From 0f36dee9ed3225662e551fce165e30867b246656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Coquand <marc@mccd.space>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 14:25:52 -0500
Subject: updates

---
 bin/main.ml | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

(limited to 'bin/main.ml')

diff --git a/bin/main.ml b/bin/main.ml
index 79addc1..385f273 100644
--- a/bin/main.ml
+++ b/bin/main.ml
@@ -86,13 +86,23 @@ let headlines_cmd =
     ; `Pre "export STITCH_DIRECTORY=/home/bob/notes"
     ; `P
         "Stitch does not specify anything on how to capture your notes, but you can add \
-         the following in your profile to have a basic note capture command"
+         the following in your profile to have a basic note capturing system."
     ; `Pre
         "function capture {\n\
-        \  NEW_NOTE=\"\\$STITCH_DIRECTORY/\\$(date +'%y-%m-%d.%H:%M.%S').org\"\n\
-        \  echo '*  ' >> \\$NEW_NOTE \n\
-        \  \\$EDITOR \"\\$NEW_NOTE\" +1:3 \"\n\
-         }\n"
+        \  JRNL=\"\\$STITCH_DIRECTORY/\\$(date +'%y-%m-%d.%H:%M.%S').org\"\n\
+        \  echo '*  ' > /tmp/capture  \n\
+        \  $EDITOR /tmp/capture +1\n\
+        \  if grep -q '^\\*\\s*\\$' /tmp/capture \n\
+        \  then \n\
+        \     echo \"Empty capture; ignoring\"\n\
+        \  else \n\
+        \     echo \"Storing capture in \\$JRNL\"\n\
+        \     cat /tmp/capture > \\$JRNL\n\
+        \  fi\n\
+         }"
+    ; `P
+        "Now you can run capture in your terminal and it will prompt you to write your \
+         note and store it in your notes with a timestamp."
     ; `P
         "With that, you can begin to capture your notes and they will be displayed in \
          reverse chronological order in stitch. You can add tags, for example :journal: \
@@ -110,9 +120,17 @@ let headlines_cmd =
          capture TODO items"
     ; `Pre
         "function todo {\n\
-        \  NEW_NOTE=\"\\$STITCH_DIRECTORY/\\$(date +'%y-%m-%d.%H:%M.%S').org\"\n\
-        \  echo '* TODO  ' >> \\$NEW_NOTE \n\
-        \  \\$EDITOR \"\\$NEW_NOTE\" +1 \n\
+        \  TODO_BASE='* TODO  '\n\
+        \  JRNL=\"\\$STITCH_DIRECTORY/\\$(date +'%y-%m-%d.%H:%M.%S').org\"\n\
+        \  echo '* TODO  ' > /tmp/capture\n\
+        \  \\$EDITOR /tmp/capture +1\"\n\
+        \  if grep -q '^\\* TODO\\s*\\$' /tmp/capture \n\
+        \  then \n\
+        \     echo \"Empty capture\"\n\
+        \  else \n\
+        \     echo \"Storing capture in \\$JRNL\"\n\
+        \     cat /tmp/capture > \\$JRNL\n\
+        \  fi\n\
          }"
     ; `P
         "After that, you can capture a few TODO items, and you will be able to view them \
@@ -129,7 +147,7 @@ let headlines_cmd =
     Cmd.info
       ~envs
       "stitch"
-      ~version:"0.1 ALPHA"
+      ~version:"0.0.1 ALPHA"
       ~doc
       ~man:(List.concat [ bugs; author; description; example_set_up_basic; credit ])
   in
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