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Emacs: reorder Denote file name components
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In this ~13-minute video I explain how to use the Denote user option denote-file-name-components-order . Then I show how to retroactively rename all the files that have the Denote file-naming scheme so that they follow the desired order. In the process, I cover the command denote-sort-dired (alias denote-dired ), which helps produce a flat listing of Denote files, even if they exist in subdirectories of the denote-directory . The code used in this video: ;; The default: (setq denote-file-name-components-order '(identifier signature title keywords)) ;; Any order will work. Here is the one I am using for this demonstation: (setq denote-file-name-components-order '(identifier signature keywords title)) ;; And here is another: (setq denote-file-name-components-order '(identifier keywords title signature)) ;; And yet another one for the sake of completeness: (setq denote-file-name-components-order '(title keywords signature identifier)) (defun prot/denote-rename-all-to-reorder-components () "Call `denote-dired-rename-files' without any prompts. In other words, preserve the value of each Denote file name component. Use this command if you wish to modify the user option `denote-file-name-…
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Protesilaos Stavrou
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