Create cross reference links in Evernote (OSX)

README.md

Create cross reference links in Evernote (OSX)

Create links within a single note.

Requirement

• OSX Yosemite
• Ruby gem pasteboard
  • To install: > gem install pasteboard (may require sudo, xcode, etc.)
  • For an alternate version of this workflow that doesn't require ruby gem, checkout https://gist.github.com/cs150bf/11987d5b87a5416ff124
• Evernote OSX client

Installation

• Option 1: Download "Create Cross Reference.workflow.zip", unzip and install as a service
• Option 2: Build your own workflow/service using Automator with the 3 scripts in this gist (see the screenshot for example)

Usage

Warning: The generated result (a link + styled anchor) will be written to your clipboard.

See a demo here

• In Evernote client, select text that you would like to set as "destination", right click and select "Service -> Create Cross Reference". This selected text will be your "anchor".
• You will be asked to enter a "label" for this destination (default value should be fine most of the time).
• Next you will be asked to enter the text for the generated link.
• The selected text will be replaced by a generated link and a styled anchor.
• Feel free to move the generated link to anywhere you want within the same note. Clicking on this link should take you to your anchor.

Configuration

You can modify create-cross-reference-links.js to style the generated link/anchor as you like.

automator.png

create-cross-ref-links.applescript

on run {input, parameters}
	tell application "Evernote" to activate
	
	delay 0.5
	
	tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down
	
	return input
end run

create-cross-ref-links.js

//
// Part of the "Create Cross Reference" workflow for Evernote (OSX)
//
// License: MIT http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
// Copyright (c) 2015 Hong Chen
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
// THE SOFTWARE.
//
//
function run(input, parameters) {
    function sanitizeLabel(label){
        var newLabel = label.toString().toLowerCase();
        newLabel = newLabel.replace(/[^\-a-z0-9]/g, '-'); // numbers, letters and '-' only
        newLabel = newLabel.replace(/^anchor-/, '').replace(/-*?(?=$)/, ''); //strip leading 'anchor-' and and trailing '-'
        newLabel = ('anchor-' + newLabel).replace(/-{2,}/g, '-');
        return newLabel;
    }

    var selectedText = input;
    var defaultLabel = sanitizeLabel(input);

    App = Application.currentApplication();
    App.includeStandardAdditions = true;

    var prompt0 = 'Please specifiy a label for this anchor: ';
    prompt0 += "(numberes, letters and hyphens('-') only)";
    answer = App.displayDialog(prompt0, {
        withTitle: 'Label',
        defaultAnswer: defaultLabel
    });

    var label = sanitizeLabel(answer.textReturned);
    if(label.length === 5){
        label = defaultLabel;
    }

    var prompt1 = "Please specify text to the link:";
    var defaultLinkText = "Link to #" + label.replace(/^anchor-/, '');
    answer = App.displayDialog(prompt1, {
        withTitle: 'Link text',
        defaultAnswer: defaultLinkText
    });

    var linkText = answer.textReturned.toString();

    // Style
    var resultText = '<a href="#' + label + '" style="font-size: 16px;  font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif;">' + linkText + '</a><br><br>';
    resultText += '<b><u><a name="' + label + '" style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif, serif;" title="' + label + '">' + selectedText + '</a></u></b>';

    return resultText;
}

create-cross-ref-links.rb

##!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#
# Part of the "Create Cross Reference" workflow for Evernote (OSX)
#
# License: MIT http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
# Copyright (c) 2015 Hong Chen
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
# THE SOFTWARE.
#
#
require 'pasteboard'
pb = Pasteboard.new

resultText = ARGV[0]
item = [
    ["com.evernote.ce.raw", resultText],
    ["public.html", resultText]
]
pb.put item
pb.sync

create-cross-ref-screenshot.gif