#+title:      Denote Workflow
#+date:       [2024-01-01 Mon]
#+filetags:   :denote:notes:
#+identifier: 20240101T090000

* What is Denote

Denote is a note-taking package for Emacs by Protesilaos Stavrou. Its core idea:
plain-text files with a strict, predictable naming convention.

#+begin_example
20240101T090000--denote-workflow__denote_notes.org
#+end_example

* Creating notes

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
;; Create a new note
(denote "My note title" '("emacs" "notes"))

;; Open or create today's journal entry
(denote-journal-extras-new-or-existing-entry)
#+end_src

* Finding notes

| Key       | Command              | Description              |
|-----------+----------------------+--------------------------|
| C-c n f   | denote-open-or-create | Open note by name        |
| C-c n g   | denote-grep           | Full-text search         |
| C-c n b   | denote-backlinks      | Show links to this note  |
| C-c n l   | denote-link           | Insert link to a note    |

* Configuration

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package denote
  :hook (dired-mode . denote-dired-mode)
  :config
  (setq denote-directory (expand-file-name "~/notes/"))
  (setq denote-file-type 'org)
  (setq denote-date-prompt-use-org-read-date t)
  (setq denote-known-keywords
        '("emacs" "org" "denote" "programming" "books" "journal")))
#+end_src