In deft mode I can change the default text extension using
(setq deft-extension "txt")
Is there any way to support multiple file types? (e.g. I have a mix of .txt .md and .org files in my directory)
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Could you link to deft-mode?– MalabarbaNov 12, 2014 at 14:06
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oh sorry: it's this one jblevins.org/projects/deft– ws6079Nov 12, 2014 at 14:07
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The short answer is no, deft only supports a single file extension at the moment. It would need to be updated. What about creating new notes, would you still want a single extension used as the default? One of the goals of deft is not to think about file names / extensions, I believe.– glucasNov 12, 2014 at 14:59
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I see that it is more difficult than a simple regexp as I was hoping. I like the way nvALT handles file extensions: several are recognized, and one is specified as a default for new files.– ws6079Nov 12, 2014 at 15:04
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Building on the workaround in @ws6079's answer, you can use advice to specify a default extension for new files.
Here's an example that defaults to txt (using Emacs 24.4-style advice):
(setq deft-extension "")
(defvar deft-default-extension "txt")
(defun my/deft-default-extension (orig-func &rest args)
(let ((deft-extension deft-default-extension))
(apply orig-func args)))
(when (not (version< emacs-version "24.4"))
(advice-add 'deft-new-file :around #'my/deft-default-extension))
As pointed out by @glucas this does not seem to be possible right now. A somewhat acceptable workaround for multiple file types is (for me) to set
(setq deft-extension "")
which matches all files in the directory. Unfortunately new files then have an dot extension . e.g., todo_test..
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To deal with the new file issue, maybe you could advise
deft-new-file-namedand useletto set the extension for the duration of that call?– glucasNov 13, 2014 at 15:48
Pretty big bump, but it really can be just a simple regexp as you (@ws6079) suggested in a comment. The following works for .org and .txt files:
(setq deft-extension "\\(\\.org\\'\\|\\.txt\\'\\)")
I don't know if support for this had been added since you first asked.
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Thanks, unfortunately that still doesn't seem to work properly for my version. Specifically, the names of newly created file names are messed up.– ws6079Feb 5, 2015 at 12:28
From the file deft.el, this works
(setq deft-extensions '("txt" "tex" "org")
