[FR] Split paragraph into sentences

[VerAn1015]

Currently, we can merge broken paragraph in selection. There should also be an opposite of it wherein we break the paragraph into sentences. I believe this would be useful as well when copying and pasting information from pdfs and instead of it being a block of text, the sentences in the paragraph are broken up into its own line.

[Benature]

That's true. But what criteria can I rely on to determine the appropriate places for paragraph breaks?

[VerAn1015]

Perhaps adopting an approach similar to Semantic Line Breaker plugin? But instead of it also breaking compound sentences separated by a comma, it would only break paragraphs into sentences that are in "full stop" indicated by a period.

[Benature]

Perhaps adopting an approach similar to Semantic Line Breaker plugin? But instead of it also breaking compound sentences separated by a comma, it would only break paragraphs into sentences that are in "full stop" indicated by a period.

So your expectation is adding a line break between each sentence?
The symbols indicated full sentences would be ., ! or ?.

For example, if the input is

Currently, we can merge broken paragraph in selection. There should also be an opposite of it wherein we break the paragraph into sentences. I believe this would be useful as well when copying and pasting information from pdfs and instead of it being a block of text, the sentences in the paragraph are broken up into its own line.

Your expected result would be:

Currently, we can merge broken paragraph in selection. 
There should also be an opposite of it wherein we break the paragraph into sentences. 
I believe this would be useful as well when copying and pasting information from pdfs and instead of it being a block of text, the sentences in the paragraph are broken up into its own line.

Please tell me if I understand you correctly.

[VerAn1015]

That is correct. For reference, this is the online tool I currently use for such functionality. It would be great if the plugin does it within Obsidian. Thanks!

[Benature]

To boost the process of solving issues, I've developed a feature for custom replacement (#77). Here is the solution for your issue with the custom replacement:

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Split paragraph into sentences
([\.\!\?]\s+)
$1\n

(note that the plugin version should be the latest, i.e. v2.7.1)

[VerAn1015]

Just tested and it's perfect! Thank you!