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<li><a class="toctree-l3" href="#configuration-file">Configuration File</a></li>
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<li><a class="toctree-l3" href="#dayone-integration">DayOne Integration</a></li>
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<li><a class="toctree-l3" href="#multiple-journal-files">Multiple journal files</a></li>
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<li><a class="toctree-l3" href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a></li>
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<h1 id="advanced-usage">Advanced Usage</h1>
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<h2 id="configuration-file">Configuration File</h2>
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<p>You can configure the way jrnl behaves in a configuration file. By
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default, this is <code>~/.jrnl_config</code>. If you have the <code>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</code>
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default, this is <code>~/.config/jrnl/jrnl.yaml</code>. If you have the <code>XDG_CONFIG_HOME</code>
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variable set, the configuration file will be saved as
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<code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/jrnl/.jrnl_config</code>.</p>
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<code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/jrnl/jrnl.yaml</code>.</p>
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<div class="admonition note">
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
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<p>On Windows, The configuration file is typically found at <code>C:\Users\[Your Username]\.jrnl_config</code>.</p>
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<p>On Windows, the configuration file is typically found at <code>%USERPROFILE%\.config\jrnl\jrnl.yaml</code>.</p>
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</div>
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<p>The configuration file is a YAML file with the following options
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and can be edited with a plain text editor.</p>
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<div class="admonition note">
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
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<p>Backup your config file before editing. Changes to the config file
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have destructive effects on your journal!</p>
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</div>
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<p>The configuration file is a simple JSON file with the following options
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and can be edited with any plain text editor.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code>journals</code>
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paths to your journal files</li>
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</div>
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<p>Or use the built-in prompt or an external editor to compose your
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entries.</p>
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<h2 id="dayone-integration">DayOne Integration</h2>
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<p>Using your DayOne journal instead of a flat text file is dead simple --
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instead of pointing to a text file, change your <code>.jrnl_config</code> to point
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to your DayOne journal. This is a folder named something like
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<code>Journal_dayone</code> or <code>Journal.dayone</code>, and it's located at</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code>~/Library/Application Support/Day One/</code> by default</li>
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<li><code>~/Dropbox/Apps/Day One/</code> if you're syncing with Dropbox and</li>
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<li><code>~/Library/Mobile
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Documents/5U8NS4GX82~com~dayoneapp~dayone/Documents/</code> if you're
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syncing with iCloud.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Instead of all entries being in a single file, each entry will live in a
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separate <code>plist</code> file. So your <code>.jrnl_config</code> should look like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="javascript">{
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...
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"journals": {
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"default": "~/journal.txt",
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"dayone": "~/Library/Mobile Documents/5U8NS4GX82~com~dayoneapp~dayone/Documents/Journal_dayone"
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}
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}
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</code></pre>
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<h2 id="multiple-journal-files">Multiple journal files</h2>
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<p>You can configure <code>jrnl</code>to use with multiple journals (eg.
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<code>private</code> and <code>work</code>) by defining more journals in your <code>.jrnl_config</code>,
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<code>private</code> and <code>work</code>) by defining more journals in your <code>jrnl.yaml</code>,
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for example:</p>
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<pre><code class="javascript">{
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...
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"journals": {
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"default": "~/journal.txt",
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"work": "~/work.txt"
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}
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}
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<pre><code class="yaml">journals:
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default: ~\journal.txt
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work: ~\work.txt
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</code></pre>
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<p>The <code>default</code> journal gets created the first time you start <code>jrnl</code>
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<p>will both use <code>~/work.txt</code>, while <code>jrnl -n 3</code> will display the last
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three entries from <code>~/journal.txt</code> (and so does <code>jrnl default -n 3</code>).</p>
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<p>You can also override the default options for each individual journal.
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If you <code>.jrnl_config</code> looks like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="javascript">{
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...
