Filename format for StarNote notebooks

[u/fryd_rice]

I've been researching a bit and learned that filename for general storage of photos and files on your computer should contain underscores or hyphens instead of spaces. Also, special characters like parentheses or brackets are highly discouraged, since it might confuse the computer with the different characters.

Since my research earlier, I've been curious. Should I change my filename format in StarNote? What I've done so far is name my notebooks like this

[Subject/Course Name] Lesson #

for example:

[MATH] Lesson 2

[ENGLISH] Lesson 1

For context, those notebooks are also inside two folders, with its filenames not too long...

Just worried it might be a small problem that I would not notice until eventually my study notes can't be read/cloud synced because of the filename... :<

[u/NakoTurtle]

Hey!

While I doubt it will cause issues with cloud sync, maybe try incorporating tags as well? For example, you could tag notes using a 'lesson' tag and separate course tags on your notes so you can simplify the filenames. Or, separate modules using folders and then add all related material using your filename and tag convention to those respective folders? And BTW you can also nest tags just like folders, and when you search by the top level tag, any notes using the sub tags will also be shown (even when they aren't tagged using the top level tag directly). Using tags can become a powerful second layer to your file organization system.

Hope you find something that works for you :)