README.md

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   2 ## Setup
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   4 Clone this repository.
   5 Add `minion/bin` to your `PATH`.
   6
   7 Install `Fish` shell.
   8 `Fish` must be available, but does not need to be your default shell.
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  10 Create a folder `~/Journal`.
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  12 ## Basic Usage
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  14 Run `mn TOPIC DESCRIPTION` to start a new note file.
  15 A new file called `~/Jounal/2026/06-TOPIC-DESCRIPTION.md` will be opened in `vim`.
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  17 Run `ml TOPIC` to find a previous note file from this year.
  18 Run `mo TOPIC` to open all `.md` files in `Journal/2026` that contain `TOPIC` in the file name.
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  20 Use `mla` and `moa` variants to search all past Journal years.
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  22 Run `mh` to see `help` further available commands.
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  24 ## Recommended Usage
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  26 - For ongoing daily work, I keep one file each month with `mn daily` and `mo 06-daily`.
  27 - For a random meeting, use `mn meeting topic with some key terms` to create `~/Journal/2026/06-meeting-topic-with-some-key-terms.md`
  28 - When too many old files match my favorite search term, I move old ones into `~/Journal/archive/2026`, where `mla` and `moa` can still find them, in a pinch.
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  30 ## Customizing
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  32 You can modify the scripts to change the editor, and journal home folder.
  33 I may make use environment variables at some point to make this easier, but I haven't yet.