md files is “c:\Users\Snoopy\Documents\my timeline”.

Please make sure that all requirements are met. Drag/drop only works if Python is properly installed on your computer, so that aeon3obsidian.py is recognized by your operating system as a Python script.

The aeon3obsidian.py icon should look like this:

Which Python version have you installed?

In case of doubt, please start the aeon3obsidian.py script from the text console, so you get an error message that might help.

License

This extension is distributed under the MIT License.