Journaling cleanup

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Howard Abrams 2024-08-10 21:59:03 -07:00
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@ -28,37 +28,29 @@ A literate programming configuration file for extending the Journaling capabilit
Using the [[https://github.com/bastibe/org-journal][org-journal]] project to easily create /daily/ journal entries:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package org-journal
:init
(setq org-journal-dir "~/journal"
org-journal-date-format " "
org-journal-time-format ""
org-journal-file-type 'daily
org-journal-file-format "%Y%m%d")
:config
#+end_src
Notice that the rest of this file's contents is /contained/ in this =config= section!
(use-package org-journal
:after org
:config
(setq org-journal-dir "~/journal"
org-journal-date-format " "
org-journal-time-format ""
org-journal-file-type 'daily
org-journal-file-format "%Y%m%d")
And let's put a /leader key/ sequence for it (Doom-specific):
(ha-leader "f j" '("journal" . org-journal-new-entry))
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(ha-leader "f j" '("journal" . org-journal-new-entry))
#+end_src
In normal Org file, I like large headers, but in my Journal, where each task is a header, I want them smaller:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(add-hook 'org-journal-mode-hook
;; In normal Org file, I like large headers, but in my Journal,
;; where each task is a header, I want them smaller:
(add-hook 'org-journal-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(set-face-attribute 'org-level-1 nil :height 1.2)
(set-face-attribute 'org-level-2 nil :height 1.1)
(set-face-attribute 'org-level-3 nil :height 1.0)))
#+end_src
But new files could use /my formatting/ (which is different than the options available in the project):
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(ha-auto-insert-file (rx "journal/" (zero-or-more any) (= 8 digit)) "journal")
;; But new files could use /my formatting/ (which is different
;; than the options available in the project):
(ha-auto-insert-file (rx "journal/" (zero-or-more any) (= 8 digit)) "journal"))
#+end_src
This depends on the following [[file:~/.doom.d/snippets/org-journal-mode/__journal][snippet/template file]]:
@ -75,114 +67,110 @@ Note that when I create a new journal entry, I want a title that should insert a
Since the Journal's filename represents a date, I should be able to get the "date" associated with a file.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun ha-journal-file-date (&optional datename)
"Returns a Lisp date-timestamp based on the format of the current filename,
or DATENAME if given."
(unless datename
(setq datename (buffer-file-name)))
(defun ha-journal-file-date (&optional datename)
"Returns a Lisp date-timestamp based on the format of the current filename,
or DATENAME if given."
(unless datename
(setq datename (buffer-file-name)))
(let* ((datename-parser (rx (group (= 4 digit))
(group (= 2 digit))
(group (= 2 digit))))
(parsed-datename (string-match datename-parser datename))
(day (string-to-number (match-string 3 datename)))
(month (string-to-number (match-string 2 datename)))
(year(string-to-number (match-string 1 datename))))
(encode-time 0 0 0 day month year)))
(let* ((datename-parser (rx (group (= 4 digit))
(group (= 2 digit))
(group (= 2 digit))))
(parsed-datename (string-match datename-parser datename))
(day (string-to-number (match-string 3 datename)))
(month (string-to-number (match-string 2 datename)))
(year(string-to-number (match-string 1 datename))))
(encode-time 0 0 0 day month year)))
#+end_src
Using the "date" associated with a file, we can create our standard timestamp:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun ha-journal-file-datestamp (&optional datename)
"Return a string of the buffer's date (based on the file's name)."
(format-time-string "%e %b %Y (%A)" (ha-journal-file-date datename)))
(defun ha-journal-file-datestamp (&optional datename)
"Return a string of the buffer's date (based on the file's name)."
(format-time-string "%e %b %Y (%A)" (ha-journal-file-date datename)))
#+end_src
Close the =use-package= call:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
)
#+end_src
* Journal Capture
Capturing a task (that when uncompleted, would then spillover to following days) could go to the daily journal entry. This requires a special function that opens today's journal, but specifies a non-nil prefix argument in order to inhibit inserting the heading, as =org-capture= will insert the heading.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun org-journal-find-location ()
(org-journal-new-entry t)
(org-narrow-to-subtree)
(goto-char (point-max)))
(defun org-journal-find-location ()
(org-journal-new-entry t)
(org-narrow-to-subtree)
(goto-char (point-max)))
(defvar org-capture-templates (list))
(add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
'("j" "Journal Task/Entry" plain
(function org-journal-find-location)
"* %?\n\n %i\n\n From: %a"
:empty-lines 1 :jump-to-captured t :immediate-finish t))
(defvar org-capture-templates (list))
(add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
'("j" "Journal Task/Entry" plain
(function org-journal-find-location)
"* %?\n\n %i\n\n From: %a"
:empty-lines 1 :jump-to-captured t :immediate-finish t))
#+end_src
* Next and Previous File
Sometimes it is obvious what is the /next file/ based on the one I'm currently reading. For instance, in my journal entries, the filename is a number that can be incremented. Same with presentation files...
