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I've been trying to write more and more scripts to automate as much as possible. That is the point of technology after all, isn't it? Plus I'm lazy, and have a bad memory, so I always forget what the YAML frontmatter is supposed to look like. And then I have to type in the date. UGH.

So, just a short python script to create the file, and then bring up vim so I can edit the file.

#!/bin/python3
if __name__ == '__main__':
    from datetime import date
    from subprocess import call

    d = date.today()
    filename = str(d) + ".md"

    frontmatter = """+++
title = "x"
date = {0}
+++

"""

    frontmatter = frontmatter.format(d)

    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        f.write(frontmatter)
    call(['vim', filename])

Nothing fancy, nothing special, but just something I wanted to share. Saves me a few seconds, but I'm planning on using it every day, so it's worth it.