Notes start -- template silently ignores an unknown template name

Running

vowen notes start --template "NoSuchTemplateXYZ"

against a name that does not exist prints "Starting notes session..." and "Notes session started (recording)", and records the meeting. It does not warn that the template was not found.

The resulting note carries no record of which template was applied, so there is no way to tell afterwards either.

A typo in the template name therefore costs the whole meeting's formatting, silently, and you only find out when you read the summary.

Suggested fix: exit non-zero with "template not found: <name>" before starting the session, and list the available template names. Failing that, record the template on the note so it can at least be seen after the fact.

Worth noting alongside this: template names are title-cased on save, so a template created as "Client discovery call" is stored as "Client Discovery Call". That makes an exact-match flag easy to get wrong.

Environment: Vowen 0.5.8, macOS, pro plan.

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Feature Request

Date

4 days ago

Author

Ian

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