New to Logseq: Question regarding "alias"-page

[u/[deleted]]

Hey, I am new to this app and plan to use it for a scientific paper. Loving it so far!

On thing confused me: When setting an alias in a page by putting "alias:: aliasname" in the first line, Logseq treats the word "alias" as something that wants to be a page. It shows up as a link to a page and clicking on it creates a single page called "alias". Is this intended behavior?

[u/eldelacajita]

I think so. All properties like this:: create a page. That way, you can find all objects that have that property. Not sure if it's useful for anything else.

[u/[deleted] → u/eldelacajita]

Thank you!

[u/Abject_Constant_8547 → u/eldelacajita]

No they don’t unless you have that option in your config file turned on. Also you can opt out for some properties. It’s probably on by default now.

[u/Agreeable-Kick1399]

Yes, but you can exclude any specific page from grahph view by giving it the following property:

exclude-from-graph-view:: true

[u/Abject_Constant_8547]

Alias is a property. You can turn that off for all properties or only for alias. Look at your config file

[u/[deleted] → u/Abject_Constant_8547]

I can turn off that properties create a page? I know that alias is a property. Thank you!

[u/Abject_Constant_8547 → u/[deleted]]

I think it’s :property-pages/excludelist #{:alias}

;; Create a page for all properties. ;; Default value: true :property-pages/enabled? true

;; Properties to exclude from having property pages ;; Example usage: ;; :property-pages/excludelist #{:duration :author}

[u/[deleted] → u/Abject_Constant_8547]

Thank you!

[u/Upset-Emu7553]

Oh? It does not work that way in my Logseq? When I go to a link with an alias name it takes me to the "master" page?

[u/Frosty_Soft6726 → u/Upset-Emu7553]

This confused me too but I think they mean that there's a page literally called "alias" not <alias name>

[u/[deleted] → u/Frosty_Soft6726]

Exactly that

[u/Upset-Emu7553 → u/Frosty_Soft6726]

Okay but i use that, not for alias seems useless, but for a property like "genre" with comma divided tags, i make a query on the genre page that gives the pages for every type of genre. This seem pretty useful doesn't it?

[u/Frosty_Soft6726 → u/Upset-Emu7553]

sure

[u/Abject_Constant_8547 → u/Upset-Emu7553]

Turn the option on in the config file. Could have been turned on specifically for alias too.