Standalone files

You can open any .md file without a vault. For example, open a README.md from a repository or a draft on the desktop.

Open a file

All of these give the same result:

• press ⌘O and select the file;
• drag a .md file into the window (a folder still becomes a vault);
• double-click the file in Finder, use Open With, or run open -a kknow README.md;
• give the file as an argument: kknow README.md.

kknow adds the file to the Files section at the bottom of the sidebar. The list stays after a restart. kknow removes a file from the list if the file no longer exists.

Limits

If the file is inside a vault from the list, kknow opens it as a note of that vault, with links and search.

A file outside any vault has no search, backlinks or bookmarks. [[links]] in the preview do not work. kknow saves the file with the same care as a note: if another program changed it, kknow writes your text next to it as a copy.

Make kknow the default app for .md

Click Make kknow the default in Settings → General. The setting also shows which app opens .md files now. In Finder, you can also use Get Info → Open with → Change All.