denote: Add custom denote-add-frontmatter variant

I often have a file that already has a title and keywords and just
want to insert matching front matter.  denote-add-frontmatter isn't
well suited for this case because it prompts for the title and
keywords.

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+;;; km-denote.el --- Denote-related extensions  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Copyright Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
+
+;; Author: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
+;; URL: https://git.kyleam.com/emacs.d
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'denote)
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun km/denote-add-frontmatter ()
+  "Insert front matter into current file.
+Unlike an interactive call to `denote-add-front-matter', this
+does not prompt for the title and keywords; it just takes them
+from the file name."
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((fname (or (buffer-file-name)
+                   (user-error "Buffer not visiting file"))))
+    (denote-add-front-matter
+     fname
+     (denote-retrieve-filename-title fname)
+     (denote-extract-keywords-from-path fname))))
+
+(provide 'km-denote)
+;;; km-denote.el ends here