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Allow custom file extensions for directory-based journal #1289

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thw26 opened this issue Jul 5, 2021 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #1789
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Allow custom file extensions for directory-based journal #1289

thw26 opened this issue Jul 5, 2021 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #1789
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thw26 commented Jul 5, 2021

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jrnl: v2.7
Python: 3.9.5 (default, May 24 2021, 12:50:35) 
[GCC 11.1.0]
OS: Linux 5.10.42-1-MANJARO
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What are you trying to do?

I have my journal saving in a directory instead of a monolithic file. I'd like the new entries to be saved with a .md extension. What is the proper way to set this in the config file?

What have you tried?

Setting a yaml option as follows:

format: markdown

format: md

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wren commented Jul 8, 2021

This is a very good question, and I'm afraid there's not a good answer right now. The directory-based storage format for jrnl is currently very rigid in its structure, and that means there's no good way to change the file extension (or the directory structure) right now.

One thing that might help, depending on what you're looking for, is to add a template with a .md file extension (i.e. add template: some-file.md. That will get jrnl to use md for the temp file sent to your editor. That would help with syntax highlighting in your editor, but wouldn't change the name of the actual journal files, though.

I'm going to change this to a feature request, but I think this is a good point to bring up. I honestly just never thought of this, so thank you for bringing it up!

@wren wren added enhancement New feature or request and removed support End user support labels Jul 8, 2021
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@micahellison micahellison changed the title Change File Extension When Saving a Journal to Directory Allow custom file extensions for directory-based journal Jul 31, 2021
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Allow searching directory journal for markdown files. Partial fix for j…
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Allow setting an arbitrary folder journal file extension. Fix jrnl-or…
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Fix jrnl-org#1289 by adding extension config.
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