next-jd

Get the next available ID number for your Johnny Decimal system and add your new item to the Index at the same time

Wishlist

That which has not yet come to be.

Scripting Languages

Because choices are good

• A shell script
• A Python script

Functionalities

What do we want it to do?

1. Ask the user to select the Area and Category. 1.1 Offer the user a list of current Areas/Categories to select by number 1.2. If a selected slot is labeled [unused], ask the user to supply a name and update the Index
2. Ask the user to name the new ID
3. Give the user their new ID complete with name for easy copy/paste
4. Update the relevant files
5. If the user is using a previously unused slot, move the directory to match (ask first?)
6. Read in an options.yaml file to allow the user to set their own defaults for things (never, always, ask each time)

How do we want to store the data?

• Store the data in JSON; Generate a new Index each time, or don't, and let the user manually update the Index; offer the option
  • This option would allow a local JS-flavored web view of the Index
• Store the data in the text Index; update the Index whenever a new ID is generated; can break the script if the Index format gets screwed up
• Store the data in a database; this is most likely overkill

"Done" List

That which has been completed

There is nothing here right now. You may contribute if you wish. Merge requests are welcomed.