So i like to just create a lot of notes, rapidly.
but having to come up with a title causes me cognitive friction.
Is there anyway that creating a new note just goes to the body and…maybe the title is created automatically from the first few words of the first time?
I have been away from TB for a while, but i’m back baby!
YEAH!
Titles are a good thing; titles greatly improve fundability, and title invite reflection and anticipation.
If you really dislike choosing a title, just use any convenient abbreviation, such as “A”, for the title and type away in the text. Use a rule or edict to set $Name to (say) the first sentence of the text if a note’s name is “A”.
For actual code you could consider something like:
// get the first sentence of $Text
var:string vName = $Text.paragraphs(0);
// no point in re-setting the name if already done
if($Name!=vName){
$Name = vName;
};
Want the $Name to be the first 5 words of $Text? Try:
// get the first five words of $Text
var:string vName = $Text.words(5)+"…";
// no point in re-setting the name if already done
if($Name!=vName){
$Name = vName;
};
Another approach is to do your rapid note taking in a single note, and later use Explode to break that note down to individual notes. The techniques mentioned above in this thread can be accomplished with Explode, too.
Rifing off Paul’s idea on Explode. You could consider adopting markdown to separate yoru note ideas or come up with your own dellination syntax, e.g.,
# for big ideas ## for sub ideas
`*’ for bullets
or you might use §, †, ¶, ‡, ¡¡, !! to separate your ideas. What the eliminator is is not important; what is important is that it is a unique pattern that TBX can parse against.