From 28c7b82eb5430af794191e37e1adba6f7728ac62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jao <jao@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:06:44 +0000
Subject: org-notes: search for individual terms in input string

---
 lib/doc/jao-org-notes.el | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/doc/jao-org-notes.el')

diff --git a/lib/doc/jao-org-notes.el b/lib/doc/jao-org-notes.el
index bd45723..af8f10a 100644
--- a/lib/doc/jao-org-notes.el
+++ b/lib/doc/jao-org-notes.el
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
          (default-directory
           (if (file-directory-p d) (expand-file-name d) default-directory))
          (ts (mapconcat #'identity (split-string str "[:,]+" t) ":|"))
-         (rgx (format "^#.(title: .*%s|(tags:.*(%s:)))" str ts)))
+         (s (mapconcat #'identity (cons str (split-string str nil t)) "|"))
+         (rgx (format "^#.(title: .*(%s)|(tags:.*(%s:)))" s ts)))
     (jao-org-notes--rg-cmd rgx "-m" "2")))
 
 (defun jao-org-notes--clean-match (m)
@@ -122,7 +123,8 @@
 (defvar jao-org-notes--tag-history nil)
 
 (defun jao-org-notes--read-tags ()
-  (let* ((tags (completing-read-multiple "Tags: " jao-org-notes--tags nil nil nil
+  (let* ((tags (completing-read-multiple "Tags: "
+                                         jao-org-notes--tags nil nil nil
                                          'jao-org-notes--tag-history)))
     (setq jao-org-notes--tags (seq-union jao-org-notes--tags tags #'string=))
     tags))
@@ -142,7 +144,8 @@
   (let* ((file-name (or file-name buffer-file-name))
          (bn (file-name-base file-name))
          (rx (format "%s\\.org$" (regexp-quote bn)))
-         (pred (lambda () (string-prefix-p jao-org-notes-dir buffer-file-name))))
+         (pred (lambda ()
+                 (string-prefix-p jao-org-notes-dir buffer-file-name))))
     (save-some-buffers nil pred)
     (or (car (directory-files-recursively jao-org-notes-dir rx))
         (let* ((d (completing-read "Notes subdir: " (jao-org-notes-cats) nil t))
@@ -150,9 +153,17 @@
           (expand-file-name (concat d bn ".org") jao-org-notes-dir)))))
 
 (defun jao-org-notes-open ()
-  "Search for a note file, matching tags and titles with completion."
+  "Search for a note file, matching tags and titles with completion.
+
+If the search string starts with a folder name followed by a
+slash (e.g. `emacs/foo'), the search is performed only in the given
+notes folder (when it exists).
+
+Search terms that start with a colon are interpreted as tags, and can
+appear in any order in the tags list.
+"
   (interactive)
-  (when-let (f (jao-org-notes--consult-rg "Search notes: "))
+  (when-let (f (jao-org-notes--consult-rg "Search tags and titles: "))
     (find-file f)))
 
 (defun jao-org-notes-consult-tags ()
@@ -214,7 +225,7 @@
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun jao-org-notes-setup (mnemonic)
-  "Set up the notes system, providing a mnemonic character for its org template."
+  "Set up the notes system, providing a mnemonic char for its org template."
   (setq org-capture-templates
         (add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
                      (jao-org-notes--template mnemonic))
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