Re: file metadata

[James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net>]

James Thomas wrote:

> James Thomas wrote:
>
>> James Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> Christopher Howard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I have a bunch of files in various project that have
>>>> non-descriptive names, but I don't want to change the file names, nor
>>>> the file contents. It would be nice if there was some way I could
>>>> display my own description of the file next to the the file listing,
>>>> say in dired. Do we have any kind of extension, ideally with dired
>>>> integration, that provides some of kind of file metadata system, or
>>>> interacts with a third party metadata system?
>>>
>>> I had a system where I used:
>>>
>>> (let ((backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/denote"))))
>>>   (make-backup-file-name-1 (expand-file-name
>>>   (file-name-with-extension filename "org"))))
>>>
>>> ...to automatically check for a corresponding denote file with metadata.
>>
>> Wth, I decided to write it again. Sharing if useful for Denote users:
>
> Updated version that accounts for 'keywords' (_after_ the original file
> extension):

Never mind that: breaks the first function.

(I'll see myself out now)

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