noop

note-loop REPL-ish for my plaintext notes

Inspired by https://github.com/alichtman/fzf-notes

A loop around searching and editing text notes files.

Just run noop and start searching for the name or contents of the file you want to open or edit. Hit enter to edit any found file. Searching is done with fzf and ripgrep.

Search for ccc, and hit enter to be prompted for a new filename, and edit it.

Search for nnn, and hit enter to open a new timestamped file and edit it.

When the editor is quit, then you're back to the search prompt.

Loop between search and edit until a Ctrl-c.

TODO

• Tab-completion for subdirs when creating new notes.
• Way of ranking search matches better. Perhaps two result lists, one for filenames and one for contents.

Installation

Install needed tools

• ripgrep: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

• fzf: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

  git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf && ~/.fzf/install

• preview.sh: part of https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim

  curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/fzf.vim/master/bin/preview.sh > ~/bin/preview.sh && chmod +x ~/bin/preview.sh

Install noop itself

ln -s ~/src/noop/noop.sh ~/bin/noop

Create the notes directory

mkdir -p ~/Notes

If you wish to use a different location (I use ~/Nextcloud/Notes) then edit NOOP_NOTES_DIR in noop.sh.

Using

Just run noop and start searching for the note file you want to edit. Hit enter to select the note file and open $EDITOR with that file.

There is a CREATE_NEW_FILE dummy file in the search results, which then prompts you for a new filename (which can include a new subdirectory name too), and then opens the $EDITOR with the new file. If you don't specify a file extension, then it defaults to .md for a markdown document.

Once you have made your changes to the notes file, then close $EDITOR to be put back into the search view.

Use Ctrl-c to exit the search view. I just leave it running in a terminal on each computer, and share my notes via NextCloud.

LICENCE

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