Obsidian Using Templater Like Copier
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I've long used copier to create all of my posts for my blog, and it works really well for my workflow. I think of a title, call a template, and give it a...

Date: July 31, 2024

I’ve long used copier to create all of my posts for my blog, and it works really well for my workflow. I think of a title, call a template, and give it a title. out of the box obsidian did not seem to work this way. It seems like it wants me to right click a file tree and make a new file using the tree, this is not my jam.

Here is what I came up with to replace my til template.

[code]
  ---
  date: <% tp.file.creation_date() %>
  templateKey: til
  title: <%*
    const originalFileName = await tp.system.prompt("Enter file name");
    const toTitleCase = str => str.replace(
      /\w\S*/g,
      txt => txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase()
    );
    const title = toTitleCase(originalFileName);
    tR += title + '\n'; // Add the title to the template result
  -%>
  published: true
  tags:
    -
  ---
  <%*
  const fileName = originalFileName.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, '-');
  const newFilePath = `pages/til/${fileName}`;
  await tp.file.move(newFilePath);
  -%>
  
  <% tp.file.cursor() %>

- tR

  is a return value, and it gets placed directly into the place it is in the file
- to.file.cursor()

  creates a tab-index point so I can tab into the content