Autocomplete Tags in Search and Create, and List Recent

[drgrib]

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Features added, as detailed in #12.

My one uncertainty on this PR is whether I've done clipboard dependency correctly. I've never added third-party pip installs to an Alfred workflow before and don't know if I got the process right. If you see anything I need to add or change in that regard, let me know and I'll add and commit it before you accept the PR.

[chrisbro]

Thanks for setting it up! I'll review this week when I can after work.

[drgrib]

@chrisbro Great. Now, I just added a new commit that reduces the behavior to the following:

• bs
  • will list the most recent notes when given no query or a whitespace query
  • will autocomplete tags
  • if given a query, it will
    • sort notes title-match first, text-match second
    • restrict to notes containing all of the entered tags
• bn will create notes with tag autocomplete, using the clipboard for note text content if the clipboard contains text

I understand that this aggressively minimizes your original design. I think it is intuitive but I understand if it is too extreme of a change for you.

Also, I can fix the clipboard dependency if it is incorrect and you see what I need to do to fix it. It is probably easier to fix from my side.

[chrisbro]

@drgrib Let me play around with it some to see how it acts - my initial reaction is to leave in bst as a "legacy" thing just in case people have it in their muscle memory already and it's probably not hurting usability.

Thanks again!

[drgrib]

@chrisbro No worries. You are of course welcome to accept the merge and modify as you see fit.

[chrisbro]

@drgrib Mind getting me the exported workflow package binary? Currently fighting trying to re-package it and would rather spend that time checking this out :)

[drgrib]

@chrisbro Sure thing. I've never done that before. Is there something you have packaged in to the workflow that I can run to generate the binary?

[chrisbro]

@drgrib Just realized it might just be for Powerpack users, so if you're not one I'll figure something out. If you are though, instructions here (ctrl-f "Sharing Your Workflow").

[drgrib]

@chrisbro It's okay. I am a Powerpack user. However, I'm finding it impossible to import my workflow without overwriting your workflow. Know what setting I need to change to prevent that? Otherwise you could create an additional "Test" user on your own macOS.

[chrisbro]

@drgrib No worries, I'll just export mine first so I can restore whenever I need to.

[drgrib]

@chrisbro Cool. You can get the .workflow here. I've made some minor modifications since the PR but it is backwards compatible with the commands I talk about here in the PR.

[chrisbro]

@drgrib OK, finally got my busy (lazy) butt on the path to checking this out!

'bn' does indeed throw an ImportError regarding the clipboard module. Trying to see if I can get that figured out.

What do you think about the comments here? Thinking that's the right way to go.

[drgrib]

@chrisbro Good to know. I'll take a look at it and try to fix and install it on a test account on my Mac. Thanks for checking it out.

[robwalton]

@chrisbro, (Just checking out your handy package) I've run across an ImportError for Mac libraries (like the clipboard) before. It probably means you are somehow not using the default python that came with macOS but one you installed later.