memo

Memo Life For You

Usage

NAME:
   memo - Memo Life For You

USAGE:
   memo [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   0.0.4

COMMANDS:
     new, n     create memo
     list, l    list memo
     edit, e    edit memo
     delete, d  delete memo
     grep, g    grep memo
     cat, v     view memo
     config, c  configure
     serve, s   start http server
     help, h    Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --help, -h     show help
   --version, -v  print the version

Installation

$ go install github.com/mattn/memo@latest

Let's start create memo file.

$ memo new
Title:

Input title for the memo, then you see the text editor launched. After saving markdown, list entries with memo list.

$ memo list
2017-02-07-memo-command.md   : Installed memo command

And grep

$ memo grep command
2017-02-07-memo-command.md:1:# Installed memo command

Configuration

run memo config.

memodir = "/path/to/you/memo/dir" # specify memo directory
memotemplate = "path/to/tmpl.txt" # optional memo template file. default '~/.config/memo/template.txt'
editor = "vim"                    # your favorite text editor
column = 30                       # column size for list command
selectcmd = "peco"                # selector command for edit command
grepcmd = "grep -nH"              # grep command executable
assetsdir = "/path/to/assets"     # assets directory for serve command
pluginsdir = "path/to/plugins"    # plugins directory for plugin commands. default '~/.config/memo/plugins'.

memodir, memotemplate and assetsdir can be used ~/ prefix or $HOME or OS specific environment variables. editor, selectcmd and grepcmd can be used placeholder below.

placeholder replace to
${FILES} target files
${DIR} same as memodir
${PATTERN} grep pattern

Memo Template

You can use memo template using Go's text/template format. A template receives the following attributes.

  • Title
  • Date (format: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M)
  • Categories (always empty)
  • Tags (always empty)

The following is a template example to apply YAML Frontmatter.

---
title: {{.Title}}
date: {{.Date}}
---

{{.Title}}
===========

You can also use glidenote/memolist.vim's template format like following.

title: {{_title_}}
==========
date: {{_date_}}
tags: [{{_tags_}}]
categories: [{{_categories_}}]
----------

Supported GrepCmd

Command Configuration
GNU Grep grepcmd = "grep -nH" #default
ag grepcmd = "ag ${PATTERN} ${DIR}"
jvgrep grepcmd = "jvgrep ${PATTERN} ${DIR}"

Supported SelectCmd

Command Configuration
gof selectcmd = "gof"
cho selectcmd = "cho"
fzf selectcmd = "fzf"

Extend With Plugin Commands

You can extend memo with custom commands. Place an executable file in your pluginsdir, memo can use it as a subcommand. For example, If you place foo file in your pluginsdir, you can run it by memo foo.

Below is spec of plugins:

  • MUST handle -usage option to show briefly, at least.
  • MUST NOT handle --xxx option.
  • MUST NOT use multi-byte strings in the usage.

License

MIT

Author

Yasuhiro Matsumoto (a.k.a. mattn)

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