Logseq-esque "Journal mode" display of daily notes

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I’ve been pretty inspired of the ‘journal style’ display of daily notes that logseq has. I’ve been thinking about writing my first plugin that displays daily notes in a long scrolling list of notes while keeping them editable.

Does this sound useful to anyone else here? I find it to be really helpful to have old daily notes available at a glance so I can complete tasks and get refreshed on what I worked on before. I know it’s always possible to open multiple files manually, but I feel like this would be stronger.

A (perhaps simpler) middle ground is probably some weekly note template that automatically embeds all the notes from that week. This wouldn’t make them editable though, which is a pretty important part of this.

Any thoughts/ precedent I may be missing?

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Good idea. It already exists. Two versions, as a matter of fact, one of which provides an index in the sidebar.

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@MitchWagner They are probably easy enough to find, but maybe you could share the names of them just to be sure. Thanks.

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Here’s one.

And another—I just installed this one yesterday and quite like it.

Search the word “daily” in the community plug-ins settings pane and you’ll find a few daily notes tools.

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This is brilliant, just saved me a lot of work. Thank you!

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Neither plugin is as elegant as the “infinite scroll” in Logseq :frowning:

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I agree, the “infinite scroll” on daily notes is an excellent feature in Logseq, one that I wish was built into Obsidian.

The plugin “Daily Notes Editor”, though, does display a bunch of daily notes in one place, though, which I like. My questions:

  1. How many days can it display? How does it choose which time interval to include?
  2. Is there any way I can make the actual title of each daily note (the date) a font that is a little more obvious? Or is there some other way to more clearly delineate when a note begins and whe it ends? It’s not visually obvious enough for me.
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Hey! I had the same issue and couldn’t find a plugin that worked exactly the way I wanted, so I ended up creating my own. It’s heavily inspired by Logseq and allows you to navigate through your daily notes seamlessly, just like in a journal.

Some of the features it includes are:

  • Journaling View: Display your daily notes in a continuous journal format for easier review of past entries.
  • Multiple Paths Support: You can include multiple directories in the journaling view.
  • Customizable Date Format: Compatible with different formats like YYYY-MM-DD or MM-DD-YYYY.
  • File Name Customization: Tie the journaling view to a specific file name that you define.
  • Filter by Date: Sort and filter entries by date, either “newest first” or “oldest first.”
  • Configurable Update Interval: Set how frequently the journaling view updates to reflect changes.

I’m also planning to add some new features in the future! Feel free to check it out here: Journaling for Obsidian, and don’t forget to leave a star if you find it useful! ^^

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@Ordeeper Thanks for making this! It looks great. How difficult would it be to add

  1. The ability to edit the daily notes from journaling.md?
  2. Linked and unlinked mentions?