branch: externals/denote
commit 7d3da024cc4ff202efd2ee7ef9dc60a123f99fc3
Author: Protesilaos Stavrou <[email protected]>
Commit: Protesilaos Stavrou <[email protected]>
Document for 'denote-prompts' signature value does
---
denote.el | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/denote.el b/denote.el
index 4625db6d8b..a6638eef56 100644
--- a/denote.el
+++ b/denote.el
@@ -223,7 +223,15 @@ The value is a list of symbols, which includes any of the
following:
value of that KEY is used to populate the new note with
content, which is added after the front matter.
-- TODO 2022-12-23: document `signature'.
+- `signature': Prompts for an arbitrary string that can be used
+ to establish a sequential relationship between files (e.g. 1,
+ 1a, 1b, 1b1, 1b2, ...). Signatures have no strictly defined
+ function and are up to the user to apply as they see fit. One
+ use-case is to implement Niklas Luhmann's Zettelkasten system
+ for a sequence of notes (Folgezettel). Signatures are not
+ included in a file's front matter and are not shown in the
+ description of a link. They are reserved solely for creating a
+ sequence in a file listing, at least for the time being.
The prompts occur in the given order.
