Excalidraw-Obsidian 2.0.0 Feature Walkthrough ![rw-book-cover](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmqiBTrlbEM/maxresdefault.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Zsolt's Visual Personal Knowledge Management]] - Full Title: Excalidraw-Obsidian 2.0.0 Feature Walkthrough - Category: #articles - Document Note: --- tags: - #Unity - #FaithAndSociety - #Ethics Author: The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde Source: Sermon, Washington National Cathedral Reference: [YouTube Transcript](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8) date created: 2025-08-22 22:45 --- # Title: Unity as the Foundation for National and Spiritual Life ## Table of Contents: - [📝 Summary](#-summary) - [📖 Main Content](#-main-content) - [🗒️ Notes](#️-notes) - [📖 References](#-references) - [🗣️ Paraphrase](#️-paraphrase) - [📰 Newsletter](#-newsletter) - [✅ Action Items](#-action-items) - [🧪 Hypotheses](#-hypotheses) - [📊 Methodology](#-methodology) - [❓ Questions](#-questions) - [🔮 Future Research](#-future-research) - [💡 Implications](#-implications) - [🧠 Learning Styles Assessment](#-learning-styles-assessment) - [📊 Accessibility Assessment](#-accessibility-assessment) - [🌍 DEIB Assessment](#-deib-assessment) - [✅ Logical Validity](#-logical-validity) - [🔍 DARVO Analysis](#-darvo-analysis) - [🔍 SEO Evaluation](#-seo-evaluation) - [🎯 Conclusion](#-conclusion) --- ## 📝 Summary: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon (Jan 21, 2025) at the Washington National Cathedral reflects on the **necessity of unity in America**. She defines unity not as conformity or partisan agreement, but as an ethic of **dignity, honesty, humility, and sacrificial love**. Drawing from scripture and civic ideals, she argues that true unity fosters care across differences, combats the culture of contempt, and strengthens democratic life. The sermon culminates in a plea for compassion toward marginalized groups, particularly immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and vulnerable communities. --- ## 📖 Main Content: Budde outlines a theological and civic framework for **unity as foundational to society**. She emphasizes that unity is: - Not conformity or victory, but respectful coexistence. - Sacrificial, mirroring Christ’s command to love enemies. - Grounded in dignity, honesty, and humility. - A bulwark against the "outrage industrial complex" that monetizes division. Her call to action: national unity requires personal commitment to respect, truth-telling, and humility—anchoring faith with civic responsibility. --- ### 🗒️ Notes #### [00:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8&t=6) Defining Unity - Unity ≠ conformity, victory, or passive tolerance. - Unity = community across diversity and division. - Foundation for a free society, akin to Christ’s “house on rock.” #### [02:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8&t=130) Unity as Sacrificial Love - Sacrificial like Jesus’ love: forgiving, merciful, extending to enemies. - Volunteers in disasters embody unity without judgment of political beliefs. #### [04:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8&t=241) Political Realities - Democracy involves winners/losers; not all prayers or hopes fulfilled. - For some, political losses equal existential threats (livelihood, dignity). #### [05:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8&t=350) Culture of Contempt - “Outrage industrial complex” profits from polarization. - External actors exploit division. - Faith and shared ideals provide hope for reconciliation. #### [07:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8&t=456) Three Foundations of Unity 1. **Dignity**: inherent worth of all people; reject mockery/demonization. 2. **Honesty**: truth-telling vital; without it unity is false. 3. **Humility**: acknowledge fallibility; resist “good people vs. bad people” binaries. #### [13:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8&t=796) Plea for Mercy - Appeals to the President to protect vulnerable groups. - Highlights LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants, laborers, refugees. - Immigrants contribute economically and spiritually; dignity must be upheld. --- ## 📖 References: - The Bible: Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7). - U.S. Declaration of Independence (human equality and dignity). - Sociological concept: “outrage industrial complex.” - Alexander Solzhenitsyn: line between good and evil runs through every heart. --- ## 🗣️ Paraphrase: 1. Original: *“Unity is not conformity or victory… It is a way of being with one another that respects differences.”* Paraphrase: Unity does not mean sameness or triumph but living in community that embraces and values diversity. 2. Original: *“Without honesty, there’s no use in praying for unity.”* Paraphrase: Unity collapses without truthfulness; dishonest discourse undermines the very prayer for reconciliation. --- ## 📰 Newsletter: 🌟 **Faith, Unity, and the Digital Commons** This week’s reflection draws inspiration from Bishop Mariann Budde’s sermon at Washington National Cathedral. She reminds us that **unity isn’t about winning arguments but about dignity, honesty, and humility**. Sound familiar? It’s what our WordPress community wrestles with daily—balancing diverse voices while keeping collaboration at the center. For open-source contributors, this echoes in how we resolve conflicts, sustain projects, and support each other across ideological divides. Just as Budde urges leaders to show mercy toward marginalized people, so must we champion inclusion in our contributor spaces. Want to see her words in action? 