note deletion with bang

README.md

@@ -70,10 +70,27 @@ references to that note.
 	[pattern](https://vimhelp.org/quickfix.txt.html#%3Avimgrep).
 
 _Adding notes:_ Run `:DenoteNew {title}` to add a new note with the given
-title.
+title. You may also copy a file (any file) to your denote directory. To do so,
+run `:DenoteCopy {file}`.
+
+_Managing entries:_ You can change the title of denote entries using
+`:DenoteSetTitle {newtitle}`. Also, you can add and remove tags using
+`:DenoteTagAdd {tag}` and `:DenoteTagRm {tag}`, respectively. These latter two
+commands offer auto completion for the tags. Also, they accept line ranges that
+may be given via, e.g., visual selection. Finally, denote entries are deleted
+using `:DenoteDelete`. This command again accepts line ranges.
 
 [^1]: Run `:help g:denote_directories` for more information.
 
+### Basic keys
+The denote location-list window comes with a set of keys:
+- `q`: close the list
+- `r`: reload the list
+- `C`: rename the selected entry
+- `+`: add a tag to the entry (also in visual mode)
+- `-`: remove a tag from the entry (also in visual mode)
+- `dd`: delete the selected entry (also in visual mode, using a single `d`)
+
 ### Example setup
 You get a possibly useful setup with a single default denote directory at
 `~/Documents/notes/` by placing these lines in your vimrc file:
@@ -91,14 +108,12 @@ using the `<Leader>d` key, move forwards and backwards in the list using the
 `<Leader>D` key (again, you can jump around the references using `[l` and
 `]l`).
 
-
 ### Customization
 You can customize the behavior of this package using several
 global variables. Customization is explained in the [help
 file](doc/denote.txt), also accessible through `:help denote-settings`.
 
-### Future features These features are planned:
-- Tag manipulation
-- Title manipulation
+### Future features
 - Signature handling?
-- Note deletion?
+- Subdirectories
+- Denote query links

autoload/denote/ft.vim

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function denote#ft#qf()
 		command! -nargs=1 -range -buffer DenoteSetTitle :call denote#notes#settitle(<line1>, <q-args>)
 		command! -nargs=1 -range -buffer -complete=custom,denote#completion#tags DenoteTagAdd :call denote#notes#tagmod(<line1>, <line2>, <q-args>, v:true)
 		command! -nargs=1 -range -buffer -complete=custom,denote#completion#tags DenoteTagRm :call denote#notes#tagmod(<line1>, <line2>, <q-args>, v:false)
-		command! -range -buffer DenoteDelete :call denote#notes#rm(<line1>, <line2>)
+		command! -range -buffer -bang DenoteDelete :call denote#notes#rm(<line1>, <line2>, <bang>0)
 		nnoremap <buffer> C :DenoteSetTitle 
 		nnoremap <buffer> + :DenoteTagAdd 
 		nnoremap <buffer> - :DenoteTagRm 

autoload/denote/notes.vim

@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ function denote#notes#copy(origfile)
 endfunction
 
 " Delete notes from denote directory
-function denote#notes#rm(line1, line2)
+function denote#notes#rm(line1, line2, bang)
+	echom "bang set to:"..a:bang
 	let l:items = getloclist(0, {'items': 1})['items']
 	if empty(l:items)
 		return
@@ -156,10 +157,12 @@ function denote#notes#rm(line1, line2)
 		let l:bufnr = l:item['bufnr']
 		let l:filename = bufname(l:bufnr)
 		let l:title = denote#meta#noteTitleFromFile(l:filename)
+		if a:bang == v:false
 			let l:answer = confirm('Are you sure you want to delete the note "' .. l:title .. '"?', "&Yes\n&No\n", 2, 'Question')
 			if l:answer != 1
 				continue
 			endif
+		endif
 		" Wipe buffer, if it exists
 		if bufexists(l:filename)
 			exe 'silent bwipe ' .. fnameescape(l:filename)

doc/denote.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-*denote.txt*	For Vim version 9.0.  Last change: 2026 Feb 26
+*denote.txt*	Handling denote entries – the vim way
+
+						      Last change: 2026 Feb 28
 
 This is the documentation for the denote plugin.
 
