Feature request : get fields from PROPERTIES

[ATizK]

Hello, I have an idea for a potentially useful feature:

Using org-mode's PROPERTIES drawer to specify custom (optional) fields in Anki.

This could be useful for information one doesn't want to see at every review, like hints, or in my case bibliography. The syntax should be something like

`* front
:PROPERTIES:
:ANKI_NOTE_ID: xxx
:ADDITIONAL_FIELDS: bibliography / hints etc
:END PROPERTIES:

back`

I guess the clean way to do this would be to specify a list of PROPERTIES names in org-anki's settings, and then look for these properties when exporting a card (and leave the field empty if they aren't there).

Cheers

[eyeinsky]

This sounds useful, yes!

Do you think you would put all fields within on org-mode property (e.g ANKI_FIELDS: field1: value1; field2: value2), this would be more flexible (don't need to predefine fields, they are passed on as is). But I guess they would be a bit harder to edit, as it's one long line 🤔

[ATizK]

Personally, I could absolutely work with that, as I would mostly use it to put a single bibliography item rather than long hints.

Alternatively, could one have several ANKI_FIELDS lines in the properties drawer, to avoid long lines, or would that mess things up ?

[ATizK]

I guess an argument for predefined fields rather than a universal 'ANKI_FIELDS' list would be reusability : if someone is using properties for other reasons (in particular, other exports), and also wants to export them as Anki fields, then being able to just export the existing properties without changing the syntax is also valuable.