Proper Syntax for Filepath with Buttons Plugin

[dathrasi]

The Problem

TLDR I want to append a template to a file using the Buttons plugin, but I can’t figure out how to format my filepath to the template.

the error message

the button

my folder setup

documentation(?)

Formats I’ve tried

• “add-section” (like documentation?)
• “add-section.md”
• I moved the file to “digitalRoads” to test if maybe the spaces in “Logs & Notes” was the issue. Then wrote as “digitalRoads/add-section.md”. Did not work… also spaces work everywhere else so I don’t think this is the problem
• “digitalRoads/Logs & Notes/mind/entries/template/add-section”
• “digitalRoads/Logs & Notes/mind/entries/template/add-section/”
• “digitalRoads/Logs & Notes/mind/entries/template/add-section.md” This is the one my brain feels like should work
• “digitalRoadskeeping/digitalRoads/Logs & Notes/mind/entries/template/add-section”
• “digitalRoadskeeping/digitalRoads/Logs & Notes/mind/entries/template/add-section.md”

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Some Background

In my Journal index, I have a button that will create a new entry in my “2023” folder using the template in the screenshot, “blank-entry.md”. The command to create a new file and use this particular template is setup using QuickAdd. I could just set Buttons to use the QuickAdd command and it works great.

The output looks like:

Unfortunately QuickAdd doesn’t have an append option for inserting templates. (To my understanding, not sure how to use Macros, I don’t know Javascript.)

Ideally

The space under the time heading is for writing my thoughts. Then if I come back within the same day to add more, I’d like the button to

• Add the time
• Set cursor to the line below that
• Either that content is always added above the button, or that button is destroyed and a new one replaces it.

Here’s what add-section.md looks like:

Other Things I’ve Tried

• Using the append text function of Buttons instead of having the template in its own note. The Templator commands do not automatically render doing this. More clicks no bueno.
• tbh I fiddled a lot, I don’t remember…

[holroy]

In your folder image you say “mind/Journal/entries”, but in the examples you only say “mind/entries”. Could it be as simple as adding in “Journal/” ?

[dathrasi]

hey thanks for replying,
I just typoed the post because none of those worked with journal either.
All is well because I learned some javascript on youtube and got this working via calling the custom tp command in QuickAdd’s “capture” section. The button works with that instead.