Touch tmpfiles before opening

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 ### 1.7 (December 22, 2013)
 
+* __1.7.3__ Touches temporary files before opening them to allow more external editors.
 * __1.7.2__ Dateutil added to requirements.
 * __1.7.1__ Fixes issues with parsing time information in entries.
 * __1.7.0__ Edit encrypted or DayOne journals with `jrnl --edit`.

docs/recipes.rst

@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ You can do things like ::
 
 To get a short summary of the 10 most recent, favourited entries before January 1, 2013 that are tagged with ``@fixed``.
 
+
+Using iA Writer to write entries
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+On OS X, you can use the fabulous `iA Writer <http://www.iawriter.com/mac>` to write entries. Configure your ``.jrnl_conf`` like this:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+    "editor": "open -b jp.informationarchitects.WriterForMacOSX -Wn"
+
+What does this do? ``open -b ...`` opens a file using the application identified by the bundle identifier (a unique string for every app out there). ``-Wn`` tells the application to wait until it's closed before passing back control, and to use a new instance of the application.
+
 Known Issues
 ------------
 

jrnl/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jrnl is a simple journal application for your command line.
 """
 
 __title__ = 'jrnl'
-__version__ = '1.7.2'
+__version__ = '1.7.3'
 __author__ = 'Manuel Ebert'
 __license__ = 'MIT License'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 Manuel Ebert'

jrnl/util.py

@@ -129,14 +129,13 @@ def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
     if template:
         with codecs.open(tmpfile, 'w', "utf-8") as f:
             f.write(template)
+    with open(tmpfile, 'w'):
+        pass
     subprocess.call(config['editor'].split() + [tmpfile])
-    if os.path.exists(tmpfile):
-        with codecs.open(tmpfile, "r", "utf-8") as f:
-            raw = f.read()
-        os.remove(tmpfile)
-    else:
+    with codecs.open(tmpfile, "r", "utf-8") as f:
+        raw = f.read()
+    os.remove(tmpfile)
+    if not raw:
         prompt('[Nothing saved to file]')
-        raw = ''
-
     return raw