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prepend nikola header

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This is a workflow for Editorial, a Markdown and plain text editor for iOS. To download it, you need to view this page on a device that has the app installed.

Description: Prepends a Nikola-formatted metadata header to the top of the current document. If one already exists then the date is refreshed.

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Set Variable ?
Variable Name
DateLineRE
Value
^\.\. date\: .*$
Document Text ?
Folded Text
  • Include
  • Replace with:
…
Extract Range ?
Range (from:to)
0:300
Find ?
Search for
DateLineRE
Match Group (RegEx)
0 (entire match)
Search Type
  • Regular Expression
  • Case-insensitive Search (A = a)
  • Case-sensitive Search (A ≠ a)
Output
  • Found Text
  • Range of Text (from:to)
If… ?
Run the block if
Input
  • is Equal to
  • is Not Equal to
  • Contains
  • Doesn't Contain
  • Matches Regular Expression
date
Get Current File Name ?
Include Folder
OFF
Include Extension
OFF
Set Variable ?
Variable Name
Slug
Value
Input
Find / Replace ?
Find
-
  • Case-insensitive (A = a)
  • Case-sensitive (A ≠ a)
  • Regular Expression
Replace with
Set Variable ?
Variable Name
Title
Value
Input
Generate Text ?
Text
<!-- .. title: Title .. slug: Slug .. date: date .. tags: code .. type: text -->
Set Variable ?
Variable Name
Header
Value
Input
Move Caret ?
Direction
  • Backward
  • Forward
  • Start/End of Document
  • Start/End of Line
  • Number of Characters:
1
Replace Selected Text ?
Replacement Text
Header
…End If
Run Python Script ?
Source Code
#coding: utf-8
import workflow
import datetime

now = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()

workflow.set_output(now)
Set Variable ?
Variable Name
Date
Value
.. date: Input
Document Text ?
Folded Text
  • Include
  • Replace with:
…
Find ?
Search for
DateLineRE
Match Group (RegEx)
0 (entire match)
Search Type
  • Regular Expression
  • Case-insensitive Search (A = a)
  • Case-sensitive Search (A ≠ a)
Output
  • Found Text
  • Range of Text (from:to)
Select Range ?
Range (from:to)
Input
Relative to
  • Entire Document
  • Current Selection
Replace Selected Text ?
Replacement Text
Date