Zettelkasten Workflow (WIP)

zn

#!/usr/bin/bash

# zn - as zettell
# new export variables EDITOR for your editor and 
#+ NOTES for your notes folder.

main () {
    note_id=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
    $EDITOR $NOTES/"$note_id".md
}

main

zs

#!/usr/bin/bash
# 
# zs - is a zettel selector using fzf
# features:
#  - it accepts multiple selection (using tab)
#  - copy multiple selection to clipboard (mapped to ctrl-y)
#  - clear selection (mapped to ctrl-l)
#  - populates (n)vim quickfix list with zettel titles (enter)
#

SRC_FOLDER=$(pwd)

main() {
    cd "$SRC_FOLDER"
    grep --max-count=1 "^#[[:space:]][[:alnum:]]" *.md | sed 's/:#[[:space:]]/ | /g' |  fzf --tac --multi \
                                --layout=reverse \
                                --preview "echo {} | sed 's/[[:space:]].*//g' | head | xargs bat --style=plain --color=always || xargs cat {}" \
                                --preview-window=wrap \
                                --bind '?:toggle-preview' \
                                --bind 'ctrl-l:clear-selection' \
                                --bind "ctrl-y:execute(printf '%s\n' {+} | sed 's/.md//g' | xclip -selection clipboard)" \
                                --bind 'enter:execute(echo {+} | grep -o "[0-9]\+\.md" | xargs $EDITOR -c "silent bufdo grepadd ^\#  %")'
}

main

It has been set:

echo $NOTES
/Users/udax/zettel

My .zshrc file contains:

export NOTES="/Users/udax/zettel"

Well, as is true with almost all of my requests for help, I am embarrassed to say that it was rather obvious:

The EDITOR variable was not set. I simply set it:

export EDITOR=vim

and, as night follows day, it worked.

Sorry.

As an afterthought --- perhaps I'm wrong but I didn't see any discussion of that env variable. (Again, perhaps I am wrong. It has happened on occasion.)

Thanks!

Hey guys!

New scripts: https://github.com/benevidesh/zettelmaking

What is new? A script named zex (for zettelExplorer) that makes interactive real time queries trough your notes. Check it out!

Hi! Thank you for sharing these scripts, they are powerful and minimalistic.

I've dockerized your scripts to freeze nvim/tmux configs and to implement automatic git syncronization: https://github.com/m-danya/dockerized-zk. Maybe one day I will hybreed your fzf-based approach with vimwiki plugin, which have nifty links displaying.