Zettelkasten.nvim

To develop / debug:

start neovim with nvim --cmd "set rtp+=$(pwd)" . to automatically load the files in project dir as if they were on path

next up:

• link following option (under cursor, next on line)
• next link on line function (actions)
• helper function to decide which one to use from A.open

TODO: needed functionality

• note creation (new anchor)
  • create anchor
    • unique anchor creation
  • create link (md / wiki)
• note listing (anchors / titles, no anchor)
  • list anchors
  • list filenames
• link following (to existing anchor)
  • fallback to filename if anchor invalid / not found
• link creation (to existing note)
  • list existing
  • create link (md / wiki)
• link switching (point to another existing note)
• note search (title / full-text)
• jump to zettel (open existing anchor)
  • select by anchor
  • select by (fuzzy) title match
• options
• zettel anchor separator
• zettel extension
• link style (wiki/markdown)
• custom link style?
• link detection/following (under word, next on line)
• recursive dir lookup for zettel
• zettel anchor regex

TODO: nice-to-haves

• refactor parsers (md/wiki) to be tables of functions/regex in options, so e.g. valid link detection can call options.parser.isValidLink(link) or transformation options.parser.styleLink(anchor, text)

  • enable custom parser supply

• completion engine (e.g. for completion-nvim, look in completion_buffers/completion-tags for reference)

• zettel caching for big directories

• backlinks (via rg for filename anchor?)

  • keep tree of notes cached?

• zettel maintenance

  • fix malformed anchors
  • add missing anchors
  • 'rename' anchor (goes against stability?)
  • recognize duplicate anchors (in directory, when listing, etc)
    • provide option to rename and automatically change backlinks

• zettel 'lens' (preview first headline + content of linked zettel through floating window etc, on keypress)

• anchor creation

  • must be unique
  • default: 10 digits, usually current date+time (YYMMDDHHmm)
  • but, if multiple links created within one minute (or other circumstances), this would duplicate
  • thus, duplicate-check before creating a new anchor
  • if duplicated, generate first non-duplicated link (recursive?)
  • try to move backwards through minutes not forward
    • i.e. if 2030101200 exists move to 2030101159, 2030101158, ...
    • if moving backwards, we do not take away id space from future note creation
    • if moving forwards, every zettel created within a minute would delay next zettel creation another minute

Options

atm:

anchor_separator = vim.g["zettel_anchor_separator"] or vim.b["zettel_anchor_separator"] or "_",
zettel_extension = vim.g["zettel_extension"] or vim.b["zettel_extension"] or ".md",
zettel_root = vim.g["zettel_root"] or vim.b["zettel_root"] or "~/documents/notes",