fixup alichtman's implementation

features/core.feature

@@ -71,17 +71,3 @@ Feature: Basic reading and writing to a journal
         Given we use the config "basic.yaml"
         When we run "jrnl -on 2013-06-10 -s"
         Then the output should be "2013-06-10 15:40 Life is good."
-
-    # The input for this test is <SPACE><ENTER>y
-    Scenario: --delete flag allows deletion of single entry
-        Given we use the config "deletion.yaml"
-        When we run "jrnl --delete"
-        And we type " "
-        And we type
-            """
-
-            y
-            """
-        When we run "jrnl -on 2019-10-29 -s"
-        Then the output should not contain "2019-10-29 11:11 First entry."
-

features/delete.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Feature: Delete entries from journal
+
+    Scenario: --delete flag allows deletion of single entry
+        Given we use the config "deletion.yaml"
+        When we run "jrnl -n 1"
+        Then the output should contain
+        """
+        2019-10-29 11:13 Third entry.
+        """
+        When we run "jrnl --delete" and enter
+        """
+        N
+        N
+        Y
+        """
+        When we run "jrnl -n 1"
+        Then the output should contain
+        """
+        2019-10-29 11:11 Second entry.
+        """

jrnl/Journal.py

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from . import Entry
+import logging
-from . import util
-from . import time
 import os
 import sys
 import re
+
 from datetime import datetime
-import logging
+from itertools import filterfalse
+from jrnl import Entry
+from jrnl import util
+from jrnl import time
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -111,7 +113,8 @@ class Journal:
     def _load(self, filename):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def _store(self, filename, text):
+    @classmethod
+    def _store(filename, text):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def _parse(self, journal_txt):
@@ -249,20 +252,26 @@ class Journal:
 
     def prompt_delete_entries(self):
         """Prompts for deletion of entries in a journal."""
-        print("Confirm each entry you want to delete [N/y]:")
+
-        to_delete: List[Entry] = []
+        to_delete = []
+
+        def ask_delete(entry):
+            return util.yesno(
+                f"Delete entry '{entry.pprint(short=True)}'?", default=False,
+            )
+
         for entry in self.entries:
-            response = input("jrnl: Delete entry '{}'? ".format(entry.pprint(short=True)))
+            if ask_delete(entry):
-            if response == "y":
                 to_delete.append(entry)
 
         self.entries = [entry for entry in self.entries if entry not in to_delete]
+        self.write()
 
     def new_entry(self, raw, date=None, sort=True):
         """Constructs a new entry from some raw text input.
         If a date is given, it will parse and use this, otherwise scan for a date in the input first."""
 
-        raw = raw.replace('\\n ', '\n').replace('\\n', '\n')
+        raw = raw.replace("\\n ", "\n").replace("\\n", "\n")
         # Split raw text into title and body
         sep = re.search(r"\n|[?!.]+ +\n?", raw)
         first_line = raw[: sep.end()].strip() if sep else raw

jrnl/cli.py

@@ -173,7 +173,12 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
         action="store_true",
     )
 
-    exporting.add_argument('--delete', dest='delete', action="store_true", help='Opens an interactive interface for deleting entries.')
+    exporting.add_argument(
+        "--delete",
+        dest="delete",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Opens an interactive interface for deleting entries.",
+    )
     return parser.parse_args(args)
 
 

jrnl/util.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def set_keychain(journal_name, password):
 def yesno(prompt, default=True):
     prompt = f"{prompt.strip()} {'[Y/n]' if default else '[y/N]'} "
     response = input(prompt)
-    return {"y": True, "n": False}.get(response.lower(), default)
+    return {"y": True, "n": False}.get(response.lower().strip(), default)
 
 
 def load_config(config_path):