What I’m trying to do
I’m trying to create a template for my daily notes that contains an embedded base with a “Notes Created Today” view. I’m struggling to get it to work for several reasons. I’ve only needed core plugins up to this point (and want to stay that way) but wonder if I finally need to use something like templater.
Things I have tried
- First I was using the “file.ctime” value to compare files. It mostly worked but sometimes moving between systems (Linux/Windows/Android) my ctimes will reset so I learned I can’t rely on that metadata.
- I tried creating a property “created” that contains a date, then I can compare those. My issue is I can’t click “new note” and have that property templated. I can automatically template it on my daily note (which is less useful anyways because I can get the date from the note name). I can automatically template when I “extract” stuff from one note into a second note (since note composer can use a template). I can even automatically template it when I create a “unique” note (I don’t actually use the Unique Note plugin but tried it just in case it overides the “new note” button…and it does not). But when I just launch Obsidian and click “new note”, I have to remember to manually apply a new-note template. Which I’m not going to do.
- What I’m wondering – at this point do I need a 3rd party plugin? I would assume that with templater I can automatically apply a template to every new note created. I also figure with the linter plugin I can apply that property to every new note. But until Obsidian adds the option to use a template for a generic new note (it surprised me this doesn’t exist yet), I’m not sure what else to try. Any ideas?