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retval · 03-27-2023, 01:38 PM

Best regards to all.
I have always thought that Calibre has immense potential as a reading manager for researchers. Full text search was a huge leap in this.
I think it would be very interesting to be able to integrate in the calibre viewer a movable panel on the right, for taking notes that can then be extracted.
I know many users use Obsidian for this, but Obsidian is very overloaded and the learning curve is high. I know the Calibre add-on for Obsidian is a step up, but it would be useful to have everything integrated.
Although I know nothing about programming (I'm into philosophy) I see no impediment to Calibre doing the same as Obsidian and better.
Perhaps this is a departure from the core purpose of Calibre, but it would be interesting to see its full potential. I've been teaching my students to use Calibre for research for a while now and they all now consider it indispensable.
Thank you very much for reading me.

03-27-2023, 01:38 PM	#1
retval Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	Is it possible to integrate a side panel to take notes in the calibre viewer? Best regards to all. I have always thought that Calibre has immense potential as a reading manager for researchers. Full text search was a huge leap in this. I think it would be very interesting to be able to integrate in the calibre viewer a movable panel on the right, for taking notes that can then be extracted. I know many users use Obsidian for this, but Obsidian is very overloaded and the learning curve is high. I know the Calibre add-on for Obsidian is a step up, but it would be useful to have everything integrated. Although I know nothing about programming (I'm into philosophy) I see no impediment to Calibre doing the same as Obsidian and better. Perhaps this is a departure from the core purpose of Calibre, but it would be interesting to see its full potential. I've been teaching my students to use Calibre for research for a while now and they all now consider it indispensable. Thank you very much for reading me.