A Script to Combine new_note() and new_templated_note()

[thw26]

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• I am running the latest version of this plugin

Tell us about what's bothering you...
While I understand having two different functions for creating a note, that means I need to memorize two keymaps! I created this function to give me a menu for creating a new note:

local Menu = require("nui.menu")
local event = require("nui.utils.autocmd").event
local telekasten = require("plugins.telekasten")

local menu = Menu({
  position = "50%",
  size = {
    width = 25,
    height = 5,
  },
  border = {
    style = "single",
    text = {
      top = "[ Create New Note ]",
      top_align = "center",
    },
  },
  win_options = {
    winhighlight = "Normal:Normal,FloatBorder:Normal",
  },
}, {
  lines = {
    Menu.item("New Blank Note", { id = 1 }),
    Menu.item("New Templated Note", { id = 2 }),
    Menu.item("Quit", { id = 3 }),
  },
  max_width = 20,
  keymap = {
    focus_next = { "j", "<Down>", "<Tab>" },
    focus_prev = { "k", "<Up>", "<S-Tab>" },
    close = { "<Esc>", "<C-c>" },
    submit = { "<CR>", "<Space>" },
  },
  on_close = function()
    print("Menu Closed.")
  end,
  on_submit = function(item)
    if item.id == 1 then
      vim.cmd([[Telekasten new_note]])
    elseif item.id == 2 then
      vim.cmd([[Telekasten new_templated_note]])
    else
      print("Menu Closed.")
    end
  end,
})

-- mount the component
menu:mount()

I saved it in ~/.config/nvim/lua/functions/createNewNote.lua and then mapped it to the following:

map("n", "<C-n>", "<cmd>luafile ~/.config/nvim/lua/functions/createNewNote.lua<CR>", { desc = "Create new note" })

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Would you be interested in having this added to the wiki or somewhere else?

[lambtho12]

I am not sure I understand the purpose of that. If you are going to use a menu and require one more input before actually create the note, can't you just use new_templated_note in all cases and select the appropriate template when you just want to create a note?

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In any case, once the code is a bit more refactored, I will completely rework the various function/pickers to simplify them and make them more versatile. Ideally, everything could be done by 3/4 pickers. We could then provide aliases to tailor the arguments of the picker functions automatically or just let the user specify their mappings as they want.

[thw26]

I am not sure I understand the purpose of that. If you are going to use a menu and require one more input before actually create the note, can't you just use new_templated_note in all cases and select the appropriate template when you just want to create a note?

Yes, but then I need a template for a blank file. I see your point though; a blank template would accomplish the same thing and remove the need for an extra menu.