@@ -7,12 +9,14 @@ CONTENTS						*vim-denote* *denote*
 
 1. Introduction							|denote-intro|
 2. Commands						     |denote-commands|
+    2.1 Universal commands			   |denote-universal-commands|
+    2.2 Note command					 |denote-note-command|
+    2.3 Denote-list commands				|denote-list-commands|
 3. Settings						     |denote-settings|
 4. Keys								 |denote-keys|
 
 ==============================================================================
-								*denote-intro*
-Introduction ~
+INTRODUCTION							*denote-intro*
 
 Denote is a file-naming scheme developed by Protesilaos Stavrou and  an  Emacs
 tool for handling such files. Notes and other files that  follow  this	scheme
@@ -21,24 +25,35 @@ do adjusting the tags or changing the title of a note. The official manual is
 available online:
 	https://protesilaos.com/emacs/denote
 
-The denote plugin adds denote functionality to vim --- the vim way. We are
-aware of two other plugins, but we fear that these plugins are not flexible
-enough, and more importantly, do not follow the vim philosophy for handling
-denote notes. These mentioned plugins are available here:
+The denote plugin adds denote functionality to vim — the vim way. We are aware
+of two other plugins, but we fear that these plugins are not flexible  enough,
+and more importantly, do not follow the vim  philosophy  for  handling	denote
+notes. These mentioned plugins are available here:
 	https://github.com/shuckster/denote-md
 	https://git.sr.ht/~ashton314/vim-denote
 
 In  contrast  to  these  plugins,  the	 present   package   relies   on   the
 |location-list| features for displaying denote entries,  and  on  the  options
-|'quickfixtextfunc'|, |'includeexpr'|, and |'omnifunc'|. With these, denote
-links can be followed using |gf|, and completed using omni comletion (see,
+'quickfixtextfunc', 'includeexpr', and 'omnifunc'. With  these,  denote  links
+can be	followed  using  |gf|,	and  completed	using  omni  completion  (see,
 |compl-omni|). For link completion, press |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O| after  typing  any
 prefix of a denote link. This completion also works with titles:  by  invoking
 omni completion after typing "denote:foo",  denote  links  are	completed  for
 entries containing "foo" in the title.
 
-							    *denote-commands*
-Commands ~
+==============================================================================
+COMMANDS						     *denote-commands*
+
+After loading this package, only  the  first  of  the  following  commands  is
+available. This first command, as descried below, sets	the  directory	to  be
+used for the denote entries. After that command has been issued, several other
+commands become possible, such as |:DenoteTag|.  Some  command	are  available
+within any window, others only in denote notes, and yet other  again  only  in
+the location-list that lists denote entries.
+
+
+						   *denote-universal-commands*
+Universal commands~
 							    *:DenoteDirectory*
 							   *:DenoteDirectory!*
 :DenoteDirectory[!] {path}
@@ -48,19 +63,22 @@ Commands ~
 	system.  Without  the	bang,	only   directories   listed   in   the
         |g:denote_directories| variable are autocompleted.
 
+After the denote directory has been specified, the following  commands	become
+available. They all operate on that specified directory.
+
 								     *:Denote*
 :Denote [{keyword ..}]
 	Populate the location list of  the  current  window  with  the	denote
-	entries present in the current directory. This command may be
+	entries present in  the  specified  directory.	This  command  may  be
 	supplemented with any number of  arguments  that  filter  the  entries
 	according to  the  appearance  of  the	keywords  in  the  file  name.
 
-						*:DenoteTag*
-:DenoteTag {tag}
+								*:DenoteByTag*
+:DenoteByTag {tag}
 	This command takes as argument a tag, and populates the location  list
 	with all denote entries of that are tagged accordingly. The  tags  are
 	autocompleted (see, |c_<Tab>|). Also fuzzy matching is	possible  when
-	"fuzzy" is contained in |'wildoptions'|.
+        "fuzzy" is contained in 'wildoptions'.
 
 								 *:DenoteGrep*
 :DenoteGrep /{pattern}/[g][j][f]
@@ -74,14 +92,67 @@ Commands ~
 	denote entry  with  the  specified  title.  The  entry	file  type  is
         controlled by the setting |g:denote_new_ft|.
 
