Adds automatically opening new file

Author: akaalias

data.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"headlineText":"Highlights for: \"$NOTE_TITLE\"","addFootnotes":true,"useBoldForHighlights":false,"createLinks":true,"autoCapitalize":true}
+{"headlineText":"Highlights for: \"$NOTE_TITLE\"","addFootnotes":false,"useBoldForHighlights":false,"createLinks":false,"autoCapitalize":true,"createNewFile":true}

main.js

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ export default class ExtractHighlightsPluginSettings {
   public useBoldForHighlights: boolean;
   public createLinks: boolean;
   public autoCapitalize: boolean;
+  public createNewFile: boolean;
 
   constructor() {
     this.headlineText = "";
     this.addFootnotes = false;
     this.useBoldForHighlights = false;
     this.createLinks = false;
     this.autoCapitalize = false;
+    this.createNewFile = false;
   }
 }

src/ExtractHighlightsPluginSettings.ts

@@ -76,5 +76,18 @@ export default class ExtractHighlightsPluginSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab
 					this.plugin.settings.autoCapitalize = value;
 					this.plugin.saveData(this.plugin.settings);
 				}),
-			);	}
+			);
+
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Open new file with highlights')
+			.setDesc(
+				'If enabled, opens a new file with the highlights copied into.',
+			)
+			.addToggle((toggle) =>
+				toggle.setValue(this.plugin.settings.createNewFile).onChange((value) => {
+					this.plugin.settings.createNewFile = value;
+					this.plugin.saveData(this.plugin.settings);
+				}),
+			);
+	}
 }

src/ExtractHighlightsPluginSettingsTab.ts

@@ -58,23 +58,37 @@ export default class ExtractHighlightsPlugin extends Plugin {
 			this.settings.addFootnotes = loadedSettings.addFootnotes;
 			this.settings.createLinks = loadedSettings.createLinks;
 			this.settings.autoCapitalize = loadedSettings.autoCapitalize;
+			this.settings.createNewFile = loadedSettings.createNewFile;
 		  } else {
 			console.log("No settings file found, saving...");
 			this.saveData(this.settings);
 		  }
 		})();
 	}
 
-	extractHighlights(): void {
+	async extractHighlights() {
 		let activeLeaf: any = this.app.workspace.activeLeaf ?? null
 
-		console.log(this.app.workspace.activeLeaf?.view);
+		console.log(activeLeaf?.view.file);
+
+		let name = activeLeaf?.view.file.basename;
 
 		try {
 			if (activeLeaf?.view?.data) {
 				let highlightsText = this.processHighlights(activeLeaf.view);
 				let saveStatus = this.saveToClipboard(highlightsText);
 				new Notice(saveStatus);
+
+				if (this.settings.createNewFile) {
+					const newBasename = "Highlights for " + name + ".md";
+					console.log(newBasename);
+					// Add link back to Original
+					highlightsText += `\n\n## Source\n- [[${name}]]`;
+
+					await this.saveToFile(newBasename, highlightsText);
+					await this.app.workspace.openLinkText(newBasename, newBasename, true);
+				}
+
 			} else {
 				new Notice("No highlights to extract.");
 			}
@@ -83,6 +97,16 @@ export default class ExtractHighlightsPlugin extends Plugin {
 		}
 	}
 
+	async saveToFile(filePath: string, mdString: string) {
+		//If files exists then append content to existing file
+		const fileExists = await this.app.vault.adapter.exists(filePath);
+		if (fileExists) {
+
+		} else {
+			await this.app.vault.create(filePath, mdString);
+		}
+	}
+
 	processHighlights(view: any): string {
 
 		var re;