Markdown insertion

lqd md reads stdin and inserts structured Markdown through a transaction. It uses today's journal by default. Choose another journal with --journal DATE, a named page with --page, or direct children with --parent TEXT. A missing parent falls back to page roots.

Bash

printf -- '- **9h00** Call\n- 11:00 Review\n' | lqd md --journal 2026-10-16
echo '10h00 Meeting' | lqd md --page Work --parent Project

Placement and input shape

An explicit dash-bulleted outline supplies independent root blocks. Each root is placed in input order against the evolving sibling list, without an extra parent. Its children, properties and continuation lines stay attached. An untimed heading with timed children stays one group and appends.

Unbulleted input stays one block, including supporting paragraphs and child bullets. For example, this places one call block, not three timeline entries:

Bash

printf '09:00 Call\n\nSupporting notes\n\n- Follow up\n' | lqd md --page Work

A recognized leading time places a new block before the first strictly later sibling in stored order. Equal times keep arrival order; untimed blocks append. Existing siblings are not sorted. Only the selected parent's direct children or the selected page/journal's root blocks participate.

Notes and tasks of all supported statuses participate. A ref-only sibling uses its first timed direct child, skipping untimed children, rather than its earliest time or a deeper descendant. A ref with children at 12:00 and 12:20 stays intact before an incoming root at 12:10. Ordinary headings do not inherit child times, and references are not resolved.

The command retains supplied time spelling, emphasis and task statuses. It does not generate TODO markers or normalize times. Run lqd tidy-up for explicit time normalization. Unlike lqd content, this path serializes structured Markdown and does not promise raw byte preservation.

Key updates

Bash

echo 'DOING **9h30** feature-123' | lqd md --page Work --key feature-123

--key finds an existing block case-insensitively, recursively within the selected scope. It replaces visible content using the existing single-block update contract, not batch insertion. Existing properties, IDs, children and logbooks survive. Supplied task status follows normal Markdown content replacement.

A new leading time moves the same block among its actual siblings, excluding itself as an anchor. A nested match stays under its actual parent, even without --parent. Untimed updates stay in place. If the key is absent, normal creation rules apply.