branch: externals/denote
commit c0839b2a56c6ef59858bcee4db6a9114f9d2d05b
Merge: 5010e0946d c586ed6832
Author: Protesilaos Stavrou <i...@protesilaos.com>
Commit: GitHub <nore...@github.com>
Merge pull request #137 from jeanphilippegg/denote-change-file-type
Add function denote-change-file-type
---
denote.el | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
diff --git a/denote.el b/denote.el
index 34cf8e9577..14c8122968 100644
--- a/denote.el
+++ b/denote.el
@@ -2154,6 +2154,46 @@ files)."
(denote--rewrite-front-matter new-name title keywords file-type)
(denote--add-front-matter new-name title keywords id file-type))))))
+;;;###autoload
+(defun denote-change-file-type (file new-file-type)
+ "Change file type of FILE and add an appropriate front matter.
+
+If in Dired, consider FILE to be the one at point, else prompt
+with minibuffer completion for one.
+
+Add a front matter in the format of the NEW-FILE-TYPE at the
+beginning of the file.
+
+The title is retrieved from a line starting with a title field in
+the file's contents, depending on the previous file type (e.g.
+#+title for Org). The same process applies for keywords and id.
+
+As a final step, ask for confirmation, showing the difference
+between old and new file names.
+
+Important note: No attempt is made to modify any other elements
+of the file. This needs to be done manually."
+ (interactive
+ (list
+ (denote--rename-dired-file-or-prompt)
+ (denote--valid-file-type (or (denote-file-type-prompt) denote-file-type))))
+ (let* ((dir (file-name-directory file))
+ (old-file-type (denote-filetype-heuristics file))
+ (id (denote-retrieve-or-create-file-identifier file))
+ (title (denote-retrieve-title-value file old-file-type))
+ (keywords (denote-retrieve-keywords-value file old-file-type))
+ (old-extension (file-name-extension file t))
+ (new-extension (denote--file-extension new-file-type))
+ (new-name (denote-format-file-name
+ dir id keywords (denote-sluggify title) new-extension))
+ (max-mini-window-height 0.33)) ; allow minibuffer to be resized
+ (when (and (not (eq old-extension new-extension))
+ (denote-rename-file-prompt file new-name))
+ (denote-rename-file-and-buffer file new-name)
+ (denote-update-dired-buffers)
+ (when (denote-file-is-writable-and-supported-p new-name)
+ (denote--add-front-matter new-name title keywords id new-file-type)))))
+
;;;###autoload
(defun denote-dired-rename-marked-files ()
"Rename marked files in Dired to Denote file name.
