Creating and Using Templates

How To
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Here’s a bug tho, if I set \date(EEEE, MMM d), it will lose EEEE and became “Nov 30”, and if I set \date(EEEE,MMM d) and without a space between comma and letter “M”, it will be “Monday,Nov 30”,
it’s kinda ugly…

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Yes, this is because comma’s are used to separate arguments in actions like dates, however you can escape them by using the explicit format parameter and preceding the comma with a backslash, then it should work:
\date(format: EEEE\, MMM d) -> Monday, Nov 30

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Hey there. I am trying to insert a schedueld time from a linked calender event using the place holder \event-date(start). However I can only link an event after the template has been chosen. Then I click to link but it does not show a date in the field that the place holder was in.

Thanks.

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You can create a new note from a template, linked to an event by clicking the event in the inspector:

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So I Need to create an event first. Then once that is done I can select a "new note from template” and the identifier will be filled…

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I’ve got a template that creates a new note with todays date in the title:

Plan for \date(EEE d MMM YYYY)

How can I edit this so it shows tomorrow’s date in the title?

I’ve already edited the related automation to associate the note with tomorrows date, but I can’t work out how to get tomorrows date, in a particular format, into the tite.

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Try the following:

Plan for \date(format: EEE d MMM yyyy, offset: 1 day)

or

Plan for \date(format: EEE d MMM yyyy, for: tomorrow)

See the parameter examples for \date above.

Also note that you should use yyyy not YYYY or you’ll hit the same issue like some did in the last week of the year.

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How can i get a date 1 week ago ?

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The following should all work:

\date(in: 1 week ago)
\date(offset: -7 days)
\date(offset: -1 week)
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How can I add a dated tag from a template? If I write something like #due(in: 7 days), it converts it to a specific date within the template. If I write #due(\date(in: 7 days)), it doesn’t convert it at all.

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I’m afraid this isn’t yet supported, we’ll see if this can be supported.

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Thanks, it would be great. It would let me programmatically add due dates to repetitive projects that typically take the same amount of time (or need periodic reviews.)

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is it possible to add a placeholder which inserts all participants from an appointment?

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Yes, see \event-notes(attendees) above.

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Maybe this is picky, but is it possible to get the list of names, without the preface of the word With? I’d love to just have names (could even do without the last and). This would allow for a placeholder of \event-notes(organizer), \event-notes(attendees) to have a full list of participants.

I was also wondering if there is a placeholder that has just the notes of a calendar event? I think that to get that, I need to get (all) (or parameter-less), which means needing to delete a bunch of content that is duplicative (like location or attendees that I organize with specific placeholders).

Thanks and keep up the great work!

ScottyJ