branch: externals/denote
commit aeb394789ee0bfd1ac630464d8885eaef64561f5
Merge: 3ffe839458 03b761e4c5
Author: Protesilaos Stavrou <i...@protesilaos.com>
Commit: GitHub <nore...@github.com>
Merge pull request #75 from jeanphilippegg/rename-files-using-front-matter
Add denote-rename-file-using-front-matter and denote-rename-marked-fi…
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denote.el | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/denote.el b/denote.el
index ed7e24502a..777383b368 100644
--- a/denote.el
+++ b/denote.el
@@ -1169,11 +1169,6 @@ operation on multiple files."
(make-obsolete 'denote-dired-rename-expert nil "0.5.0")
(make-obsolete 'denote-dired-post-rename-functions nil "0.4.0")
-(defun denote--front-matter-keywords-to-list (keywords)
- "Return string of KEYWORDS as a list of strings.
-This is the inverse of `denote--format-front-matter-keywords'."
- (split-string keywords "[:,\s]+" t "[][ \"']+"))
-
;;;;; The renaming commands and their prompts
(defun denote--rename-dired-file-or-prompt ()
@@ -1376,14 +1371,15 @@ The operation does the following:
"0.5.0")
;;;###autoload
-(defun denote-reverse-rename-file (file)
+(defun denote-rename-file-using-front-matter (file)
"Rename current FILE using its front matter as input.
This basically is the inverse of `denote-rename-file'"
(interactive (list (buffer-file-name)))
(when (buffer-modified-p)
(user-error "Save buffer before proceeding"))
(if-let* ((title (denote--retrieve-value-title file))
- (keywords (denote--front-matter-keywords-to-list
(denote--retrieve-value-keywords file)))
+ (keywords (denote--extract-keywords-from-front-matter
+ file (denote--filetype-heuristics file)))
(extension (file-name-extension file t))
(id (denote--file-name-id file))
(dir (file-name-directory file))
@@ -1392,7 +1388,31 @@ This basically is the inverse of `denote-rename-file'"
(progn
(denote--rename-file file new-name)
(denote-update-dired-buffers))
- (user-error "No front matter for title, identifier, and/or keywords")))
+ (user-error "No front matter for title and/or keywords")))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun denote-rename-marked-files-using-front-matter ()
+ "Rename marked files using the information in their front matter.
+
+This command can be used to synchronize multiple file names with
+the content of the file's front matter."
+ (interactive nil dired-mode)
+ (if-let ((marks (seq-filter
+ (lambda (file) (denote--only-note-p file))
+ (dired-get-marked-files))))
+ (progn
+ (dolist (file marks)
+ (let* ((dir (file-name-directory file))
+ (id (denote--file-name-id file))
+ (title (denote--retrieve-value-title file))
+ (keywords (denote--extract-keywords-from-front-matter
+ file (denote--filetype-heuristics file)))
+ (extension (file-name-extension file t))
+ (new-name (denote--format-file
+ dir id keywords (denote--sluggify title)
extension)))
+ (denote--rename-file file new-name)))
+ (revert-buffer))
+ (user-error "No marked files; aborting")))
;;;; The Denote faces
