Optionally append suffix to note filenames (thanks to Christopher Peplin)

Author: xolox

README.md

@@ -26,12 +26,20 @@ Unzip the most recent [ZIP archive] [download] file inside your Vim profile dire
 
 ## Options
 
-Note that if the plug-in works after following the installation instructions above, you probably don't need to change any of the options below. They're available for people who like to customize their directory layout.
+All options have reasonable defaults so if the plug-in works after installation you don't need to change any options. They're available for people who like to customize their directory layout. These options can be configured in your [vimrc] [vimrc] by including a line like this:
+
+    let g:notes_directory = '~/Documents/Notes'
 
 ### The `g:notes_directory` option
 
 All your notes are stored together in one directory. This option defines the path of this directory.
 
+### The `g:notes_suffix` option
+
+The suffix to add to generated filenames. The plug-in generates filenames for your notes based on the title (first line) of each note and by default these filenames don't include an extension like `.txt`. You can use this option to make the plug-in automatically append an extension without having to embed the extension in the note's title, e.g.:
+
+    :let g:notes_suffix = '.txt'
+
 ### The `g:notes_shadowdir` option
 
 The notes plug-in comes with some default notes containing documentation about the plug-in. This option defines the path of the directory containing these notes.
@@ -130,6 +138,7 @@ This software is licensed under the [MIT license] [mit].
 [gf]: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/editing.html#gf
 [slate]: http://code.google.com/p/vim/source/browse/runtime/colors/slate.vim
 [download]: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/downloads/notes.zip
+[vimrc]: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/starting.html#vimrc
 [edit]: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/editing.html#:edit
 [split]: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/windows.html#:split
 [tabedit]: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/tabpage.html#:tabedit

autoload/xolox/notes.vim

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 " Vim auto-load script
 " Author: Peter Odding <peter@peterodding.com>
-" Last Change: June 11, 2011
+" Last Change: June 14, 2011
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/notes/
 
 " Note: This file is encoded in UTF-8 including a byte order mark so
@@ -539,14 +539,22 @@ endfunction
 
 function! xolox#notes#fname_to_title(filename) " {{{3
   " Convert absolute note {filename} to title.
-  return xolox#misc#path#decode(fnamemodify(a:filename, ':t'))
+  let fname = a:filename
+  " Strip suffix?
+  if fname[-len(g:notes_suffix):] == g:notes_suffix
+    let fname = fname[0:-len(g:notes_suffix)-1]
+  endif
+  " Strip directory path.
+  let fname = fnamemodify(fname, ':t')
+  " Decode special characters.
+  return xolox#misc#path#decode(fname)
 endfunction
 
 function! xolox#notes#title_to_fname(title) " {{{3
   " Convert note {title} to absolute filename.
   let filename = xolox#misc#path#encode(a:title)
   if filename != ''
-    let pathname = xolox#misc#path#merge(g:notes_directory, filename)
+    let pathname = xolox#misc#path#merge(g:notes_directory, filename . g:notes_suffix)
     return xolox#misc#path#absolute(pathname)
   endif
   return ''

doc/notes.txt

@@ -68,16 +68,30 @@ continue from there (and how to use the plug-in in general).
                                                                  *notes-options*
 Options ~
 
-Note that if the plug-in works after following the installation instructions
-above, you probably don't need to change any of the options below. They're
-available for people who like to customize their directory layout.
+All options have reasonable defaults so if the plug-in works after
+installation you don't need to change any options. They're available for
+people who like to customize their directory layout. These options can be
+configured in your |vimrc| by including a line like this:
+>
+    let g:notes_directory = '~/Documents/Notes'
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 The *g:notes_directory* option
 
 All your notes are stored together in one directory. This option defines the
 path of this directory.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The *g:notes_suffix* option
+
+The suffix to add to generated filenames. The plug-in generates filenames for
+your notes based on the title (first line) of each note and by default these
+filenames don't include an extension like '.txt'. You can use this option to
+make the plug-in automatically append an extension without having to embed the
+extension in the note's title, e.g.:
+>
+    :let g:notes_suffix = '.txt'
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 The *g:notes_shadowdir* option
 

plugin/notes.vim

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 " Last Change: June 14, 2011
 " URL: http://peterodding.com/code/vim/notes/
 " License: MIT
-" Version: 0.9
+" Version: 0.9.1
 
 " Support for automatic update using the GLVS plug-in.
 " GetLatestVimScripts: 3375 1 :AutoInstall: notes.zip
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ if !exists('g:notes_indexscript')
   let g:notes_indexscript = s:plugindir . '/scanner.py'
 endif
 
+" Define the default suffix for note filenames.
+if !exists('g:notes_suffix')
+  let g:notes_suffix = ''
+endif
+
 " User commands to create, delete and search notes.
 command! -bar -bang -nargs=? -complete=customlist,xolox#notes#cmd_complete Note call xolox#notes#edit(<q-bang>, <q-args>)
 command! -bar -bang -range NoteFromSelectedText call xolox#notes#from_selection(<q-bang>)