um-mode/elisp/um.el

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;;; um.el --- An Ultralight database for Markdown composition. -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
;; by bth
;; Um is an ultralight database design and emacs toolkit for organizing writing
;; into larger compositions. It uses only unique filenames, POSIX filesystem
;; conventions, the builtin `project' package, and standard POSIX commandline
;; tools to build out the CLI.
;; It consists of two parts:
;; 1. The elisp for functionality within emacs.
;; 2. Bash scripts for the commandline interface.
;; This is somewhat like org-roam, except without any database dependency. (And
;; it assumes Markdown rather than org, which I don't care for.)
;; This depends on a few simple ideas:
;; 1. A numbered filename specification which serves as unique id.
;; 2. Placing that same id into the file header, so that concatenated files
;; have reference back to their source. See the `um cat` command.
;; 3. Using a source `um-root-glob' directory, where source files should first be
;; composed and where we can assume a file exists if not elsewhere.
;; 4. Using the built-in `project' package to organize compositions built from
;; these source files.
;; features provided:
;; `um-find-file-at-point' via `find-file': open a file under point in the
;; current project, falling back to a source directory.
;; `um-target-file-at-point-advice' via `embark-dwim': open file under point in all
;; known projects, falling back to a source directory.
;; `um-grep-tag': search files with same tag
(require 'project)
(defcustom um-root-glob ".*/writing/journal"
"Primary glob for `um-root-path.' This allows various mountpoints."
:type '(string)
)
(defcustom um-date-format "%Y-%m-%d"
"Format passed to `format-time-string' when creating `um-journal-header'. Defaults to ISO8601."
:type '(string)
)
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;; journal header
;;;###autoload
(defun um-journal-header ()
"Create a header composed of:
# filename
: date
"
(interactive)
(insert
(format "# %s\n: %s\n\n" (buffer-name) (format-time-string um-date-format))
))
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;; find-file-at-point
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(defun um-root-path ()
(or (car (seq-filter
(lambda (path)
;; this way I don't have to hardcode the full path:
(string-match um-root-glob path))
;; stores all project roots in a list of strings:
(project-known-project-roots)))
;; fallback if not found
default-directory
))
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;; `find-file' integration
;;
;; combined with the hook into `file-name-at-point-functions', this means we can
;; run `find-file' at point, followed by `next-history-element'. By default:
;; C-x C-f M-n
;;;###autoload
(defun um-find-file-at-point ()
"Return full file path of thing-at-point, falling back to:
1. `default-directory'
2. `project-root'
3. `um-root-path'
"
(let ((dirs (list
default-directory
(project-root (project-current))
(um-root-path)))
dir
file)
(while (and dirs (not file))
(setq dir (car dirs)
dirs (cdr dirs))
(let* ((default-directory dir)
(fap (thing-at-point 'existing-filename t)))
(when fap
(setq file (expand-file-name fap)))))
file))
;; NOTE: we now load this by default if the package is loaded.
(add-hook 'file-name-at-point-functions 'um-find-file-at-point)
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;; `embark-dwim' integration
;;
;; Load this with an advice:
;; (advice-add 'embark-target-file-at-point :around 'um-target-file-at-point-advice)
;; `embark-target-file-at-point' uses `ffap-file-at-point', which uses
;; `default-directory' to expand the filename.
;; NOTE: decided to use an advice rather than add my own function to
;; `embark-target-finders', since I'd have to remove the file finder and put my
;; function in the same place in the list anyway.
;;;###autoload
(defun um-target-file-at-point-advice (origfunc)
"Wrapper for `embark-target-file-at-point' that falls back to:
1. `default-directory'
2. `project-root'
3. `um-root-path'
"
(or
;; this does both default-directory and project-root:
(funcall origfunc)
(let ((default-directory (um-root-path)))
(funcall origfunc))
))
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;; tags
;; NOTE: this will get saved by savehist-mode
(defvar um-tags-history nil)
(defun um-grep-tag ()
"Run `project-find-regexp' on a selection made from `um-tags-history' via `completing-read'.
NOTE: searches in the current project root by default, but
\\[universal-argument] will allow choice of the base directory as in `project-find-regexp'.
Ultimately this relies on `xref-matches-in-files', which calls `xref-search-program'.
"
(interactive)
(project-find-regexp (concat "^\\+ "
(completing-read "um tag: " um-tags-history)
"$")))
(defun um-tag-insert (tag)
"Insert TAG as + tag\n in current buffer appending to the journal header."
(goto-char (point-min))
(search-forward "\n\n")
(previous-line)
(insert (concat "+ " tag "\n"))
)
;;;###autoload
(defun um-tag-insert-dwim ()
"Run `um-tag-insert' on a list of filenames if region active outside
dired-mode, or if marks exist in dired-mode, or the filename at point, and
finally in the current buffer if none of those conditions match.
Assumes the files of interest are returned by `um-root-path'.
"
(interactive)
(let* (
(tag (completing-read "tag: " um-tags-history nil nil nil 'um-tags-history))
(marks (if (eq major-mode 'dired-mode) (dired-get-marked-files) nil))
;; NOTE: 'existing-filename would be better to avoid bogus strings, but
;; in view-mode when in another project, we can't verify it exists yet:
(fap (thing-at-point 'filename))
(files (cond
((and (region-active-p) (not (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)))
(string-split (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end))))
(marks marks)
(fap (list fap))
))
;; save-excursion is not working below, why?
(buf (current-buffer)))
(if files (progn (dolist (f files)
;; TODO: this should use the fallback logic:
(find-file (expand-file-name f (um-root-path)))
(um-tag-insert tag)
)
(switch-to-buffer buf)
(save-some-buffers t)
)
(um-tag-insert tag))
(let ((history-delete-duplicates t))
(add-to-history 'um-tags-history tag))))
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;; shell integration
;;;###autoload
(defun um-next (next-file &optional tags skip-header)
"Takes the next-file generated by the shell script and opens it.
Optional TAGS string may contain more than one tag separated by a comma.
The SKIP-HEADER option says not to insert the um-journal-header at all,
in which case TAGS is also ignored.
"
(find-file next-file)
(unless skip-header
(um-journal-header)
(if tags
(progn (forward-line -1)
(dolist (tag (split-string tags ","))
(insert (format "+ %s\n"
(if (equal "+" tag)
(cadr (split-string next-file "\\."))
tag))))
(forward-line))))
(message (format "creating %s" next-file))
)
(defun um-next-shell (dir &optional descriptor skip-header)
"Calls um next in the provided dir.
With the option not to leave behind the um-journal-header.
Returns the value of next-file computed by um next
"
(let ((default-directory dir) (next-file))
;; https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/19878
(setq next-file (shell-command-to-string
(concat "export UMNEXTPRINT=true; um next"
(concat " " descriptor))))
(um-next next-file nil skip-header)
next-file
)
)
(provide 'um)