Creating Blot Journal entries using Emacs

Here’s the function I just wrote for creating new Journal entries in Blot:

;; Create Blot Journal post
(defun jab/blot-new-journal ()
  "Create and visit a new draft journal post in Blot"
  (interactive)
  (let* ((default-directory (concat "~/Dropbox/Apps/Blot/[Journal]/"
                                    (format-time-string "%Y/%m-%B/")))
         (fpath (concat default-directory (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d-") "journal.md")))
    ;; If folder doesn't exist, create it
    (make-directory default-directory)

    ;; I use YAML metadata in Blot, even though it's not required.
    (write-region (concat
                   "---"
                   "\ntitle: '" (format-time-string "%A, %B %d, %Y") "'"
                   "\ndate: " (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z")
                   "\ntags: [\"\"]"
                   "\nsummary: "
                   "\ndraft: Yes"
                   "\n---\n\n"
           "# " (format-time-string "%A, %B %d, %Y"))
                  nil (expand-file-name fpath) nil nil nil t)
    (find-file (expand-file-name fpath))))

I could tidy and DRY that up, but it works.

October 4, 2023 Blot Emacs Reply by email