External editor can be used for composing by specifying the editor config option

jrnl.py

@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
-
+import os
+import tempfile
 import parsedatetime.parsedatetime as pdt
 import parsedatetime.parsedatetime_consts as pdc
+import subprocess
 import re
 import argparse
 from datetime import datetime
 import time
 import json
+import sys
 
 config = {
-    'journal': "/home/manuel/Dropbox/Notes/journal.txt",
+    'journal': "/Users/dedan/Dropbox/Notes/journal_neu.txt",
+    'editor': "subl -w",
     'default_hour': 9,
     'default_minute': 0,
     'timeformat': "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M",
-    'tagsymbols': '#@'
+    'tagsymbols': '@'
 }
 
 class Entry:
@@ -198,6 +202,7 @@ class Journal:
         self.sort()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print sys.argv
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     composing = parser.add_argument_group('Composing', 'Will make an entry out of whatever follows as arguments')
     composing.add_argument('-date', dest='date', help='Date, e.g. "yesterday at 5pm"')
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     reading.add_argument('-n', dest='limit', default=None, metavar="N", help='Shows the last n entries matching the filter', nargs="?", type=int)
     reading.add_argument('-json', dest='json', action="store_true", help='Returns a JSON-encoded version of the Journal')
     args = parser.parse_args()
+    print args
 
     # open journal
     journal = Journal(config=config)
@@ -225,6 +231,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # No text? Query
     if compose and not args.text:
+        if config['editor']:
+            tmpfile = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "jrnl")
+            subprocess.call(config['editor'].split() + [tmpfile])
+            with open(tmpfile) as f:
+                raw = f.read()
+            os.remove(tmpfile)
+
+        else:
             raw = raw_input("Compose Entry: ")
         if raw:
             args.text = [raw]