Integration with Templater and Journals for Auto-Generated Handwriting Fields

[SchneiderSam]

Hi,

First of all, thank you for developing this plugin! I have a question regarding its compatibility with Templater and Journals.

I use the Templater and the Journals plugin to generate daily entries, and my template includes different sections. I’d love to have handwriting fields automatically inserted into these sections without having to add them manually each time.

Would it be possible to integrate this plugin with Templater? If so, how does it behave when generating a new journal entry—does it create a new note for each handwriting field, or does it insert them directly into the template-generated note?

Ideally, I’d like the handwriting fields to be automatically inserted when my journal entry is created, leveraging Templater’s functionality. Do you think this would work, or is there another approach you’d recommend?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[SchneiderSam]

@daledesilva any recommendations? :)

[ichmoimeyo]

Based on #65 | [@marcaddeo] I created a daily template ...

<< [[<% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD", -1, tp.file.title, "YYYY-MM-DD") %>]] ← <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD", 0, tp.file.title, "YYYY-MM-DD") %> → [[<% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD", 1, tp.file.title, "YYYY-MM-DD") %>]]>>
<% moment(tp.file.title,'YYYY-MM-DD').format("dddd, MMMM DD, YYYY") %>

EXISTING Handwriting

{
	"versionAtEmbed": "0.3.4",
	"filepath": "Ink/Writing/2025.2.21 - 11.19am.writing"
}

NEW Handwriting
<% tp.file.cursor(1) %>
<%*
tp.hooks.on_all_templates_executed(() => app.commands.executeCommandById("ink:create-handwritten-section"));
-%>

I. At the top it should produce, something like ...
<< 2025-02-20 ← 2025-02-21 → 2025-02-22>>
Friday, February 21, 2025

II. Followed by an EXISTING handwritten note, that has to be created once in the daily template with ...

ctrl-p
Ink: New handwriting section

to create an actual file, e.g.
"filepath": "Ink/Writing/2025.2.21 - 11.19am.writing"

[i.e. not copy & pasted in, as that wouldn't produce a .writing file.

III. Next comes a NEW handwriting section that will be different for every day ....

NEW Handwriting
<% tp.file.cursor(1) %>
<%*
tp.hooks.on_all_templates_executed(() => app.commands.executeCommandById("ink:create-handwritten-section"));
-%>

IV. Works on Desktop & Mobile

 

Templater Settings: Automatic Jump to cursor

 

reading mode

editing mode

handwriting

 

Plugins:

Ink

Templater [Settings: Automatic Jump to cursor]

Calendar

[daledesilva]

Thanks for posting @ichmoimeyo . I remembered that someone had created a work around but couldn't find it in the issues.

Unfortunately I don't have anything to add. But this is great info for me to look at in the future to help make it better.