From d90a358137063693368fe4905fa334abb6e6a190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Karle <alex@alexkarle.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 23:31:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add -e switch to open log in $EDITOR

This is just generally a nice feature for more in depth editing
or exploration.
---
 README  | 14 +++++++++-----
 today   |  7 ++++---
 today.1 | 19 +++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index a2f37b2..bcc63a5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ NAME
      today - what did you do today?
 
 SYNOPSIS
-     today [-hi] [-l [NUM]]
+     today [-ehi] [-l [NUM]]
 
 DESCRIPTION
      today is a tool for quickly documenting a day's work at the end of
@@ -19,16 +19,20 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
      The options are as follows:
 
-     -h	     display the help message and exit
+     -e	     Open the log file in your $EDITOR
 
-     -i	     initialize the today repository.
+     -h	     Display the help message and exit
+
+     -i	     Initialize the today repository.
 
      -l [NUM]
-	     list the last NUM days-worth of entries, or all if NUM not
+	     List the last NUM days-worth of entries, or all if NUM not
 	     given.
 
 ENVIRONMENT
-     TODAY_DIR	     override the default repo location, $HOME/.today.
+     $TODAY_DIR	     Override the default repo location, $HOME/.today.
+
+     $EDITOR	     Preferred editor for -e flag.
 
 FILES
      $TODAY_DIR	     Git repository
diff --git a/today b/today
index 51eaf60..86a39c7 100755
--- a/today
+++ b/today
@@ -83,12 +83,13 @@ list() {
 }
 
 case "x$1" in
-	x)   edit ;;
+	x)   reqinit && edit ;;
+	x-e) reqinit && ${EDITOR:-vi} "$LOG" ;;
 	x-i) init ;;
 	x-l) reqinit && list "$2" ;;
-	x-h) die "usage: today [-hi] [-l [NUM]]" ;;
+	x-h) die "usage: today [-ehi] [-l [NUM]]" ;;
 	*)
 		[ -n "$1" ] && err "error: unknown option $1"
-		die "usage: today [-i]h [-l [NUM]]"
+		die "usage: today [-ehi] [-l [NUM]]"
 		;;
 esac
diff --git a/today.1 b/today.1
index dbf6393..e726de6 100644
--- a/today.1
+++ b/today.1
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .Nd what did you do today?
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl hi
+.Op Fl ehi
 .Op Fl l Op Ar NUM
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
@@ -33,14 +33,17 @@ append-only mindset for recording whatever is top of mind.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl e
+Open the log file in your
+.Ev $EDITOR
 .It Fl h
-display the help message and exit
+Display the help message and exit
 .It Fl i
-initialize the
+Initialize the
 .Nm
 repository.
 .It Fl l Op Ar NUM
-list the last
+List the last
 .Ar NUM
 days-worth of entries,
 or all if
@@ -49,9 +52,13 @@ not given.
 .El
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 .Bl -tag -width "$TODAY_DIR/log"
-.It Ev TODAY_DIR
-override the default repo location,
+.It Ev $TODAY_DIR
+Override the default repo location,
 .Pa $HOME/.today .
+.It Ev $EDITOR
+Preferred editor for
+.Fl e
+flag.
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width "$TODAY_DIR/log"
--
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