Obsidian Letter to Self.

formatters.js

// Custom JS class to provide me with common formatters. Here's the relevant part:

class Formatters {
  format_letter(l, dv, delivered = false) {
    const seal = delivered ? '<div class="seal"><div class="seal-text">Delivered</div></div>' : '';
    dv.el("a", `<div class="subject">${l.title}</div>
                  <div class="parts">
                    <div class="part from">
                      <div class="title">From,</br>${l.from + ' Self'}</div>
                      <div class="date">Posted on: ${dv.date(l.created).toFormat("dd MMM yyyy")}</div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="part to">
                      <div class="title">To,</br>${l.from == "Younger" ? 'Older Self' : "Younger Self"}</div>
                      <div class="date">${l.from == "Younger" && delivered ? 'Received on: ' + dv.date(l.deliver_on).toFormat("dd MMM yyyy") : ""}</div>
                    </div>
                  ${seal}
                </div>`,
                { cls: `internal-link letter-to-self ${l.from.toLowerCase()} ${delivered ? '' : 'undelivered'}`,
                attr: { href: l.file.path, target: "_blank"}});
  }
}

Inbox.md

title	Inbox
aliases	Inbox
created	2023-11-22 14:01:18 +0600
updated	2023-11-23 08:49:57 +0600

Will Be Delivered soon…

// I am using Custom JS plugin to define common JS functions throughout the vault.
const {Formatters} = customJS;
const now = dv.luxon.DateTime.now()
const in_three_days = now.plus({days: 3});

let letters = dv.pages('"Personal/Letters to Self"').where((l) => {
  if (l.from != "Younger") return false;
  const delivery_date = dv.date(l.deliver_on);
  return (delivery_date > now && delivery_date <= in_three_days && !dv.pages('"Personal/Letters to Self"').where((p) => p.from == "Older" && p.replied_to.path == l.file.path).length);
}).sort(l => l.deliver_on, 'desc');

if (!letters.length) {
  dv.paragraph("No letter to be expected soon!")
} else {
  letters.forEach((l) => {
    Formatters.format_letter(l, dv);
  });
}

Yet to Reply

const {Formatters} = customJS;
const now = dv.luxon.DateTime.now();

let letters = dv.pages('"Personal/Letters to Self"').where((l) => {
  return l.from == "Younger" && (dv.date(l.deliver_on) <= now && !dv.pages('"Personal/Letters to Self"').where((p) => p.from == "Older" && p.replied_to.path == l.file.path).length);
}).sort(l => l.deliver_on, 'desc');

if (!letters.length) {
  dv.paragraph("No letter to reply!")
} else {
  letters.forEach((l) => {
    Formatters.format_letter(l, dv, true);
  });
}

Delivered

const {Formatters} = customJS;
const now = dv.luxon.DateTime.now();

let letters = dv.pages('"Personal/Letters to Self"').where((l) => {
  if (!l.from) return false;
  if (l.from == "Older") return true;
  return (dv.date(l.deliver_on) <= now && dv.pages('"Personal/Letters to Self"').where((p) => p.from == "Older" && p.replied_to.path == l.file.path).length)
  }).sort(l => l.from == "Older" ? l.created : l.deliver_on, 'desc');

  if (!letters.length) {
    dv.paragraph("No letter in the Archive!");
  } else {
  letters.forEach((l) => {
    console.log(l);
    Formatters.format_letter(l, dv, true);
  })
}

