>>> "Eric" == Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> On Thursday, 13 Oct 2016 at 16:02, Nick Dokos wrote: > [...] >> I have a single notes.org file (not an agenda file), where I do exactly what >> Eric described and I have defined keys to get to it fast: no more "where did I > As do I. I guess this is a key part of this use case: it must be easy > to find those notes. My (abridged) capture template looks like this: > #+begin_src emacs-lisp > (setq org-capture-templates > '( > ("m" "Mail options") > ("mt" "mailtodo" > entry (file+datetree "~/s/notes/tasks.org") > "* TODO %^{Task} : %:subject %^G\nSCHEDULED: %t\n- From :: %:from\n- Subject :: %:subject\n- Email :: %a\n\n%?" :kill-buffer t) > ("mn" "mailnote" > entry (file+headline "~/s/notes/notes.org" "general notes and tasks") > "* %^{Title} : %:subject %^G\n- From :: %:from\n- Subject :: %:subject\n- Email :: %a\n\n%?\n\n%U") > )) > #+end_src Ok that is relatively cool. > Tag search etc. in org makes finding the notes relatively painless. How do you search, starting where? > As a bonus, the "mt" template is to allow me to get to INBOX 0 by making > sure I don't leave emails lying around unread or ticked. If they need > further processing, an appropriate TODO task is created which links back > to the email. This task is scheduled for immediate action by default > but obviously easily changed during the capture, very often by > unscheduling but adding a deadline, for instance. For the imap backend?