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"encrypt": false
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"journals": {
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"default": "~/journal.txt",
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"work": {
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"journal": "~/work.txt",
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"encrypt": true
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},
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"food": "~/my_recipes.txt",
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}
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If your <code>jrnl.yaml</code> looks like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="yaml">encrypt: false
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journals:
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default: ~/journal.txt
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work:
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journal: ~/work.txt
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encrypt: true
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food: ~/my_recipes.txt
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</code></pre>
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<p>Your <code>default</code> and your <code>food</code> journals won't be encrypted, however your
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<code>work</code> journal will! You can override all options that are present at
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the top level of <code>.jrnl_config</code>, just make sure that at the very least
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you specify a <code>"journal": ...</code> key that points to the journal file of
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the top level of <code>jrnl.yaml</code>, just make sure that at the very least
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you specify a <code>journal: ...</code> key that points to the journal file of
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that journal.</p>
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<div class="admonition note">
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
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<h1 id="encryption">Encryption</h1>
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<h2 id="encrypting-and-decrypting">Encrypting and decrypting</h2>
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<p>If you don't choose to encrypt your file when you run
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<p>If you don’t choose to encrypt your file when you run
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<code>jrnl</code> for the first time, you can encrypt
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your existing journal file or change its password using</p>
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your existing journal file or change its password using this:</p>
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<pre><code class="sh">jrnl --encrypt
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</code></pre>
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<pre><code class="sh">jrnl --decrypt
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</code></pre>
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<p>will replace your encrypted journal file by a Journal in plain text. You
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can also specify a filename, ie. <code>jrnl --decrypt plain_text_copy.txt</code>,
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<p>will replace your encrypted journal file with a journal in plain text. You
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can also specify a filename, i.e. <code>jrnl --decrypt plain_text_copy.txt</code>,
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to leave your original file untouched.</p>
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<h2 id="storing-passwords-in-your-keychain">Storing passwords in your keychain</h2>
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<p>Whenever you encrypt your journal, you are asked whether you want to
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store the encryption password in your keychain. If you do this, you
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won't have to enter your password every time you want to write or read
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won’t have to enter your password every time you want to write or read
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your journal.</p>
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<p>If you don't initially store the password in the keychain but decide to
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do so at a later point -- or maybe want to store it on one computer but
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not on another -- you can simply run <code>jrnl --encrypt</code> on an encrypted
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<p>If you don’t initially store the password in the keychain but decide to
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do so at a later point – or maybe want to store it on one computer but
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not on another – you can simply run <code>jrnl --encrypt</code> on an encrypted
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journal and use the same password again.</p>
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<h2 id="a-note-on-security">A note on security</h2>
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<p>While jrnl follows best practises, true security is an illusion.
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Specifically, jrnl will leave traces in your memory and your shell
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history -- it's meant to keep journals secure in transit, for example
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history – it’s meant to keep journals secure in transit, for example
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when storing it on an
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<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/09/condoleezza-rice-joins-dropboxs-board/">untrusted</a>
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services such as Dropbox. If you're concerned about security, disable
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history logging for journal in your <code>.bashrc</code></p>
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services such as Dropbox. If you’re concerned about security, disable
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history logging for journal in your <code>.bashrc</code>:</p>
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<pre><code class="sh">HISTIGNORE="$HISTIGNORE:jrnl *"
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</code></pre>
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<p>If you are using zsh instead of bash, you can get the same behaviour
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adding this to your <code>zshrc</code></p>
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<p>If you are using zsh instead of bash, you can get the same behaviour by
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adding this to your <code>zshrc</code>:</p>
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<pre><code class="sh">setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE
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alias jrnl=" jrnl"
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</code></pre>
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<p>The fish shell does not support automatically preventing logging like
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this. To prevent <code>jrnl</code> commands being logged by fish, you must make
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sure to type a space before every <code>jrnl</code> command you enter. To delete
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existing <code>jrnl</code> commands from fish’s history, run
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<code>history delete --prefix 'jrnl '</code>.</p>
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<h2 id="manual-decryption">Manual decryption</h2>
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<p>Should you ever want to decrypt your journal manually, you can do so
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with any program that supports the AES algorithm in CBC. The key used
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for encryption is the SHA-256-hash of your password, the IV
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(initialisation vector) is stored in the first 16 bytes of the encrypted
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file. The plain text is encoded in UTF-8 and padded according to PKCS#7
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before being encrypted. Here's a Python script that you can use to
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decrypt your journal</p>
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before being encrypted. Here’s a Python script that you can use to
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decrypt your journal:</p>
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<pre><code class="python">#!/usr/bin/env python3
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import argparse
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<h3>Accessible anywhere.</h3>
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<p>Sync your journals with Dropbox and capture your thoughts where ever you are</p>
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</section>
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<section>
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<i class="icon dayone"></i>
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<h3>DayOne compatible.</h3>
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<p>Read, write and search your DayOne journal from the command line.</p>
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</section>
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<section>
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<i class="icon github"></i>
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<h3>Free & Open Source.</h3>
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<pre><code class="sh">pip install jrnl
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</code></pre>
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<p>Or, if you want the option to encrypt your journal,</p>
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<pre><code class="sh">pip install jrnl[encrypted]
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</code></pre>
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<p>to install the dependencies for encrypting journals as well.</p>
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<div class="admonition note">
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
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<p>Installing the encryption library, <code>pycrypto</code>, requires a <code>gcc</code> compiler. For this reason, jrnl will
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not install <code>pycrypto</code> unless explicitly told so like this. You can <a href="https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/">install PyCrypto manually</a>
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first or install it with <code>pip install pycrypto</code> if you have a <code>gcc</code> compiler.