📺 [Watch the full sermon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwaEuDeqM8) --- ## ✅ Action Items: - Apply the **dignity-honesty-humility framework** to OSS governance. - Use this as a teaching model in **WordPress contributor onboarding**: respect across differences. - Emphasize **inclusive dialogue** in WordPress DEIB initiatives. - Consider parallels for **OSPO leadership**: resisting polarization by prioritizing truth, transparency, and care. --- ## 🧪 Hypotheses: - H1: Emphasizing dignity in contributor spaces reduces burnout and conflict. - H2: Truth-telling in governance fosters sustainable collaboration. - H3: Explicit humility in leadership increases contributor trust. ### 📊 Methodology: - Survey contributors on conflict resolution satisfaction. - Analyze DEIB outcomes in communities emphasizing “dignity-honesty-humility.” - Compare retention in groups with humility-led vs. authority-led governance. ### ❓ Questions: - How can open-source governance embody sacrificial love? - What practices counteract the “outrage economy” in community spaces? - Can humility be institutionalized in project leadership? ### 🔮 Future Research: - Explore integration of **faith-based ethical frameworks** into OSS codes of conduct. - Study **parallels between civic polarization and OSS conflict escalation.** ### 💡 Implications: Findings could shape more **resilient contributor ecosystems**. Strengthened by dignity, honesty, and humility, OSS communities may avoid fragmentation and build sustainable futures. --- ## 🧠 Learning Styles Assessment: - Visual: ❌ Few visuals; could add infographics on “three foundations.” - Aural: ✅ Sermon delivery accessible as audio. - Verbal: ✅ Rich in analogies (house on rock, culture of contempt). - Kinesthetic: ❌ Could add reflection exercises. - Logical: ✅ Structured argumentation. - Social: ✅ Delivered to live audience, fostering communal reflection. - Solitary: ❌ No journaling prompts; could add. - Naturalistic: ❌ Could connect “foundations” metaphor to ecology. --- ## 📊 Accessibility Assessment: - Sermon transcript improves access. - YouTube auto-captions available, but accuracy varies. - Suggest: alt-text for any visuals; structured outline for easier skimming. --- ## 🌍 DEIB Assessment: - Inclusive language: ✅ Embraces LGBTQ+, immigrants, faith diversity. - Representation: ✅ Names marginalized groups explicitly. - Neurodiversity: ❌ Dense text may challenge processing; could segment further. - Cultural relevance: ✅ Interfaith references; broader global compassion. --- ## ✅ Logical Validity: - Deductive: Unity built on dignity-honesty-humility → stronger democracy. Sound. - Inductive: Examples of disaster volunteers support broader point. Strong. - Causal: Culture of contempt → division. Supported by sociological data. - Fallacy ris - Summary: Excalidraw-Obsidian 2.0.0 introduces several new features. The first is Canvas Candy support, which allows users to customize the appearance of drawings on the canvas using CSS classes. The second feature is new context menu actions, including the ability to insert files or links, open links, and convert text into separate markdown files. The third feature is PDF import options, which allow users to import PDF pages into the canvas and choose the layout and grouping of elements. The final feature is the ability to configure the laser pointer, including its color, disappearance delay, and decay length. These new features enhance the functionality and customization options of Excalidraw-Obsidian. - URL: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xmqiBTrlbEM&si=ywupVxK-jFRGtVYx hey everyone jolt here I quickly wanted to demonstrate to you four new features in obsidian EXC colit draw I'd like to start with showing you canvas candy support then we'll look at the new context menu actions then we'll look at the PDF import options and finally we'll look at the laser tool configurations so let's dive in to demonstrate canvas candy I thought I would also show you the mermaid to excal draw feature so here I created this flowchart that explains how the canvas candy support works so let's first drop this drawing into our demo canvas so I'm just going to Simply drag and drop this item in here and what you can see is well this doesn't look exactly great it has a background color it doesn't match the background of my canvas so let's look at some things that we can do so I'm going to head back to my drawing and I'm going to do one thing here I'm going to switch over to markdown View mode and here I'm going to be editing the front matter of this document now if you don't see the front matter then there can be two reasons for that you might be seeing the properties so then here in the obsidian editor settings you have this set to visible and then you will see the properties in the document in xro I personally don't like the properties mode so I will now demonstrate to you the features with Source mode but of course you can do this with properties as well it's just a little bit more difficult so I recommend first practicing in Source mode because then you can follow the way I'm doing it in the video so first of all I'm going to add exol draw export transparent here and I'm I'm going to set export transparent to true I'm going to come back here close the demo canvas and open it again now you can see that this is not yet a perfect result because now the drawing is not visible so I need to come back to my drawing I'm going to switch to excal drawing and I'm just going to switch this to dark mode now we are getting somewhere because if now I come back to my canvas then you can see that now I have my drawing it's visible but it has its border around it so now I'm going to come back here and I'm going to add a canvas candy CSS class to this document I'm going to write CSS classes and I'm going to just write CC for canvas candy and I'm going to write border nonone like this I'm going to save this and when I come back here I need to close the demo canvas and open the demo canvas again you will see the magic that now I have the drawing right here but it doesn't have the border around it I think this just looks beautiful on the canvas it's like a drawing that you've placed on the canvas right here and if we look at the process itself our processes you need to get canvas candy of course I'll include the link in the video description then you need to create an X cidro drawing you need to switch to markdown View mode as I just shown you you need to turn on the properties if you don't see them so you can do that in the obsidian editor settings and then you need to add the canvas