From 78b3561127a477d3e4571b9c0cad4ce2c7b66303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seopril <49238562+Seopril@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 13:05:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix YAML export syntax

---
 features/format.feature       | 6 +++++-
 jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/features/format.feature b/features/format.feature
index f5156301..dc89a7fe 100644
--- a/features/format.feature
+++ b/features/format.feature
@@ -410,10 +410,12 @@ Feature: Custom formats
         """
         And the content of file "2020-08-29_entry-the-first.md" in the cache should be
         """
+        ---
         title: Entry the first.
         date: 2020-08-29 11:11
         starred: False
         tags: tagone, ipsum, tagtwo
+        ...
 
         Lorem @ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent malesuada
         quis est ac dignissim. Aliquam dignissim rutrum pretium. Phasellus pellentesque
@@ -458,11 +460,13 @@ Feature: Custom formats
         """
         And the content of file "2020-09-24_the-third-entry-finally-after-weeks-without-writing.md" in the cache should be
         """
+        ---
         title: The third entry finally after weeks without writing.
         date: 2020-09-24 09:14
         starred: False
         tags: tagone, tagthree
-
+        ...
+        
         I'm so excited about emojis. 💯 🎶 💩
 
         Donec semper pellentesque iaculis. Nullam cursus et justo sit amet venenatis.
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
index df3b0548..7f9ed53a 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
@@ -113,14 +113,15 @@ class YAMLExporter(TextExporter):
         # source directory is  entry.journal.config['journal']
         # output directory is...?
 
-        return "title: {title}\ndate: {date}\nstarred: {starred}\ntags: {tags}\n{dayone} {body} {space}".format(
+        return "{start}\ntitle: {title}\ndate: {date}\nstarred: {starred}\ntags: {tags}\n{dayone}{end}\n{body}".format(
+            start="---",
             date=date_str,
             title=entry.title,
             starred=entry.starred,
             tags=", ".join([tag[1:] for tag in entry.tags]),
             dayone=dayone_attributes,
             body=newbody,
-            space="",
+            end="...",
         )
 
     @classmethod