jots

README

jots

Usage

Adding an entry

To add an entry, run jots add.

You will be prompted for the entry text. Write your entry, and press enter.

You will then be asked if you want to attach a file. If not, press No (n, or enter with 'No' selected) If you do want to, press Yes (y, or enter with 'Yes' selected) and type in the canonical (absolute) path to the file.

Viewing the entries for a day.

For today

If you want to see the entries for the present day, just run:

jots list

For a specific day

To see the entries for a specific day, run:

jots list YYYY-MM-DD

Viewing a specific entry

To view a specific entry, run:

jots view <UUID>

The UUID can be seen with the list command from earlier, it will be eight characters long.

Open an attachment

To open an attachment, run:

jots open <UUID>

The attachment UUID can be seen with the view command from earlier, it will also be eight caracters long.

jots is a minimal CLI journaling tool

Installation

with Nix

Simply add the repo to your flake inputs...

inputs = {
  spyglass.url = "github:indium114/jots";
};

...and pass it into your environment.systemPackages...

environment.systemPackages = [
  inputs.jots.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.jots
];

with Go

To install, simply run:

go install github.com/indium114/jots@latest

Usage

Inspirations

jots was mainly inspired by jrnl