--- title: /nota.html
--- description: nota (.nvim) is a (very opinionated) neovim plugin for note management.
## nota.nvim

Tools to work with notes and tasks in neovim. It allows you to:

* Open and edit periodic notes with templates (daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, and yearly)
* Open, edit and archive .plan files
* Open and capture learning entries in a learning file
* Manage tasks in your notes, including views to find open and important tasks, rescheduling and capturing.

=> https://git.r.bdr.sh/rbdr/nota.nvim view source @ git.r.bdr.sh
=> https://git.sr.ht/~rbdr/nota.nvim source mirror @ sourcehut

## Installation

### lazy.nvim

The minimal setup doesn't require any configuration, and sets the default paths and keybins as defined in the sections below.

```
require('lazy').setup({
    'https://git.sr.ht/~rbdr/nota.nvim',
})
```

Some features in this plugin depend on fzf-lua[1]

=> https://github.com/ibhagwan/fzf-lua [1] fzf-lua

By default, nota adds keybinds that might not suit your style or conflict with other plugins. You can disable them with the `default_keybinds` option.

```
require('lazy').setup({
  {
    'git@git.sr.ht:~rbdr/nota.nvim',
    opts = {
        default_keybinds = false
    }
})
```

### Configuration

The plugin allows you to configure a variety of directories and settings. All the available settings and their defaults are here:

```
require('lazy').setup({
    {
        'git@git.sr.ht:~rbdr/nota.nvim',
        opts = {
            nota_home = '~/.local/share/nota',          -- Root location in which to store all notes
            default_keybinds = true,                    -- Whether or not to set the default keybinds
            periodic_locations = {
                daily = 'periodic/daily',               -- Location to store daily notes, relative to nota_home
                weekly = 'periodic/weekly',             -- Location to store weekly notes, relative to nota_home
                monthly = 'periodic/monthly',           -- Location to store monthly notes, relative to nota_home
                seasonal = 'periodic/seasonal',         -- Location to store seasonal notes, relative to nota_home
                yearly = 'periodic/yearly'              -- Location to store yearly notes, relative to nota_home
            },
            templates = {
                daily = 'templates/daily.md',           -- Template for daily notes, relative to nota_home
                weekly = 'templates/weekly.md',         -- Template for weekly notes, relative to nota_home
                monthly = 'templates/monthly.md',       -- Template for monthly notes, relative to nota_home
                seasonal = 'templates/seasonal.md',     -- Template for seasonal notes, relative to nota_home
                yearly = 'templates/yearly.md',         -- Template for yearly notes, relative to nota_home
                plan = 'templates/plan.md'              -- Template for plan notes, relative to nota_home
            },
            tasks = {
                inbox = 'inbox.md',                     -- Location of the file in which to store newly captured tasks, relative to nota_home
                someday = 'someday.md'                  -- Location of the file in which to store indefinitely deferred tasks, relative to nota_home
            },
            learning  = {
                learning_file = 'learning.md',          -- Location of the file in which to store learning entries, relative to nota_home
                prefix = '%Y-%x-%d: '                   -- Prefix to add when capturing learning entries
            },
            plan = {
                archive = 'plans',                      -- Location of the plan archives.
                plan_file = '~/.plan'                   -- Location of the active plan, the default is what is expected by finger.
            }
        }
    }
})
```

## Keybinds

Unless disabled, these are the key bindings provided:

### Opening Notes
* `<leader>od`, `:NotaOpenDailyNote`, Opens today's daily note.
* `<leader>ow`, `:NotaOpenWeeklyNote`, Opens this week's weekly note.
* `<leader>om`, `:NotaOpenMonthlyNote`, Opens this month's monthly note.
* `<leader>os`, `:NotaOpenSeasonalNote`, Opens this season's seasonal note.
* `<leader>oy`, `:NotaOpenYearlyNote`, Opens this year's yearly note.
* `<leader>on`, `:NotaOpenNote`, Opens an arbitrary note. (Requires fzf-lua)

### Task Views
* `<leader>oa`, `:NotaOpenAgenda`, Opens the agenda window with this week's tasks.
* `<leader>oo`, `:NotaOpenOpen`, Opens a window that lets you navigate through all open tasks.
* `<leader>oO`, `:NotaOpenOpenImportant`, Opens a window that lets you navigate through all open important tasks.
* `<leader>oj`, `:NotaOpenJournal`, Opens a window that lets you search completed tasks to find journal entries. (Requires fzf-lua and ripgrep)

### Task Handling Commands
* `<leader>t`, `:NotaToggleTask`, Toggles completion state of the task under the cursor.
* `<leader>st`, `:NotaToggleTaskImportance`, Toggles importance state of the task under the cursor. (- [ ] is a regular task, * [ ] is an important task)
* `<leader>it`, `:NotaInsertTask`, Inserts a task at cursor location.
* `<leader>ct`, `:NotaCaptureTask`, Captures a new task into the inbox.
* `<leader>Tt`, `:NotaTagTask`, Adds a tag to the current task.
* `<leader>rt`, `:NotaRescheduleTaskToday`, Reschedules the task under the cursor to today.
* `<leader>rT`, `:NotaRescheduleTaskTomorrow`, Reschedules the task under the cursor to tomorrow.
* `<leader>rs`, `:NotaRescheduleTaskSomeday`, Reschedules the task under the cursor to someday.
* `<leader>rr`, `:NotaRescheduleTask`, Reschedules the task under the cursor to an arbitrary date.

### Learning Handling Commands
* `<leader>ol`, `:NotaOpenLearning`, Opens the learning file.
* `<leader>cl`, `:NotaCaptureLearning`, Captures a new task into the inbox.

### Plan Handling Commands
* `<leader>op`, `:NotaOpenPlan`, Opens the current plan file.
* `<leader>cp`, `:NotaCapturePlan`, Captures a new plan and archives the current one.

## Conventions used in the text files.

* - [ ] and - [x] indicate a regular task
* * [ ] and * [x] indicate an important task
* - [>YYYY-MM-DD] and * [>YYYY-MM-DD] indicate a rescheduled task. This is only applied to tasks that were rescheduled after they were due.