Daily note
This script creates a menu item and a button to create or jump to a note for the current day. It is a slightly modified version of the journal-entry script by @pbek, @sanderboom, and @kantrol.
Features:
- atx headings (instead of setext headings)
- plain ISO dates (without timestamps) -- hence the idea of a "daily note" written once per day, rather than several notes throughout the day with different timestamps
Otherwise, options and usage are very similar to the original script.
Options
- Headline prefix: Prefix to use for the note headline
- Default folder: The default folder where the newly created daily note should be placed
- The path to the folder should be specified relative to the note folder
- Make sure that the full path exists
- Example: to place new daily notes in the subfolder
Journal enter: "Journal"
- Leave this blank to disable (notes will then be created in the currently active folder)
- Create new folder: Whetherto create a new folder with the date string in the default folder
- Default tags: One or more default tags (separated by commas) to assign to a newly created daily note. Leave blank to disable auto-tagging.
- Ask for the date string: Ask for the date string instead of using the current date (for example, to use a past or future date)
- Template: Template for a new daily entry.
Example
If you click on the "Create daily note" button, a note will be created in the journal subfolder with the title being today's date in ISO 8601 format. (Both the default title and subfolder name can be adjusted -- see Options section above.)
Bugs
Caution: Users of this script should be aware that text typed into a newly-created note may sometimes not be stored until clicking away from and back to the note. This appears related to a bug where newly-created notes are given a temporary "hash"-style filename before finally settling on the actual note name.
Update: it appears that this is a known issue. However, the suggested fix does not seem to correct the problem (at least in this script).
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