+								 *:DenoteCopy*
+:DenoteCopy {file}
+	With this, the specified file is copied into the denote directory. The
+	file name is taken  as	the  title,  and  the  identifier  is  freshly
+	generated.  Any  file,	i.e.,	not   only   those   specified	 using
+        |g:denote_note_file_extension| may be chosen.
+
+
+							 *denote-note-command*
+Note command~
+
+This is the only command exclusive  to	the  windows  that  hold  denote  note
+entries, i.e., files with an extension in |g:denote_note_file_extension|.
+
 						       *:DenoteBackReferences*
 :DenoteBackReferences
 	This command populates the location list with all  references  to  the
 	current note. This command can only be called from  an	opened	denote
         note.
 
-							    *denote-settings*
-Settings ~
+
+							*denote-list-commands*
+Denote-list commands~
+
+The denote list  may  be  opened  using  one  of  the  commands  |:Denote|  or
+|:DenoteByTag|. Also the commands  |:DenoteGrep|  and  |:DenoteBackReferences|
+open the location list, but not as a  list  of	entries,  but  as  a  list  of
+matching patterns. The following commands are available  in  the  denote  list
+(first case).
+
+							     *:DenoteSetTitle*
+:DenoteSetTitle {string}
+	The title of the selected entry is changed as specified. 
+
+							       *:DenoteTagAdd*
+:DenoteTagAdd {tag}
+	With this, the provided tag is added  to  the  list  of  tags  of  the
+	selected entry. The  tag  may  be  autocompleted.  This  command  also
+	accepts a range, resulting in adding the tag  to  every  entry	within
+        that range.
+
+								*:DenoteTagRm*
+:DenoteTagRm {tag}
+	Just as above, but for removing the specified tag.
+
+							       *:DenoteDelete*
+:DenoteDelete[!]
+	With this, the selected entry is deleted  from	the  denote  directory
+	(and from the disk). This command also accepts a range,  to  delete  a
+	bunch of entries. After the deletion command  has  been  invoked,  the
+	user is asked to confirm the deletion.	With  the  optional  bang,  no
+        confirmation will be asked.
+
+
+==============================================================================
+SETTINGS						     *denote-settings*
+
+All settings described below are set to default values. For  this  package  to
+function, it is not necessary to specify a setting manually.
+
+
 							*g:denote_directories*
 g:denote_directories		list
 	With this option, may may specify a list of your  denote  directories.
@@ -135,20 +206,20 @@ g:Denote_identifier_fun		Funcref
 >
 	let g:Denote_identifier_fun = function('denote#meta#identifier_generate')
 <
-which calls |strftime('%Y%m%dT%H%M%S')| if |strftime()| is available, and
-|rand()| otherwise. Another reasonable setting would be to use some uuid
-generator and to specify, e.g.,
+	which calls |strftime('%Y%m%dT%H%M%S')| if |strftime()| is  available,
+	and |rand()| otherwise. Another reasonable setting  would  be  to  use
+        some uuid generator and to specify, e.g.,
 >
 	let g:Denote_identifier_fun = { -> system('uuidgen')
 				\ ->substitute('[^[:xdigit:]]', '', 'g') }
 <
 
 
-								*denote-keys*
-Keys ~
+==============================================================================
+KEYS								 *denote-keys*
 
-The location windows generated by the present package, e.g., through the
-command |:DenoteGrep| or |:DenoteByTag|,  has the following key key-bindings.
+The location lists generated by the present package, e.g., through the command
+|:DenoteGrep| or |:DenoteByTag|,  have the following key key-bindings.
 
 								    *denote-r*
 r		Reload the location list.
@@ -156,4 +227,22 @@ r	Reload the location list.
 								    *denote-q*
 q		Close the location list.
 
+
+In addition, denote lists (see |denote-list-commands|) come with the following
+keys:
+
+							       *denote-list-C*
+C		Change the title of the selected entry.
+
+							       *denote-list-+*
++		Add a tag to the selected entries (also in visual mode).
+
+							       *denote-list--*
+-		As |denote-list-+| but for removing tags.
+
+							      *denote-list-dd*
+dd		Delete the selected entry.
+{Visual}d	Delete the visually selected entries.
+
+
 vim:tw=78:sw=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: