commit 433f0624f2cfa81e1473bb4665125cc7e16c8931
from: Isaac Meerleo <isaac@itm.works>
date: Tue Jun 16 14:44:01 2026 UTC

Switch journal capture from Markdown to org

Write journal entries as slugged .org files under ~/org/me/journal/ with
org #+title/#+date keywords instead of timestamped Markdown in ~/Journal/.

commit - 0c253dabc0bdbef78bba6b5c04d1800f087464e7
commit + 433f0624f2cfa81e1473bb4665125cc7e16c8931
blob - 5122004a59f4c069e4856316448955e598df0e98
blob + 97b2fde8597a4626b0543d99dc9fb767e4ef699c
--- doom/custom.el
+++ doom/custom.el
@@ -85,13 +85,18 @@
                  "* %?"))
 
   (add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
-               '("j" "Journal (Markdown)" plain
+               '("j" "Journal" plain
                  (file (lambda ()
-                         (let* ((date-str (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M"))
-                                (custom-str (read-string "Journal Title: "))
-                                (filename (concat date-str "-" custom-str ".md")))
-                           (expand-file-name filename "~/Journal/"))))
-                 "# %^{Title}\n\n%U\n\n%?"
+                         (let* ((date-str (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d-%H%M"))
+                                (title (read-string "Journal Title: "))
+                                (slug (string-trim
+                                       (replace-regexp-in-string
+                                        "[^a-z0-9]+" "-" (downcase title))
+                                       "-" "-"))
+                                (filename (concat date-str "-" slug ".org")))
+                           (setq +journal--title title)
+                           (expand-file-name filename "~/org/me/journal/"))))
+                 "#+title: %(progn +journal--title)\n#+date: %U\n\n%?"
                  :empty-lines 1)))
 
 
@@ -99,9 +104,9 @@
 (map! :leader
       :desc "Capture to inbox"
       "m i" (lambda () (interactive) (org-capture nil "i")))
-;; Keybinding for Journal (Markdown)
+;; Keybinding for Journal
 (map! :leader
-      :desc "Journal (Markdown)"
+      :desc "Journal"
       "m j" (lambda! () (interactive) (org-capture nil "j")))
 
 ;; Set custom org-todo items