[eric-p7]

I wish I could use Obsidian to edit single markdown files.

If my project has a readme.md I don't want to create an obsidian vault with its configuration files in my project, just to open it.

[kepano]

Yeah we'll add that at some point.

It's a bit trickier than it seems because a lot of Obsidian configuration and app functionality is vault-specific. E.g. what theme should be used? What plugins should be available? Does autocomplete for [[links]] or properties do anything? Etc.

[toddmorey]

VSCode opens single files outside of projects. What do they do? Personally I wouldn’t mind if it just defaulted to the settings of the last-used vault.

[random3]

maybe you're overthinking it a little. You could make it of a default setup like the one you use for the sandbox, or some curated fast-loading one

[eric-p7]

Just put the default settings in the same place other apps put their settings. With an option for a custom path so I can sync it between my devices via syncthing.

[aaronharding]

i am not sure its that tricky, just have some user settings that are loaded when you open individual markdown files. show a different ui or hide some parts of the ui if need be!

[krlx]

Yeah I often find myself with this need too and I really didn't want to open a huge Electron app each time I need to visualize or edit a simple md file.

Claude helped me vibe code a small rust editor : https://github.com/Karalix/markzap it's tuned to my usage, you should make your own too !

[aerhardt]

Please.