jeanphilippegg
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2 weeks ago Actually, yes!
I had the following 2 changes in mind before that:
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Cleanup the date handling functions. Since it is closely related to the id, I would make it consistent. There are some unecessary functions that I would like to address.
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Refactor
denote-rewrite-front-matterand add the signature. The refactor involves handling all front matter components consistenty and address the points you mentionned in #366. We should be able to add/remove individual lines automatically when they are present. The signature can then be added to the front matter! This will also be useful to modify the front matter id/date.
After the above changes, I would have worked on allowing the modification of
the identifier (under the condition that there are no links to the note) and
maybe allow its absence. I want to make this possible using what we already
have for other components. Changing the date with denote-rename-file should
just change the date/id as expected (it does nothing right now). I would not
add any new commands specific to date/id, except maybe the convenience
denote-rename-file-date!
I planned on pushing some of these changes next weekend.
Did you have anything specific already on this?
We have mentioned the titular idea before and we have the building blocks to make it happen. Modifying the identifier can be problematic, because it may result in duplicates (we have code to avoid this inside of the
denote-directory, but it can still happen if the user renames files elsewhere and then consolidates them in a single directory). If there are such cases, we have to trust the user to resolve them or, maybe, we can provide a command that does that automatically.I think this is the right time to provide the relevant points of entry. @jeanphilippegg You recently made changes to the
denote-files-types. Are you also planning something along those lines? If yes, then I will wait for it. Otherwise, I will go ahead with some code and then we can iterate on it.