IWE provides essential features for notes management, such as:
🔍 Search through your notes
🧭 Navigate through markdown links
✨ Auto-complete links as you type
🧩 Extract or inline sub-notes seamlessly
🖋️ Format the document and refresh link titles
🏷️ Rename files and automatically update all related links
🔗 Select backlinks to find references to the current document
🔄 Convert lists into headers and vice versa
💡 Display inlay hints with parent note references and link counts
How to use
Code Actions menu (⌘+.) to see available options for the current element
Go to Definition (F12) on a link to open the linked file
Format Document command (Shift+Option+F) to restructure/format the document
Rename command (F2) on a link will rename the file and update all the references
Global notes search (⌘+T) using the headers text
Automatic Updates
The extension automatically keeps the IWE language server up to date:
🔄 Auto-update - Checks for updates every 24 hours by default
⚙️ Configurable - Control update behavior in VS Code settings (iwe.autoUpdate, iwe.updateCheckInterval)
🛠️ Manual updates - Use Command Palette: "IWE: Update Language Server"
📢 Smart notifications - Get notified when updates are available with links to release notes
How to Update Manually
To manually update the IWE language server:
Open Command Palette: Press ⌘+Shift+P (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux)
Type: IWE: Update Language Server
Select the command from the dropdown
Confirm the update when prompted
Wait for the download and restart to complete
The extension will:
Download the latest version from GitHub releases
Replace the old binary automatically
Restart the language server with the new version
Show a success notification when complete
Note: If auto-updates are enabled, you typically won't need to do this manually. The extension checks for updates automatically based on your configured interval.
