Note Unfancy

A simple full-featured note management tool.

Usage

To make the most of Note Unfancy, follow these steps:

1. Adding Notes: Use the 'note' command followed by your note text to add a new note. For multi-line notes, utilize the -m flag.

→ note This is a new note.
→ note -m
    Notes
    Multi-line Mode:
    Enter '.' on a new line to exit
    > This is a multi-line note.
    > I can exit with a full stop on a new line.
    > .

The Workflow

• -S to Swap: Switch between live note files.
• -a to Archive: Archive notes for long-term storage.
• -g to Grep notes: Use the -g flag followed by keyword/s to search.
• -o to Open notes: Similar to '-g', this option refine the search further with dmenu and opens your selection in a text editor.(requires dmenu)

→ note This is the text with the keyword in it.

→ note -g keyword
~/.note_unfancy/.private/.swap.no
~/.note_unfancy/note.no
2:    This is the note with the keyword in it.

→ note -a
    Archive your Note File? (y/N)
Archival complete

→ note -g keyword
~/.note_unfancy/.private/archive/240425_144735.no:4:    This is the note keywith the word in it.
~/.note_unfancy/.private/.swap.no
~/.note_unfancy/note.no

POSIX Compatibility

Yes, POSIX compliant.

Installation

-Run this script directly.

Dependencies

• ed (optional) This was the default, but I forgot how to use ed.
• vim or nvim (optional) Redefine the EDITOR variable after the defaults section to use something else.
• bat (optional) Defaults to cat if not present.
• dmenu (optional?) The '-o' option will not work with out it.