From You Tuber "bread"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_E3ddNQ1xw&t=341s



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#!/usr/bin/env bash

folder=$HOME/notes/

newnote () { \
  name="$(echo "" | dmenu -c -sb "#a3be8c" -nf "#d8dee9" -p "Enter a name: " <&-)" || exit 0
  : "${name:=$(date +%F_%T | tr ':' '-')}"
  setsid -f "$TERMINAL" -e vim $folder$name".txt" >/dev/null 2>&1
}

selected () { \
  choice=$(echo -e "New\n$(command ls -t1 $folder)" | dmenu -c  -l 5 -i -p "Choose note or create new: ")
  case $choice in
    New) newnote ;;
    *.txt) setsid -f "$TERMINAL" -e vim "$folder$choice" >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
    *) exit ;;
  esac
}

selected

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in dk window manager it's bound to "super + n"

.bashrc has TERMINAL="urxvt" added to make it work