Thanks for posting this. I downloaded and was playing with it. But I'm puzzled about new note creation. When I type in the title next to the equal sign, I need to move the cursor below the date line to compose the note. Shouldn't the date line be on top?
By adjusting the new file template, you can type the title and then just press enter and keep typing the content from there. Howm still understands where the title of the note is, since it looks for the first title header.
(If you like the default equal signs, you can skip the first setq above and replace "*" with "=" in the template.)