# denote-journal-cycle-entries.el -rw-r--r-- 1.2 KiB View raw
                                                                                
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;; Quickly navigate between your denote journal files without manually having to
;; select the file or buffer. If you have a lot of journal files like me, you
;; will want to take care of the empty ones. See the second attached file to
;; deal with this.

;;; utils

(defun files (dir &optional regex)
  (seq-remove
   #'file-directory-p
   (directory-files dir t (or regex directory-files-no-dot-files-regexp) t)))

(defun clamp (beg end val)
  (max beg (min end val)))

;;; Cycle Entries

(defun zyd/cycle-entry (direction)
  "Visit the next or previous journal entry. DIRECTION is a function,
either `1+' or `1-'"
  (let ((visiting-entry (buffer-file-name (current-buffer)))
        (journal-entries (sort (files (denote-journal-directory)))))
    (find-file
     (elt journal-entries
          (clamp 0
                 (1- (length journal-entries))
                 (funcall direction (seq-position journal-entries visiting-entry)))))))

(defun zyd/next-entry ()
  (interactive)
  (zyd/cycle-entry #'1+))

(defun zyd/previous-entry ()
  (interactive)
  (zyd/cycle-entry #'1-))

(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-<") #'zyd/previous-entry)
(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C->") #'zyd/next-entry)

;; Test it out from a denote journal file.
# denote-journal-trash-empties.el -rw-r--r-- 3.0 KiB View raw
                                                                                
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;; If you find the cycle functionality above useful you will probably want to
;; remove any empty journals you have lingering around. By empty we mean all
;; journals that don't have anything written beyond the front matter. Lets trash
;; those.

;;; utils

;; Extracted from `denote--file-with-temp-buffer'
(defmacro with-temp-file-buffer (file &rest body)
  "If FILE exists, insert its contents in a temp buffer and call BODY."
  (declare (indent 1))
  `(cl-flet ((get-buffer-or-file (file)
               (let* ((buffer (get-file-buffer file))
                      (file-exists (file-exists-p file))
                      (buffer-modified (buffer-modified-p buffer)))
                 (cond
                  ((or (and file-exists
                            buffer
                            (not buffer-modified)
                            (not (eq buffer-modified 'autosaved)))
                       (and file-exists (not buffer)))
                   (cons #'insert-file-contents file))
                  (buffer
                   (cons #'insert-buffer buffer))))))
     (when-let* ((file-and-function (get-buffer-or-file ,file)))
       (with-temp-buffer
         (funcall (car file-and-function) (cdr file-and-function))
         (goto-char (point-min))
         ,@body))))

(defun files (dir &optional regex)
  (seq-remove
   #'file-directory-p
   (directory-files dir t (or regex directory-files-no-dot-files-regexp) t)))

;;; Empty Journals

(defun zyd/denote-retrieve-file-contents (file)
  "Retrieve the contents of the file after the front matter."
  (or (with-temp-file-buffer file
        (re-search-forward "^\s*$" nil t 1)
        (forward-line 1)
        (buffer-substring-no-properties (point) (point-max)))
      (error "Something went wrong trying to access this file: %s" file)))

(defun zyd/denote-empty-p (file)
  "Return t if note is empty beyond its front-matter."
  (when (denote-file-has-denoted-filename-p file)
    (string-empty-p (string-clean-whitespace (zyd/denote-retrieve-file-contents file)))))

(defun zyd/empty-journals (dir)
  (seq-filter #'zyd/denote-empty-p (files dir)))

(defun zyd/denote-trash-empty-journals (&optional dry-run)
  (interactive "P")
  (cl-flet ((msg (journals)
              (let ((inhibit-message t))
                (message (concat "\n" (make-string 30 ? ) " Journals Trashed"))
                (message (concat (make-string 80 ?=) "\n"))
                (mapcar #'message journals)
                (message (concat (make-string 80 ?=) "\n")))))
    (let ((empty-journals (zyd/empty-journals denote-journal-directory)))
      (cond
       (dry-run
        (msg empty-journals)
        (message "[Dry run] Journals trash: %d" (length empty-journals)))
       (t
        (dolist (journal empty-journals (msg empty-journals))
          (move-file-to-trash journal))
        (message "Journals trashed: %d" (length empty-journals)))))))

;; Run with C-u to do a dry run. Check the *Messages* buffer for a listing of
;; empty files.
(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c n e") #'zyd/denote-trash-empty-journals)