From 2b47b301cbf234eabfcebd28f069e5d154441354 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Coquand Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 13:22:47 -0500 Subject: test a org based readme --- README.org | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.org (limited to 'README.org') diff --git a/README.org b/README.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14ae9cd --- /dev/null +++ b/README.org @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +* Stitch - Note Composer + +Stitch is a minimal grep-based CLI tool for composing notes. It is +built around the idea of writing notes separately and then using tags +to compose these notes together. + +Stitch does not have any opinion about which file format you use for +file capturing, use org, markdown, whatever you want. You can +customize the grep command. + +Stitch limits itself only to note composing. For capturing notes, you +will have to set up your own system. + +** AIMS + +- Single binary +- Minimal +- Work with any file format + +** CREDIT + +Stitch is based and largely a stripped down copy of the note composing +system of Howm for Emacs. + +** INSTALLATION + +Chmod +x the binary and put in PATH. + +Set the environment variables: + +STICH_DIRECTORY +STICH_GREP_CMD (default "grep") +STITCH_HEADLINE_PATTERN (default "^\* ") +STITCH_TAG_PATTERN (default ":[a-z]:") + +** SPEED UP + +Stitch uses grep by default. As your notes grow, this will +become rather slow. To speed it up, you can replace it grep with ugrep. + +** DEVELOPMENT + +To set up the project, easiest way is to just install Nix, direnv and +enable nix flakes. Then to compile: + +dune build + +And to run: + +dune exec -- stitch + + +** RECIPES + +- Building a journaling system +You can build a basic capture command using $EDITOR and date command: + +alias capture="JRNL=\"$STITCH_DIRECTORY/$(date +'%Y-%m-%d +%H:%M').org\" echo '* :journal:' > $JRNL_FILE && $EDITOR $JRNL_FILE + +and then you can find your journal entries, automatically sorted by +creation date with stitch and the journal tag: + +alias jrnl="stitch -t journal" +* KNOWN ISSUES + +- Resizing the screen when editor is open causes panic + + +* Author + +Marc Coquand, 2024 + +* LICENSE + +BSD-3-Clause + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3