File Types¶
A VNote note is just a file on disk, and VNote recognizes a handful of built-in file types by their extension. The type decides which editor or viewer opens the file, and whether you can create a new note of that type.
Supported types¶
| Type | Extensions | Opens in | Create as a new note? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markdown | .md, .mkd, .rmd, .markdown |
Markdown editor | Yes |
| Text | .txt, .text, .log, and any other file detected as plain text |
Text editor | Yes |
| Mind Map | .emind |
Mind-map editor | Yes |
.pdf |
Built-in PDF viewer | No — view only | |
| Others | anything else | Your system's default program | Yes — no extension is added |
Markdown is the core note type and gets VNote's full editing experience — see Editing. Mind maps are a distinct visual note type covered in Mind Maps.
How the type is chosen¶
VNote matches a file's extension against the table above. A file whose extension is not listed but whose contents are plain text is treated as a Text file, so you can open and edit it directly. Anything else falls under Others and is handed off to the program your operating system associates with it.
Creating notes¶
When you choose New Note, the Type dropdown lets you create a Markdown, Text, Mind Map, or Others note — Others creates a file without adding any extension. PDF is the one type you cannot create: it is view-only, so you can open and read a .pdf that lives in a notebook, but you cannot create a new PDF note from within VNote. (VNote can still export your notes to PDF — see Export.)
Because everything is just files, you can also drop files of any of these types into a notebook folder on disk, and VNote will open each one with the matching editor or viewer.