1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/newlog.sh b/newlog.sh
index 160b2a5..58cd1c2 100755
--- a/newlog.sh
+++ b/newlog.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# usage ./newlog.sh [day] [draft file]
+
+_log_file="decadv-2025.html"
+
 day="$(printf '%02d' "$1")"
 [ -z "$1" ] && day="$(date +%d)"
 
 echo "new log entry for day $day"
 
-tmpf="$(mktemp)"
+tmpf="$2"
+tmpf_del="NO"
+[ -z "$tmpf" ] && {
+	tmpf="$(mktemp)"
+	tmpf_del="YES"
+}
 
+# TODO: change ed to EDITOR?
 ed "$tmpf" || {
 	echo "oops, try again"
-	echo "$tmpf"
+	echo "run '$0 $day $tmpf' to try again"
 	exit 1
 }
 
-ed "decadv-2025.html" << EOF
+ed "$_log_file" << EOF
 /<!--newlog/
 +,/-->/-t/-->/
 ?h3?s/-xx/-$day/g
@@ -21,4 +31,4 @@ ed "decadv-2025.html" << EOF
 w
 EOF
 
-rm "$tmpf"
+[ "$tmpf_del" = "YES" ] && rm "$tmpf"