Make it possible to add images

[br4yd]

Use Case/Motivation

Jrnl is a very great tool but it is missing the possibility to add images. It would be awesome, if it'd be possible to add images to the journal using a command that get's stored encrypted in a file system and linked to the entry it was added to. With another command you should be able to view the images added to an entry. Either by it opening a file browser with a temporary folder and the unencrypted images or by opening them directly.

Also, when exporting the Journal to markdown you could add the images to the markdown structure so you'd be able to view and print the Journal with the images attached to the entry.

Example Usage

jrnl --image-add <local/path/to/image> --on today
jrnl --image-view --on today

Other Information

No response

[micahellison]

Hi @br4yd, thanks for the suggestion. We've been thinking about attaching multimedia to jrnl entries for a while now (such as #1390), though I think there could be some special considerations for images, such as supporting in-line terminal display tools like imgcat. Whatever the case, we'd like to change the file format first before implementing something like this, but we'll keep this scenario in mind as we get there.

[MarcCoquand]

I like the syntax for adding images. Maybe it should also be possible to add a caption, for example: jrnl --image-add <local/path/to/image> --on today Went canoeing in Gorge du Verdon.

Then you could have the format be [Wed, 2023-06-14 14:54, caption: local/path/to/image] Went canoeing in Gorge du verdon. This would keep the format still simple and allow you to easily plug in a Apple Shortcut to capture moments on your iphone and send to the journal.