This is a collection of Omni Automation scripts for OmniOutliner, organised into 5 bundle plug-ins:
- Edit
- Format
- View
- Share
- BibTeX
The functionalities are mostly self-explainatory from filenames. The details of each action can be found below. They are designed for iPadOS but most should also work on MacOS.
This action copies the links for the selected rows, e.g. omnioutliner:///open?row=fUpE2aoNbcL, with the option of copying as an array of links.
This action copies the contents of a selected column in the selected rows as plain texts, with the option of copying as an array of texts.
This action pastes the list of objects from clipboard into a selected column for the selected rows, one in each cell, with the option to override existing contents in the cell. If there are more objects in the clipboard than selected rows, the list of clipboard objects is truncated to the number of selected rows, and vice versa.
This action takes text inputs and applies repeatedly into the selected target column. If the override toggle is off, then it appends the texts instead.
This action takes inputs from selected columns and outputs the computed results into the selected target column, processing on a row by row basis. The formula field allows for any valid JavaScript expression that passes through eval().
This action uses input RegEx to find or replace texts, either all at once, or cell by cell with manual confirmation.
This action inserts input text into a selected column of the selected rows at either the end or the beginning, with the option to set text RGB colour.
This action inserts a hyperlink from the input text and URL, into a selected column of the selected rows at either the end or the beginning.
This action inserts attachments into a selected column of the selected row, picked from Files.app. The attachments can be inserted as files or URLs.
This action renames all attachments in the selected rows, allowing automatic renaming based on column texts, e.g. {%Topic}-[{%Notes}]-({%Status}). It allows renaming all at once or manually review and confirm for each attachment.
This action duplicates a selected column and its contents to a new column to the right.
This action pastes the style of the selected row into selected targets, including all rows, children, descendants, leaves, parent, ancestors, and preceding/following (collateral) siblings. Each target option is a toggle so multiple selections are allowed.
This action sets the style of the selected rows and all their texts to the document base style.
This action adjusts the base line spacing of the document, relative to base font size.
This action changes the column formatter for a selected column. It exposes all column formatting options for date, duration, and number columns, with options of any calendars, time zones, and currencies unavailable through native interface.
This action sets the texts in a selected column from the selected rows to title case.
This action splits the selected rows according to the paragraphs in a selected column. It includes all descendants to the new rows.
This action removes trailing white spaces in all column titles from both ends.
This action sets the focus of the editor to the selected rows.
This action hides all additional columns.
This action shows the count of words in a selected text column of the selected rows.
This action shows the count of characters in a selected text column of the selected rows.
This action shows the basic statistics of a selected number or duration column of the selected rows, including sample size, sum, mean, standard deviation, maximum, minimum, and median.
This action presents in share sheet a base 64 encoded url of a html file to render LaTeX maths formulae to svg or png using mathjax 3. The url needs be opened in a web browser either manually, or automated using Shortcuts, or Scriptable.
This action sends the selected rows into creating new notes in Anki Mobile. It requires appropriate configuration for card types in Anki, with 3 custom card types defined with custom fields: {Basic: Front, Back, Reference, Reverse, Extra}, {Cloze: Text, Reference, Extra}, {Input: Front, Back, Reference, Extra}. It also requires corresponding columns being present in the current document. Otherwise it prompts to create a template document.
This action sends the selected rows into creating/updating tasks/projects in Things. It includes the OmniOutliner row link in the notes, and has the option to send the Things URL back. Which column are sent to task/project title and notes can be changed. There are toggle options to include checklist, when, reminder, deadline, and tags.
This action sends the selected rows into creating new text documents in DEVONthink. It sends the document title as title, topic as body, notes as notes, and row link as URL.
This action presents the contents of a selected column of the selected rows in share sheet as plain texts, with the option of sharing as an array of texts.
This action presents the attachments in the selected rows in share sheet.
This action presents the row links of the selected rows in share sheet, e.g. omnioutliner:///open?row=fUpE2aoNbcL, with the option of sharing as an array of links.
This action presents a .md file generated from the texts of a selected text column of the selected rows in share sheet. If there’re ‘#’ existing in the texts, it only counts those rows as header and automatically adds more ‘#’ depending on indent level. Otherwise it assumes all rows as headers and add ‘#’ to all of them depending on indent level.
This action presents the contents in clipboard in share sheet.
This action converts the texts in the ‘EntryKey’ column of the selected rows into LaTeX citation command \cite, and copies it into the clipboard when confirmed.
This action converts the texts in the ‘title’, ‘author’, ‘year’ columns of the selected rows into LaTeX bibliography command \bibitem, and copies it into the clipboard when confirmed.
This action changes duplicate texts in the ‘EntryKey’ column to ensure all cite keys are unique.
This action adds attachments either as files or URL links into a selected column picked from Files.app. It can automatically add the attachment into its corresponding row, by matching its filename with texts in visible columns. Optionally the failed matches can be added as new rows.
This action imports a .bib file picked from Files.app, or appreciate texts from clipboard, into the current document. It creates a new column for each field if necessary. It only shows important columns to prevent performance issues when too many columns are visible. This action is made possible by the bib2json project owned by Mayank Lahiri.
This action presents a .bib file generated from the selected rows in share sheet.