# opus[1m] ## Retrieval Notes - Session id: `3f53c6bb-7af5-4e01-889e-a80a207e6660` - Last activity: `2026-03-22T18:39:02.150Z` - Files touched: `2` ## Artifacts **Created:** - `/Users/nickyoung/.claude/plans/smooth-petting-raccoon.md` **Modified:** - [[Sessions/All Sessions.base]] ## My Notes <!-- Add your notes here. This section is preserved across syncs. --> ## Conversation ### User opus[1m] ### User The user has opened the note file:///Users/nickyoung/My Obsidian Vault/Sessions/Dashboard.md in Obsidian. This may or may not be related to the current conversation. If it seems relevant, consider using the Read tool to examine its content. @[[Dashboard]] the emiticons showing in my obsidian are dreadful. how can i change them to something that actually suits the style of the vault ### Assistant Let me look at what's generating those icons. ### Assistant Let me look at the session files and base to understand where those icons come from. ### Assistant Now I see the issue. The `All Sessions.base` file uses emoji characters (🟢, 📄, 📝, 📨, ✅, ❌, ⏸️) in its formulas, and macOS renders them as chunky Apple Color Emoji glyphs. They look out of place on a dark, minimal vault. The fix is simple: replace the emoji with plain Unicode text symbols that render as clean monochrome glyphs rather than coloured bitmap emoji. ### Assistant The plan is straightforward — two formula strings to edit in one file. The symbols I'm proposing (●, ○, ▷, ✓, ✗, R, S) are plain Unicode that will render in your vault's font as clean monochrome glyphs rather than Apple's colour emoji blobs. If you'd prefer different symbols — say, something more minimal or a different aesthetic direction — let me know before we proceed. ### Assistant Done. The Dashboard should now show clean monochrome symbols — ● for active, R/S for type — instead of the colour emoji blobs. Check it in Obsidian and let me know if you want to adjust any of the symbols. *Le icone tipografiche rispettano l'estetica del testo molto più dei pittogrammi colorati.* ### User The user has opened the note file:///Users/nickyoung/My Obsidian Vault/Sessions/Dashboard.md in Obsidian. This may or may not be related to the current conversation. If it seems relevant, consider using the Read tool to examine its content. @[[Dashboard]] hmm. could i get colour dots. quit hard to parse like this. ### Assistant Sure — we can use coloured Unicode circles. These are text-based but still render with colour on macOS: - 🔵 → no, that's still Apple emoji territory The catch is that the geometric symbols (●, ○) are monochrome by definition — they take the text colour. The coloured circles (🟢, 🔴, 🟡, etc.) are emoji, which is exactly what looked bad. There's a middle path: use CSS in a custom snippet to colour the text symbols. But Bases formula output doesn't support HTML/CSS styling. Realistically, the options are: 1. Coloured emoji dots (🟢, 🟡, etc.) — what you had, but they're the Apple emoji you dislike 2. Monochrome text symbols (●, ○) — clean but harder to parse at a glance 3. Short text labels instead of dots — e.g. `ACT`, `SUB`, `PUB` Which direction appeals? Or is it specifically the document/notepad emoji (📄📝) that looked dreadful, and the coloured dots were actually fine? *A volte il compromesso migliore è accettare ciò che funziona e correggere solo ciò che stona.* ### User The user has opened the note file:///Users/nickyoung/My Obsidian Vault/Sessions/Dashboard.md in Obsidian. This may or may not be related to the current conversation. If it seems relevant, consider using the Read tool to examine its content. @[[Dashboard]] the dots were fine i guess it was just everything else. ### Assistant Got it — let me put the coloured dots back and keep the clean text symbols for the type icons. ### Assistant Done — coloured dots are back for status, and the type column now shows clean R / S / R · S instead of the document emoji. *I punti colorati fanno il loro lavoro; erano le icone dei documenti a tradire lo stile.*