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Also note that when using zsh, the correct syntax is <code>pip install "jrnl[encrypted]"</code> (note the quotes).</p>
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</div>
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<p>The first time you run <code>jrnl</code> you will be asked where your journal file
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should be created and whether you wish to encrypt it.</p>
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<h2 id="quickstart">Quickstart</h2>
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<p>to make a new entry, just type</p>
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<p>To make a new entry, just type</p>
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<pre><code class="sh">jrnl yesterday: Called in sick. Used the time to clean the house and spent 4h on writing my book.
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</code></pre>
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files - you can put them into a Dropbox folder for instant syncing and
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you can be assured that your journal will still be readable in 2050,
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when all your fancy iPad journal applications will long be forgotten.</p>
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<p><code>jrnl</code> also plays nice with the fabulous
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<a href="http://dayoneapp.com">DayOne</a> and can read and write directly from and
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to DayOne Journals.</p>
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<p>Optionally, your journal can be encrypted using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard">256-bit
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AES</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="why-keep-a-journal">Why keep a journal?</h2>
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it by the number of entries (this works because <code>jrnl --short</code> will
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print exactly one line per entry).</p>
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<h3 id="importing-older-files">Importing older files</h3>
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<p>If you want to import a file as an entry to jrnl, you can just do <code>jrnl
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< entry.ext</code>. But what if you want the modification date of the file to
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<p>If you want to import a file as an entry to jrnl, you can just do <code>jrnl < entry.ext</code>. But what if you want the modification date of the file to
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be the date of the entry in jrnl? Try this</p>
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<pre><code class="sh">echo `stat -f %Sm -t '%d %b %Y at %H:%M: ' entry.txt` `cat entry.txt` | jrnl
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</code></pre>
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log_question 'What did I make progress with?'
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="display-random-entry">Display random entry</h3>
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<p>You can use this to select one title at random and then display the whole
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entry. The invocation of <code>cut</code> needs to match the format of the timestamp.
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For timestamps that have a space between data and time components, select
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fields 1 and 2 as shown. For timestamps that have no whitespace, select
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only field 1.</p>
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<pre><code class="sh">jrnl -on "$(jrnl --short | shuf -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1,2)"
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</code></pre>
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<h2 id="external-editors">External editors</h2>
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<p>To use external editors for writing and editing journal entries, set
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them up in your <code>.jrnl_config</code> (see <code>advanced usage <advanced></code> for
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them up in your <code>jrnl.yaml</code> (see <code>advanced usage <advanced></code> for
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details). Generally, after writing an entry, you will have to save and
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close the file to save the changes to jrnl.</p>
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<h3 id="sublime-text">Sublime Text</h3>
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<p>To use Sublime Text, install the command line tools for Sublime Text and
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configure your <code>.jrnl_config</code> like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="json">{
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"editor": "subl -w"
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}
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configure your <code>jrnl.yaml</code> like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="yaml">editor: "subl -w"
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</code></pre>
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<p>Note the <code>-w</code> flag to make sure jrnl waits for Sublime Text to close the
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<p>Similar to Sublime Text, MacVim must be started with a flag that tells
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the the process to wait until the file is closed before passing control
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back to journal. In the case of MacVim, this is <code>-f</code>:</p>
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<pre><code class="json">{
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"editor": "mvim -f"
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}
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<p><<<<<<< HEAD</p>
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<pre><code class="yaml">editor: "mvim -f"
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="ia-writer">iA Writer</h3>
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<p>On OS X, you can use the fabulous <a href="http://www.iawriter.com/mac">iA
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Writer</a> to write entries. Configure your
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<code>.jrnl_config</code> like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="json">{
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"editor": "open -b pro.writer.mac -Wn"
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}
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<code>jrnl.yaml</code> like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="yaml">editor: "open -b pro.writer.mac -Wn"
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</code></pre>
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<p>What does this do? <code>open -b ...</code> opens a file using the application
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<h3 id="notepad-on-windows">Notepad++ on Windows</h3>
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<p>To set <a href="http://notepad-plus-plus.org/">Notepad++</a> as your editor, edit
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the jrnl config file (<code>.jrnl_config</code>) like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="json">{
