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Auto-embedded backlinks on each note #695

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Please Select if your Request is Either something new or an Enhancement

  • Enhancement of an existing Feature.
  • Request of a new feature.

Please select the area your request applys to. (Multiple selections are Possible)

  • Onboard. Initial vault setup and import/export pods
  • Create. Note creation, lookup, snippets and templates
  • Retrieve. Backlinks, references, graph view
  • Structure. Refactoring, multi-vault and schemas
  • Publish. Sharing your repo with the world
  • Misc (Choose this if your not sure)

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

Backlinks are one of the most powerful capabilities when using Personal Knowledge Management systems. When we use dendron on vscode, backlinks are handled automatically and we can easily jump between notes on the left menu bar.
On other methods, e.g. zettelkasten, the user is prompted to insert manually the reference links in the note itself, something that by using dendron, does not make much sense since we would be duplicating the backlink functionality.
However, if we feel the need to check and use the taken notes, outside dendron workspace (e.g. using other note-taking software) we do not have information about the backlinks. This also may limit the ability of new users to commit with dendron at 100%, because they may see some future difficulties in migrating from dendron to other methods/systems.

Describe the solution you'd like

Not a particular solution, but I guess dendron should provide some mechanism that allows backlinks or reference links to be visible in the notes themselves. This should be provided automatically when using dendron (useful for the use case where you need to check the notes on other note-taking software, e.g. on your mobile phone) and also when exporting notes to other systems (useful for the migration use case).
Would be interesting to also allow some flexibility in the management of this new feature, with configurations at different levels i.e per note (frontmatter maybe) or global (dendron config).

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    area.retrieveRetrieval and recall of notes. e.g. Backlinks, references, graph view.status.help-wantedGreat issue for the community to pick up if required in the near-term.type.enhancementExtension to a previously shipped feature. Minor functionality update.

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