This small utility was built because I needed a quick way to add one-line entries to my daily notes, from the command line. These would usually be some clever thoughts I do not want to forget, TODOs, things to buy, ...

I do not want to start Logseq just for that (even though I mapped it to shortcuts) and so dly was born.

The binary dly.exe (or the relevant one for your OS) attempts to read a configuration file located in .config/dly/dly.yml in your home directory. It will try hard to find said home directory and will abort if this is not possible. Should you encounter such a case, please open a bug report (a Github Issue).

If the configuration file is not found, a minimal empty one will be created. It is not yet functional as it, you need to edit it to add your Logseq daily notes folder (I could automate that if I knew how).

Binaries can be found in the Releases section.

go install github.com/wsw70/dly@latest

Run dly.exe, a pop-up window appears to allow you to type your line. Once you are done press Enter (or click OK) and your daily note is updated.

If you use a tool such as AutoHotKey, you could bind a key combination to run dly.

Example for a hotkey under Win-N:

#n::Run "D:\Y\dev-perso\dly\dly.exe"

If you want to have a more verbose mode or help debug the program, you can set the environment variable DLY_DEBUG to the value yes. Below is an example of the consequences of setting it inline in PowerShell:

PS D:\Y\dev-perso\dly> go run . poiytporipoerit teprotperoite r eortieproit
2023-01-13T15:05:29+01:00 INFO note D:\Y\Logseq\journals\2023_01_13.md updated

PS D:\Y\dev-perso\dly> $env:DLY_DEBUG = 'yes'; go run . poiytporipoerit teprotperoite r eortieproit
2023-01-13T15:06:27+01:00 DEBUG text starts on a new line
2023-01-13T15:06:27+01:00 DEBUG backup note is C:TEMP\2023_01_13.md
2023-01-13T15:06:27+01:00 INFO note D:\Y\Logseq\journals\2023_01_13.md updated

The configuration file located in .config/dly/dly.yml in your home directory is a YAML file that may contain the following directives

• automated detection of the daily notes folder
• cleanup of code, including more comments
• more OSes (notably MacOS). It is easy to do but I need someone to test the binary (and information about where the home and temporary directories are)
• anything you can think of

Feel free to open Issues if you find bugs, or start Discussions.

I should probbaly add a license but I do not care, so let it be WTFPL.

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