Is it possible to change Untitled X for new notes to something else?

[ibsmirnov]

Things I have tried

I am sorry if this is a stupid question but I cannot solve it for several days. I have tried to use templates but I don’t know how to implement counter there or if it is even possible.

What I’m trying to do

If I’m creating a new note it is called Untitled, the next new note called Untitled 1, next Untitled 2, etc. I would like to change Untitled to something else, e.g. Note. So a new note would be called Note and if this already exists it would be called Note 1 and then Note 2, etc.

Less specifically, I just want to be able to write some small thoughts, ideas, facts, etc. without thinking too much about the title. And I want these small notes to have a nicer title than “Untitled X”.

[ryanjamurphy]

There are some ways to do what you’re asking.

The simplest is to enable the Zettelkasten plugin and configure it to do what you’re asking.

You can’t quite get a counter that way, but you can use timestamps to make the names unique and ordered.

[ibsmirnov]

Thanks! I think I will use it. (Just in case someone will try to implement something similar it might be necessary to escape some symbols, i.e. to have Note in a title I had to write “\Not\e” in the Zettel ID format field)

[ryanjamurphy]

You actually have to wrap straight text in square brackets to prevent it from being treated as a part of the formatting string.