Letter With Transclusion.md

<%* const path = "Personal/Letters to Self"; const status = await tp.system.suggester(['Letter to Self', 'Reply to Self'], [true, false], true, 'type'); var selectedFile; var title = ""; var deliveryOn; if (!status) { const filteredFiles = app.vault.getMarkdownFiles().filter(file => {
return file.path.startsWith(path); }); selectedFile = (await tp.system.suggester((file) => file.basename, filteredFiles)); await app.fileManager.processFrontMatter(selectedFile, (fm) => { if (fm.title) { title = fm.title } else { title = file.name } }); }

title = await tp.system.prompt("Title", !status ? "Reply to " + title : "");

var additionalData; if (status) { deliverOn = await tp.system.prompt("Delivery On", tp.date.now('YYYY-MM-DD', "P+1M")); additionalData = deliver_on: ${deliverOn} } else { additionalData = replied_to: "[[${selectedFile.path}|${selectedFile.basename}]]" }

const now = tp.date.now()

let frontmatter = `--- title: "${title}" aliases: ["${title}"] tags: ["letter-to-self", "letter-to-self/${status ? 'younger' : 'older'}"] from: "${status ? 'Younger' : 'Older'}" ${additionalData} created: ${now} updated: ${now}

if (!status) { await app.fileManager.processFrontMatter(selectedFile, (fm) => { fm.reply =[[${path}/${title}|${title}]]}); frontmatter +=![[${selectedFile.path}|${selectedFile.basename}]]\n` }

const newFile = await tp.file.create_new(frontmatter, ${title}.md, true, app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(path)); %>

Letter.md

<%* // This template script assumes that all letters will be laced in "Personal/Letters to Self"; // Plugins being used: Templater, Custom JS, Dataview, Obsidian Linter

const path = "Personal/Letters to Self"; const status = await tp.system.suggester(['Letter to Self', 'Reply to Self'], [true, false], true, 'type'); var selectedFile; var title = ""; var deliveryOn; if (!status) { const filteredFiles = app.vault.getMarkdownFiles().filter(file => {
return file.path.startsWith(path); }); selectedFile = (await tp.system.suggester((file) => file.basename, filteredFiles)); await app.fileManager.processFrontMatter(selectedFile, (fm) => { if (fm.title) { title = fm.title } else { title = file.name } }); }

title = await tp.system.prompt("Title", !status ? "Reply to " + title : "");

var additionalData; if (status) { deliverOn = await tp.system.prompt("Delivery On", tp.date.now('YYYY-MM-DD', "P+1M")); additionalData = deliver_on: ${deliverOn} } else { additionalData = replied_to: "[[${selectedFile.path}|${selectedFile.basename}]]" }

const now = tp.date.now()

const frontmatter = `--- title: "${title}" aliases: ["${title}"] tags: ["letter-to-self", "letter-to-self/${status ? 'younger' : 'older'}"] from: "${status ? 'Younger' : 'Older'}" ${additionalData} created: ${now} updated: ${now}

if (!status) { await app.fileManager.processFrontMatter(selectedFile, (fm) => { fm.reply =[[${path}/${title}|${title}]]` }); }

const newFile = await tp.file.create_new(frontmatter, ${title}.md, true, app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(path)); %>

letters.css

/*  This is the snippet to put in the .obsidian/snippets path. Enable it to get the nice formatting. */
.letter-to-self {
    padding: 20px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    margin-top: 10px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    font-family: cursive;
    display: block;
    color: black !important;
    text-decoration: none !important;
    position: relative;

}

.letter-to-self.undelivered {
    opacity: 0.5 !important;
}

.letter-to-self .seal {
    position: absolute;
    right: 5px;
    top: 5px;
    font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 900;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border: 20px solid rgb(181, 67, 67);
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    transform: rotateZ(-30deg) scale(0.6);
}

.letter-to-self .seal .seal-text {
    background-color: rgb(181, 67, 67);
    color: white;
}

.letter-to-self:hover {
    text-decoration: none !important;
}

.letter-to-self.younger {
    margin-right: 20%;
    background-color: antiquewhite;
    border: 1px solid antiquewhite;
}

.letter-to-self.older {
    margin-left: 20%;
    background-color: rgb(251, 247, 242);
    border: 1px solid rgb(251, 247, 242);
}

.letter-to-self .subject {
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 1.3em;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.letter-to-self .parts {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
}

.letter-to-self .part {
    padding: 5px;
    flex: 1;
}