Simple pure shell script to launch a scratchpad in neovim, based on the current date, with simple reminders built in.

Instructions

Scratchpad

Put this script in your $HOME/bin and make sure you have your path set to that directory. Just simply type scratchpad in a terminal to pull up the current day's scratchpad. It's recommended to have a key binding set for this, or at the very least create an alias, for maximum convenience. If you use dwm, you can insert these lines into config.def.h:

/*commands*/
static const char *scratchpad[] = { "<YOUR TERMINAL EMULATOR>", "-e", "sh", "-c", "<ABSOLUTE PATH TO scratchpad FILE>; sh", NULL };

/*Keys*/
{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = scratchpad} },

To add a reminder, simply end the line you want with [+]. The next day, you will see those saved reminders at the top of the scratchpad. You'll notice that the [+] became [?]. If you don't replace the ? back to a +, the reminder will not show up on the following day's scratchpad.

That's basically it, so far!

CLI Tool

You may also retrieve your scratchpads using the CLI, by simply tying sr -d day month year.

You don't have to specify an exact date. If you just specify a month, you will be taken to the directory of the current year's month. e.g sr -d dec --> equivalent to cd /path/to/current/year/month

Likewise, specifying a date and month, will take you to the current year's month and day. e.g. sr -d 10 dec --> vim /path/to/current/year/month/10-12-YYYY

Recommended dependencies:

• Goyo plugin for vim, to declutter the scratchpad environment.