Linking verses in Obsidian to open in Logos

Brandon Scott

Howdy folks. I'm not sure if this would be useful to anyone else, but I managed to make a way to easily drop verse references into obsidian that open to your target bible in Logos. If this interests you, here is the short version. I'm doing this on MacOS, not sure if that matters. Using Logos Legacy Edition.

1. install the "QuickAdd" plugin in Obsidian
2. Within QuickAdd options, under the heading "Choices & Packages"
   1. type a name where it says "name", this will be what your action is called
   2. click template and change it to "Capture"
   3. click "Add Choice"
3. You should see your new action appear
   1. click the lightening bolt to allow setting it as a favorite in command pallet
   2. click the settings gear
   3. tick "Capture to active file"
   4. check that "Write position" is set to "At cursor"
   5. tick "Capture Format"
4. Now, paste the following into the space under "Capture format

```js quickadd
const value = await this.quickAddApi.inputPrompt("Enter reference");
const cleaned = value.replace(/ /g, "");
return `[${value}](https://ref.ly/${cleaned})`;```

just activate the command inline and enter the reference. For the example mine is named reflink, and i activate command pallet with a backslash.

—ex: /reflink → input request → Matt 24:10 → outputs to [Matt 24:10](https://ref.ly/Matt24:10)

The java script removes the space so that the link works but the surface text looks right (ex: between Matt and 24)

Can use common shorthands (Matt, Mt) or longhand (Matthew)

—*I have no experience in how the link addresses behave on different OS's, so tailor to taste?