Automating note creation

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#1

I’m kind of new to css and while I’ve used markdown, I’ve only done simple things before. I tried googling, but so far haven’t found a solution (not even sure this is doable), so I thought I’d ask here:

I like writing letters and I’ve created a table where I have my penpals and whose turn it is and when I received the last letter and such. Then for each contact I have a “contact note” that I use for more information, like the address and such. Now, what I would like (which could be useful elsewhere too), is that when I create a new row, it would automatically create the contact note if it doesn’t exist (for example when I put the brackets around it). Is there a way to do this? Any pointers would be appreciated!

TL; DR: Can I automate the note creation somehow and specify a template to use with a piece of code (maybe in ccs file)?

#2

Depends on your system. Some Mac Users use Alfred to automatically create files or expand text based on certain conditions. outside of the Mac world it seems to get a tad more complicated using tools like Espanso and python or other scripting languages.

#3

Like @dracozny said, Alfred could solve that. It’s a paid app, but well worth the price. If you’re on a Mac and decide to buy it, give me a shout and I’ll help you set up a workflow.

#4

Thanks. I have windows though (did have Alfred for my mac). I am kind of interested in looking into programming my own obsidian specific plugin… I did see some stuff in the calendar plugin code, so I think I will see if I can make this :slight_smile: Could find the zk-prefix code (I guess the core plugins are not publicly available or at least I didn’t find it yet). Would be a nice little project for me to start with…