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun split-string-with-number (string)
"Returns a list of three components of the string, the first is
the text prior to any numbers, the second is the embedded number,
and the third is the rest of the text in the string."
(let* ((start (string-match "[0-9]+" string))
(end (string-match "[^0-9]+" string start)))
(if start
(list (substring string 0 start)
(substring string start end)
(if end (substring string end) "")))))
(defun split-string-with-number (string)
"Returns a list of three components of the string, the first is
the text prior to any numbers, the second is the embedded number,
and the third is the rest of the text in the string."
(let* ((start (string-match "[0-9]+" string))
(end (string-match "[^0-9]+" string start)))
(if start
(list (substring string 0 start)
(substring string start end)
(if end (substring string end) "")))))
#+end_src
Which means that the following defines this function:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle no
(ert-deftest split-string-with-number-test ()
(should (equal (split-string-with-number "abc42xyz") '("abc" "42" "xyz")))
(should (equal (split-string-with-number "42xyz") '("" "42" "xyz")))
(should (equal (split-string-with-number "abc42") '("abc" "42" "")))
(should (equal (split-string-with-number "20140424") '("" "20140424" "")))
(should (null (split-string-with-number "abcxyz"))))
(ert-deftest split-string-default-separatorsg-with-number-test ()
(should (equal (split-string-with-number "abc42xyz") '("abc" "42" "xyz")))
(should (equal (split-string-with-number "42xyz") '("" "42" "xyz")))
(should (equal (split-string-with-number "abc42") '("abc" "42" "")))
(should (equal (split-string-with-number "20140424") '("" "20140424" "")))
(should (null (split-string-with-number "abcxyz"))))
#+end_src
Given this splitter function, we create a function that takes some sort of operator and return a new filename based on the conversion that happens:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun find-file-number-change (f)
(let* ((filename (buffer-file-name))
(parts (split-string-with-number
(file-name-base filename)))
(new-name (number-to-string
(funcall f (string-to-number (nth 1 parts))))))
(concat (file-name-directory filename)
(nth 0 parts)
new-name
(nth 2 parts))))
(defun find-file-number-change (f)
(let* ((filename (buffer-file-name))
(parts (split-string-with-number
(file-name-base filename)))
(new-name (number-to-string
(funcall f (string-to-number (nth 1 parts))))))
(concat (file-name-directory filename)
(nth 0 parts)
new-name
(nth 2 parts))))
#+end_src
And this allows us to create two simple functions that can load the "next" and "previous" files:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun find-file-increment ()
"Takes the current buffer, and loads the file that is 'one
more' than the file contained in the current buffer. This
requires that the current file contain a number that can be
incremented."
(interactive)
(find-file (find-file-number-change '1+)))
(defun find-file-increment ()
"Takes the current buffer, and loads the file that is 'one
more' than the file contained in the current buffer. This
requires that the current file contain a number that can be
incremented."
(interactive)
(find-file (find-file-number-change '1+)))
#+end_src
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun find-file-decrement ()
"Takes the current buffer, and loads the file that is 'one
less' than the file contained in the current buffer. This
requires that the current file contain a number that can be
decremented."
(interactive)
(find-file (find-file-number-change '1-)))
(defun find-file-decrement ()
"Takes the current buffer, and loads the file that is 'one
less' than the file contained in the current buffer. This
requires that the current file contain a number that can be
decremented."
(interactive)
(find-file (find-file-number-change '1-)))
#+end_src
* Technical Artifacts :noexport:
* Technical Artifacts :noexport:
Let's =provide= a name so we can =require= this file.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :exports none

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#+TITLE: Journal Entry- `(ha-journal-file-datestamp)`
#+title: Journal Entry- `(ha-journal-file-datestamp)`
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