Preferences

Opening Preferences

Press Ctrl+, (or Cmd+, on macOS) to open the Preferences dialog, or click the ⋮ menu in the header and select Preferences.

Preferences are now close-only: there is no Save/Cancel footer. Reversible settings apply immediately as you change them.

General Settings

Writing Settings

Timestamp format and precision are configured from the editor timestamp popup (clock button), not from Preferences.

Spell check on Linux

Windows and macOS handle spell checking for you. On Linux, Mini Diarium uses spelling language packs installed on your computer. It does not download them automatically, but you only need to add a language pack once.

If Preferences shows a spell-check warning, start with your computer's Software app. Search for your language followed by “spell checking”, such as “Spanish spell checking”, install the suggested language support, then close and reopen Mini Diarium.

Example: Spanish spell checking on Ubuntu or Debian

Using a terminal is optional. If you prefer it, open Terminal (on Ubuntu, press Ctrl + Alt + T) and run:

sudo apt update
        sudo apt install hunspell-es
        

Enter your computer password when asked. Nothing is shown while you type the password; that is normal. When the command finishes, close and reopen Mini Diarium.

Flatpak

Flatpak installs include dictionaries for all seven interface languages (English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), and Hindi). If you see a warning, open your computer's Software app, update Mini Diarium, and restart it. If the warning remains, reinstall Mini Diarium.

Need more help?

Email [email protected] with your Linux distribution and the language selected in Mini Diarium, or report the problem on GitHub.

Advanced: use another language

To use a language that is not bundled, place its .aff and .dic files in:

• Flatpak: ~/.var/app/io.github.fjrevoredo.mini-diarium/config/enchant/hunspell/
• Everything else: ~/.config/enchant/hunspell/

Name them after the locale you want checked, for example nl_NL.aff and nl_NL.dic.

Security Settings

At least one authentication method must remain registered. Removing the last one is blocked.

Data Settings

You can change your journal's storage location from Preferences. The diary.db file is moved to the new location, and future backups go into {new location}/backups/.

Advanced Settings

Custom font upload and delete stay explicit button-driven actions. If you delete the currently selected custom font, the editor font falls back to System Default immediately.

Debug dump

Preferences → Advanced → Diagnostics → Generate Debug Dump writes a single JSON file you can attach to a bug report. Your journal must be unlocked, because most of what the file describes is read from the open database.

What it contains:

What it never contains: your password, any encryption key, the device key for a passwordless journal, diary entry content, entry titles, tag names, unlock-method labels, journal names, or any file or folder path. Paths are stripped from log records before they are written, and the app deliberately does not record entry-level detail at the log levels that end up in the file.

The file is plain, readable JSON. Open it in any text editor before sending it if you want to check it yourself.

Theme Overrides (Advanced)

Advanced users can customize the app's color palette by overriding individual CSS theme tokens.

Open Preferences → Advanced, then enter a JSON object with light and/or dark keys, each mapping CSS variable names to color values:

{
          "light": {
            "--bg-primary": "#fffde0",
            "--text-primary": "#1a1a1a"
          },
          "dark": {
            "--bg-primary": "#0d1117",
            "--text-primary": "#c9d1d9"
          }
        }
        

Valid JSON applies immediately and is saved automatically. If JSON is invalid, an inline error is shown and the last valid saved overrides remain active. Reset to Default clears overrides immediately.

Overrides are re-applied automatically every time you open the app. They layer on top of the selected built-in theme.

Supported Token Families

Only documented token names are accepted; unrecognized names are silently ignored. Auth and pre-unlock screens are not affected by theme overrides.

Reset Journal

Preferences → Data → Reset Journal deletes all entries and recreates the database. This is irreversible. Use export to make a backup before resetting.