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"editor": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe -multiInst -nosession",
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}
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the jrnl config file (<code>jrnl.yaml</code>) like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="yaml">editor: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe -multiInst -nosession"
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</code></pre>
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<p>The double backslashes are needed so jrnl can read the file path
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correctly. The <code>-multiInst -nosession</code> options will cause jrnl to open
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its own Notepad++ window.</p>
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<h3 id="visual-studio-code">Visual Studio Code</h3>
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<p>To set <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com">Visual Studo Code</a> as your editor on Linux, edit <code>.jrnl_config</code> like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="json">{
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"editor": "/usr/bin/code --wait",
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}
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<p>To set <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com">Visual Studo Code</a> as your editor on Linux, edit <code>jrnl.yaml</code> like this:</p>
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<pre><code class="yaml">editor: "/usr/bin/code --wait"
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</code></pre>
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<p>The <code>--wait</code> argument tells VS Code to wait for files to be written out before handing back control to jrnl.</p>
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<p>to your <code>.bash_profile</code>, or by running the <strong>Install 'code' command in PATH</strong> command from the command pallet in VS Code.</p>
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<p>Then you can add:</p>
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<pre><code class="javascript">{
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"editor": "code --wait",
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}
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<pre><code class="yaml">editor: "code --wait"
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</code></pre>
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<p>to <code>.jrnl_config</code>. See also the <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/mac">Visual Studio Code documentation</a></p>
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<p>to <code>jrnl.yaml</code>. See also the <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/mac">Visual Studio Code documentation</a></p>
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<url>
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<loc>None</loc>
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<lastmod>2019-10-19</lastmod>
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<p>Sync your journals with Dropbox and capture your thoughts where ever you are</p>
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<i class="icon dayone"></i>
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<h3>DayOne compatible.</h3>
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<p>Read, write and search your DayOne journal from the command line.</p>
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</section>
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|
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<h3>Free & Open Source.</h3>
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<div class="admonition note">
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||||
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
|
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</div>
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<p>Most shell contains a certain number of reserved characters, such as <code>#</code>
|
||||
and <code>*</code>. Unbalanced quotes, parenthesis, and so on will also get into
|
||||
the way of your editing.
|
||||
For writing longer entries, just enter <code>jrnl</code>
|
||||
and hit <code>return</code>. Only then enter the text of your journal entry.
|
||||
Alternatively, <code>use an external editor <advanced></code>).</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<p>You can also import an entry directly from a file</p>
|
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<pre><code class="sh">jrnl < my_entry.txt
|
||||
</code></pre>
|
||||
|
@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ The following options are equivalent:</p>
|
|||
</ul>
|
||||
<div class="admonition note">
|
||||
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<p>Just make sure that the asterisk sign is <strong>not</strong> surrounded by
|
||||
whitespaces, e.g. <code>jrnl Best day of my life! *</code> will <strong>not</strong> work (the
|
||||
reason being that the <code>*</code> sign has a special meaning on most shells).</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<h2 id="viewing">Viewing</h2>
|
||||
<pre><code class="sh">jrnl -n 10
|
||||
</code></pre>
|
||||
|
@ -243,15 +243,15 @@ You can change which symbols you'd like to use for tagging in the
|
|||
configuration.</p>
|
||||
<div class="admonition note">
|
||||
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<p><code>jrnl @pinkie @WorldDomination</code> will switch to viewing mode because
|
||||
although <strong>no</strong> command line arguments are given, all the input strings
|
||||
look like tags - <em>jrnl</em> will assume you want to filter by tag.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
<h2 id="editing-older-entries">Editing older entries</h2>
|
||||
<p>You can edit selected entries after you wrote them. This is particularly
|
||||
useful when your journal file is encrypted or if you're using a DayOne
|
||||
journal. To use this feature, you need to have an editor configured in
|
||||
your journal configuration file (see <code>advanced usage <advanced></code>)</p>
|
||||
useful when your journal file is encrypted. To use this feature, you need
|
||||
to have an editor configured in your journal configuration file (see
|
||||
<code>advanced usage <advanced></code>)</p>
|
||||
<pre><code class="sh">jrnl -until 1950 @texas -and @history --edit
|
||||
</code></pre>
|
||||
|
||||
|
@ -267,24 +267,6 @@ encrypt) your edited journal after you save and exit the editor.</p>
|
|||
</code></pre>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Just select all text, press delete, and everything is gone...</p>
|
||||
<h3 id="editing-dayone-journals">Editing DayOne Journals</h3>
|
||||
<p>DayOne journals can be edited exactly the same way, however the output
|
||||
looks a little bit different because of the way DayOne stores its
|
||||
entries:</p>
|
||||
<pre><code class="md"># af8dbd0d43fb55458f11aad586ea2abf
|
||||
2013-05-02 15:30 I told everyone I built my @robot wife for sex.
|
||||
But late at night when we're alone we mostly play Battleship.
|
||||
|
||||
# 2391048fe24111e1983ed49a20be6f9e
|
||||
2013-08-10 03:22 I had all kinds of plans in case of a @zombie attack.
|
||||
I just figured I'd be on the other side.
|
||||
</code></pre>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The long strings starting with hash symbol are the so-called UUIDs,
|
||||
unique identifiers for each entry. Don't touch them. If you do, then the
|
||||
old entry would get deleted and a new one written, which means that you
|
||||
could lose DayOne data that jrnl can't handle (such as as the entry's
|
||||
geolocation).</p>
|
||||
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
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