Keywords with hyphens get squeezed

[psmith1303]

The manual says, "Keywords should not have spaces or other delimiters. If they do, they are converted into hyphens."

Super, that's perfect for me. I like keywords such as "strategy-as-practice".

I'm using Denote 2.0.0, and whenever I use such a keyword, it gets 'squeezed' to "strategyaspractice".

Alas, my ability in elisp isn't up to debugging this problem ... and hints or suggestions would be appreciated.

[protesilaos]

Hello @psmith1303! We used to provide an option called denote-allow-multi-word-keywords. I removed it recently because hyphens in keywords would not always work (e.g. Org does not accept them). I have since introduced a new option, which is still part of the current development target, called denote-file-name-letter-casing.

To achieve what you want, you have to (i) use the new user option (ii) set it up so that it accepts your input for keywords verbatim, and (iii) rely on a letter casing convention to separate the constituent words of a keyword, like HelloWorld. The minimum change you need, using Denote version 2.1.0-dev:

(setq denote-file-name-letter-casing
      '((title . downcase)
        (signature . downcase)
        (keywords . verbatim) ; notice the `verbatim' here
        (t . downcase)))

[psmith1303]

Thanks Prot. I'll do that then.

[protesilaos]

From: Peter Smith ***@***.***> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:09:55 -0700 Thanks Prot. I'll do that then.

You are welcome! Please let me know if you need anything.

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[mentalisttraceur]

Here's a few lisp lines I've been using for several months now to make hyphens work in keywords again:

    (defun fixed-denote-sluggify-keyword (keyword)
        (denote-sluggify keyword 'keywords))

    (defun fixed-denote-sluggify-keywords (keywords)
        (mapcar 'fixed-denote-sluggify-keyword keywords))

    (advice-add 'denote-sluggify-keywords
        :override 'fixed-denote-sluggify-keywords)

If Org mode can't handle dashes in Denote keywords, that sounds like Org's problem. I don't use Org mode and I refuse to let its limitations be my problem.