Basic Template

[pietraferreira]

This template should:

• Get the name of the file and set it as the title.
• Format the title so that the first letter is capitalized and get rid of any "-" separators.
• Format title metadata to be surrounded by " ".
• Set mouse to the tags section so the first thing I do is set tags.
• Set date of file creation in metadata.

<%* let title = tp.file.title
  if (title.startsWith("Untitled")) {
    title = await tp.system.prompt("Title");
    await tp.file.rename(title);
  } 
-%>
<%*
  let result = title.replace(/-/g, ' ')
  result = result.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + result.slice(1);
  tR += "---"
%>
title:  <%* tR += "\"" + result + "\"" %>
tags:
<% tp.file.cursor(1) %>
programming-languagues:
created: <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD") %>
---
# <%* tR += result %>
---

For example, a note named "something-i-am-studying.md" would have its title automatically generated as "Something i am studying" in the metadata and "# Something i am studying" in the body.

A nice feature would be to have the first letter of every word capitalized - but I haven't figured that out yet.

[welpdx]

A nice feature would be to have the first letter of every word capitalized
Replace

<%*
  let result = title.replace(/-/g, ' ')
  result = result.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + result.slice(1);
  tR += "---"
%>

with

<%*
  let result = title.replace(/\b\w/g, c => c.toUpperCase());
  tR += "---"
%>

Source: google search: javascript regex capitalize first letter of every word -> replace(/\b\w/g, c => c. toUpperCase());

[As a noob at regex, I rely alot on google and stackoverflow lol]

~welp

[rmfberlin]

I don't know how to but this regex doesn't work. Your code doesn't delete hyphen or underscore and replaces them with a blank. Your code only capitalises the first letter in each word when a hyphen was found, but not after an underscore or something else.

[AB1908]

Use regexr.com and play around to find the correct regex

[SutanuNandigrami]

Following worked for me:

<%* let title = tp.file.title
  if (title.startsWith("Untitled")) {
    title = await tp.system.prompt("Title");
    await tp.file.rename(title);
  }
-%>
<%*
  let result= title.replace(/[_-]/g, ' ');
  result = result.replace(/\b\w/g, c => c.toUpperCase());
  await tp.file.move("/00 Inbox/Notetaken/" + result);
  tR += "---"
%>

[RDAbreu]

Thanks! This looks like a good template for my initial incursion into Templater! When I inevitably fail, I promise to at least attempt to report it in a comic manner!