candy CSS class now I have to say most of the CSS classes have no effect on the drawing but but I think the Border non CSS class is a super useful class and it makes your drawings much more immersive on your canvas and then all you need to do is to celebrate so that's about the canvas candy support now looking at the new context menu action so first of all now you can insert any file or insert a link to a file simply by clicking here so for example if I want to insert how to read a paragraph the link to the PDF file then I can just simply insert it here or if I have an object and I want to add a link to this object again I can right click and I can add insert link to file and here I can add my link for example to the visual PKM logo and now that link was added and you can see the image right here similarly and this is more interesting for Mobile use cases you can open a link by right clicking or long clicking on an item and choosing to open the link this is especially good when you have embedded excolo drawings that you want to navigate to now it is easy also on a mobile because you can just simply open a link and finally if if you have text for example in this case I have these text boxes right here I'm going to place this here now if I'm brainstorming on my exol canvas I might want to convert some of these into embedded markdown files and continue my brainstorming there so imagine that in this case I have couple of bullet points so bullet one bullet 2 Etc so I have this piece of text and I want to convert this into its own markdown document now you can do it because you now rightclick on this element and you can just simply select convert to file and when you do this I'm going to give this a file name so this is file name I'm going to press enter and with this the document was added and I can now re size it so it will get the size of the original object and from now on this is a separate markdown file that you can continue to edit here in skolar draw so that's about the new context menu actions now let me clear everything here and show you the new PDF import features so if I choose insert any file now I can choose it from here as well if I choose insert any file I'm going to choose how to read a paragraph to demonstrate the feature to you I want to import this as a PDF I want to import Pages 1 through 15 now there are two things that you can do when importing first of all you can set if the import should go from left to right and then go in rows or if it should go top to bottom in columns so let me show you first first I'm going to import this left to right in three columns so this is how the pages will go then I click import PDF the import PDF runs and you will see let me just switch over to light mode so we can see the text better you can see that the pages were imported like this now also what you can see but I didn't show you yet is now the elements are grouped together but let me show you the other way of importing as well so I'm going to place this to the side and now I'm going to choose insert any file how to read a paragraph and I'm going to import this as a PDF again I'm importing Pages 1 through 15 now I'm going to turn off group elements and I'm going to switch to top down so now this is going to create three rows and the rows will be as long as required so you can imagine you will see what you see here but transposed and when I click import PDF then the pages are going to be imported like this and of course it looks different because the geometry of the pages are different but you can see that here I have three rows and the text actually goes like this so you read top down and this is how the pages go so you can see based on the empty pages how they come after one another and also what I want to show you is now the elements are not grouped but one by one why is grouping important well let me just show you the final demonstration so I'm going to actually delete these two I'm going to once more import how to read the paragraph again I'm now I'm just going to import Pages 1 through 10 and I'm going to click here to lock Pages after import but I'm not going to group the pages so when I do this loing the pages has the benefit that I can easily write over this and I cannot select the item so they are logged to the background this is super useful but now I need to unlock elements one by one which can be pretty tedious if you want to move the pages around and this is why it's great to import how to read a paragraph again Pages 1 through 10 but this time I'm going to group The Elements and I'm going to import it like this again the end result is this is locked but now I can unlock all of the elements with a single click instead of the previous case where I unlocked two pages but the rest I haven't so that's the difference between the two approaches so just in a nutshell the new features here are a that you can now group or not group elements as you import them and you can choose whether you want to go top down so you want to import in columns or you want want to import in rows and the final feature I want to show you is how you can configure the laser pointer so you can see that my laser pointer now is this yellow color if you come to EXC colro plug-in settings and you look under appearance and behavior you will find the laser pointer here and you can set what color you want your laser pointer to be so you can go back to this red and also you can create a longer delay how the laser pointer disappears as well as a longer Decay length so if I increase these two then what you will see is as I draw the line will disappear much slower so you can see that it disappears but it disappear slower so if you want to mark multiple items on a drawing and you want to explain like this then this gives you more freedom to do this and of course with the length and with the delay time you can configure this to fit your needs so those were the four elements I wanted to show you I hope you find them useful and I hope to see you next time thank you, Excalidraw-Obsidian 2.0.0 Feature Walkthrough, Zsolt's Visual Personal Knowledge Management, 01hf80v4549x5fpv0rp3kvw1d6.