--- a/.vimrc	Fri Dec 05 08:48:49 2025 -0500
+++ b/.vimrc	Tue Dec 16 11:03:27 2025 -0500
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 source $HOME/.vim/plugins/dbtables/dbtables.vim
 source $HOME/.vim/plugins/hghelp/hghelp.vim
 source $HOME/.vim/plugins/globalsearch.vim
+source $HOME/.vim/plugins/voicenote/voicenote.vim
 
 
 let g:db_user = ""      " Replace with your default database username

--- a/plugins/hghelp/hghelp.vim	Fri Dec 05 08:48:49 2025 -0500
+++ b/plugins/hghelp/hghelp.vim	Tue Dec 16 11:03:27 2025 -0500
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     execute '!'.g:hg_format_command
   endif
   execute 
-  call ExecuteCommand('!hg addremove')
+  call ExecuteCommand('hg addremove')
   call PopupCommand('hg commit')
 endfunction
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/plugins/voicenote/voicenote.vim	Tue Dec 16 11:03:27 2025 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+let g:audio_record_file = -1
+let g:audio_record_tmp_file = -1
+let g:audio_record_cmd = expand('~/record.sh')
+let g:audio_transcribe_cmd = expand('~/transcribe.sh')
+let g:audio_record_pid = -1
+let g:audio_record_transcript_file = -1
+
+function! ToggleVoiceNote()
+  if g:audio_record_pid != -1
+	  call StopRecording()
+	  call TranscribeLastRecording()
+  else
+	  call StartRecording()
+  endif
+endfunction
+
+function! StartRecording()
+  if g:audio_record_pid != -1
+    echo "Recording already in progress (PID " . g:audio_record_pid . ")"
+    return
+  endif
+
+  " Temp file where record.sh will write the WAV path
+  let l:temp_file = tempname()
+
+  " Run record.sh; its stdout (the wav path) goes to temp_file.
+  " Then echo the background PID.
+  let l:cmd = printf('%s > %s 2>/dev/null & echo $!', shellescape(g:audio_record_cmd), shellescape(l:temp_file))
+
+  let l:pid = str2nr(system(l:cmd))
+
+  if l:pid <= 0
+    echoerr "Failed to start recording"
+    return
+  endif
+
+  " Read the file path written by record.sh
+  let g:audio_record_file = trim(system('cat ' . shellescape(l:temp_file)))
+  let g:audio_record_tmp_file = l:temp_file
+  let g:audio_record_pid = l:pid
+
+  echo "Recording started (PID " . g:audio_record_pid . ") -> " . g:audio_record_file
+endfunction
+
+function! StopRecording()
+  if g:audio_record_pid == -1
+    echo "No recording in progress"
+    return
+  endif
+
+  call system('kill ' . g:audio_record_pid)
+
+  if g:audio_record_tmp_file != -1
+    call system('rm -f ' . shellescape(g:audio_record_tmp_file))
+    let g:audio_record_tmp_file = -1
+  endif
+
+  let g:audio_record_pid = -1
+  let g:audio_record_transcript_file = -1
+
+  echo "Recording stopped."
+endfunction
+
+
+function! TranscribeLastRecording()
+  if g:audio_record_file == -1
+    echo "No recent recording"
+    return
+  endif
+
+  let l:cmd = printf('%s %s', shellescape(g:audio_transcribe_cmd), shellescape(g:audio_record_file))
+
+  " transcribe.sh echoes the .txt path
+  let l:transcription_file = trim(system(l:cmd))
+
+  if v:shell_error != 0 || empty(l:transcription_file)
+    echoerr "Transcription failed"
+    return
+  endif
+
+  let g:audio_record_file = -1
+  execute 'tabe' fnameescape(l:transcription_file)
+endfunction
+
+
+
+" BINDINGS
+
+command! VoiceNote call ToggleVoiceNote()
+
+nnoremap <Leader>vn :VoiceNote<CR>