Markor snippet / template syntax

[harshad1]

This should be added to the README, but for now I am adding this information here. The following strings will be interpolated / substituted in snippets / templates when they are inserted:

• {{sel}}: replaced with currently selected text
• {{date}}: Inserts today's date in yyyy-MM-dd format
• {{time}}: Inserts the current time in HH:mm format
• {{title}}: Inserts current / new document title
• {{cursor}}: Cursor placed here after snippet insertion
• {{uuid}}: Inserts a uuid4

Any text within backtics `yyyy-MM-dd` will be interpreted as a java simpledateformat.

[elyahw]

But how can this be used to create the default title for a new note?

[gsantner]

Not. It is for content.

[Toremok]

Hi, great application!

Does that mean there is no way to autofill the date in the default title for a new note? I noticed in the template examples, "2029-01-01-jekyll-post.md" (as well as one of the zettlkasten) automatically adds the date to the title. How would I add that feature to a custom template? Is it possible?

Also, are the example templates hidden in /snippets? I can't seem to find them.
Can I remove them from the list without deleting the files themselves?

Thank you very much.

[elyahw]

There's an approved issue for this: #2225

[harshad1]

The very latest builds include some templating ability in the new file dialog

[hmmuaa]

how to use selection?

my snippet file: <ruby>{{selection}}{{cursor}}<rt>

when using it I got <ruby>{{selection}}<rt>
(the cursor works correctly)

[harshad1]

{{sel}} works.

I will update

[harshad1]

Also note that each template format will remember the title format used.

[clintonthegeek]

What string will allow me to choose where shared text will go within a template?

I'd like to use the Android Share feature to send text to a new note with a custom template which requires boilerplate at the ending, so the text has to go somewhere in the middle of the template doc, not be appended to the end.

Thanks!

[harshad1]

[clintonthegeek]

Thank you, I had noticed that option. This would format every text shared-into Markor, would it not? All I'd like is for this trailing boilerplate to be part of one template only.

Specifically, I'd like to get an encryption/decryption chain working between OpenKeychain and Markor with QOwnNotes compatible markdown.

That is, the template needs to look something like this:

 {{title}}
 ===========

 <!-- BEGIN ENCRYPTED TEXT --
{{sharedintotext}}
  -- END ENCRYPTED TEXT -->

Where {{sharedintotext}} will be a PGP block. This way, these notes will be seamlessly encrypted and decrypted in QOwnNotes on my desktop, and can also be seamless done so in OpenKeychain.

If I use the option you've suggested, then the phrase -- END ENCRYPTED TEXT --> would end up being appended to everything I share into Markor, no?