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* fixing some unmatched links, daily-note path note, start graphviz/tags/properties clarification fixed links that didn't actually link to their target, add discussion about creating daily-notes in path based off date, then clarifying notes about styling graph viz and tags while enhancing the note properties descriptions by describing how properties are described and which properties are custom, which are foam-specific, and which are foam-template-specific * add filter view, default variables to graphviz, and viewing tags in graphviz graphviz: discuss filter view, add all changeable variables to graph style example, tags: describe viewing tags in the graphviz * add small note about learning yaml * last push fixing up some todos * making recommended changes from PR request
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Daily Notes
Daily notes allow you to quickly create and access a new notes file for each day. This is a surpisingly effective and increasingly common strategy to organize notes and manage events.
View today's note file by running the Foam: Open Daily Note command, by using the shortcut alt+d (note: shortcuts can be overridden), or by using #snippets. The name, location, and title of daily notes files is #configurable.
Roam-style Automatic Daily Notes
You can automatically open today's note on startup by setting the Foam › Open Daily Note: On Startup setting to true.
Daily Note Templates
Daily notes can also make use of [Note Templates], by defining a special .foam/templates/daily-note.md template.
Snippets
Create a link to a recent daily note using snippets. Type /today and press enter to link to today's note. You can also write:
| Snippet | Date |
|---|---|
/tomorrow |
tomorrow |
/yesterday |
yesterday |
/monday |
next Monday |
/+1d |
tomorrow |
/-3d |
3 days ago |
/+1w |
in a week |
/-1m |
one month ago |
/+1y |
in one year |
Configuration
By default, Daily Notes will be created in a file called yyyy-mm-dd.md in the workspace's journals folder, with a heading yyyy-mm-dd.
These settings can be overridden in your workspace or global .vscode/settings.json file, using the dateformat date masking syntax:
It's possible to customize path and heading of your daily notes, by following the dateformat masking syntax. The following properties can be used:
"foam.openDailyNote.directory": "journal",
"foam.openDailyNote.filenameFormat": "'daily-note'-yyyy-mm-dd",
"foam.openDailyNote.fileExtension": "mdx",
"foam.openDailyNote.titleFormat": "'Journal Entry, ' dddd, mmmm d",
The above configuration would create a file journal/daily-note-2020-07-25.mdx, with the heading Journal Entry, Sunday, July 25.
NOTE: It is possible to set the filepath of a daily note according to the date using the special [note-properties] configurable for [Note Templates]. Specifically see [note-templates#Example of date-based|Example of date-based filepath]. Using the template property will override any setting configured through
.vscode/settings.json.
Extend Functionality (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly Notes)
Please see [note-macros]