Manage a research notebook using reStructuredText files.

Add the following aliases to your .bash_profile:

alias rnc="researchnote create"
alias rne="researchnote edit"
alias rnl="researchnote list"

ResearchNote will try to read a configuration file named .researchnoterc in the user's home folder. If this configuration file is not present, it is wise to set the EDITOR environment variable:

export EDITOR=vim

The configuration file can contain the following values:

author = "Your Name"
editor = "vim"
notes_dir = "/path/to/research/notes"

Create a note with

researchnote create NOTE NAME

This will touch a new file in the notes_dir directory and create a note skeleton in that file. If the EDITOR is set, it is used to open the file for editing. The basic skeleton looks as follows:

A note name
===========

:date: 2012-12-02
:author: Your Name
:tags: 

New files are named using the YYYY-MM-DD_A_note_name.rst template.

It is possible to edit a note with

researchnote edit IDENTIFIER

where IDENTIFIER is either a note name, a date or a file name.

To list all notes, use

researchnote list

This will list note titles and dates in chronological order.

No! Don't do that! It is very bad practice to delete research notes. ResearchNote does not allow to delete notes.