bgordo3/750words

750words on the command line. Store everything on your machine, in git!

Introduction

This is a command-line version of 750 Words. I really like the idea of writing 750 words daily, but I don't like the idea of having all of my words on someone else's server. I also wanted to write my 750 words in Vim, with Git version control.

Therefore, I wrote this script. You get all the benefits of writing 750 words daily, within the comfort of your preferred text editor. You also get the peace-of-mind that comes with having your words as tangible plain-text files on your on machine, tracked with Git. You don't (yet) get the cool analysis features that are on the 750 words website, but this is something that I would like to improve.

Installation

Clone the repository, and execute:

$ sudo python setup.py install

Or whatever you do to install Python scripts on your machine.

If you want version control with Git, you're going to want to install that as well.

Configuration

There are three things to configure: which editor to use, where to store your words, and what file extension to use. Edit the configuration file ~/.config/750words to suit your needs:

[750words]
editor = vim
extension = .md
directory = /home/zach/docs/journal

Usage

Every day, type 750words and type at least 750 words. You'll experience major improvements in creativity and a clear mind.

Here's the full output of 750words -h:

usage: 750words [-h] [-p] [--config CONFIG] [dates [dates ...]]

positional arguments:
  dates            the date of the text

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  -p, --path       print out path for use with external scripts
  --config CONFIG  the location of the configuration file

Have fun!

Examples

Write the day's words:

$ 750words

To see how much you wrote in August 2011:

$ wc $(dirname $(750words -p))/2011-08-*