Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-26 Thread Christian Moe
+1. No hurry. Yours, Christian On 7/26/11 5:15 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: Bastien writes: Hi Tom, t...@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: Aloha all, Perhaps they are [[tag:boxed][already]] here with org-add-link-type? It seems to me that all that's missing is a way to specify a function t

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-26 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Bastien writes: > Hi Tom, > > t...@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: > >> Aloha all, >> >> Perhaps they are [[tag:boxed][already]] here with org-add-link-type? It >> seems to me that all that's missing is a way to specify a function to >> determine on screen display. But, I might be missing som

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-26 Thread Florian Beck
Bastien writes: > Hi Tom, > > t...@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: > >> Aloha all, >> >> Perhaps they are [[tag:boxed][already]] here with org-add-link-type? It >> seems to me that all that's missing is a way to specify a function to >> determine on screen display. But, I might be missing som

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-26 Thread Bastien
Hi Tom, t...@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: > Aloha all, > > Perhaps they are [[tag:boxed][already]] here with org-add-link-type? It > seems to me that all that's missing is a way to specify a function to > determine on screen display. But, I might be missing something. just as a quick foll

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-18 Thread Florian Beck
t...@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: > Bastien writes: > >> Hi Florian, >> >> Florian Beck writes: >> >>> Actually, I meant »tags« in the HTML sense. For example >>> would call a function during export, which returns, say, its LaTeX >>> interpretation, another function would be called by font

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-18 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Bastien writes: > Hi Florian, > > Florian Beck writes: > >> Actually, I meant »tags« in the HTML sense. For example >> would call a function during export, which returns, say, its LaTeX >> interpretation, another function would be called by font lock (or >> whatever you use) to determine its on

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-18 Thread Bastien
Hi Florian, Florian Beck writes: > Actually, I meant »tags« in the HTML sense. For example > would call a function during export, which returns, say, its LaTeX > interpretation, another function would be called by font lock (or > whatever you use) to determine its on screen display. Well, I'm

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-18 Thread Bastien
Hi Sébastien, "Sebastien Vauban" writes: > Any idea about the reason to make the first asterisk shine with face > `org-warning'? Could it be `org-hide' face as well? I guess using the `org-warning' face for the first asterisk of an inline task helps distinguishing it from normal task. I'd say

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-18 Thread Matt Lundin
"Sebastien Vauban" writes: >>> >>> 1. people want inline tasks with possibly no TODO keyword >> >> This is often how I use them --- to insert a "drawer" of notes that is >> visible but will not be exported. > > Why do you say it wouldn't be exported just because it has no TODO keyword? > At least

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-18 Thread Sebastien Vauban
Hi Matt, Matt Lundin wrote: > In my experience, most of the asterisks are made invisible by > org-hide-face. E.g., > > *** TODO A task > Some notes about the task that are not part of the text. > *** END Any idea about the reason to make the first asterisk sh

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-18 Thread Sebastien Vauban
Hi Matt, Matt Lundin wrote: > Bastien writes: >> "Sebastien Vauban" writes: >> * !TODO This would be an inline task, not a headline >>> >>> I've no clear cut opinion on this right now. Maybe yes, maybe not. >>> Though, there are differences between inline tasks and headlines: >> >> I'm talk

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-18 Thread Matt Lundin
Bastien writes: > "Sebastien Vauban" writes: > >>> * !TODO This would be an inline task, not a headline >> >> I've no clear cut opinion on this right now. Maybe yes, maybe not. >> Though, there are differences between inline tasks and headlines: > > I'm talking about the way they _look_. So man

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-16 Thread Bastien
Hi all, Nicolas Goaziou writes: >> 1. people want inline tasks with possibly no TODO keyword >> 2. people prefer to detect them *very easily* >> 3. changing the syntax of inline tasks from changing todos >>(like !TODO) is too complicated code-wise > > 4. people do not want to break the main

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-14 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Florian Beck writes: > Bastien writes: > >>> 2. Tags are SLOW (no doubt due to my 8.5M file). Completion takes >>> minutes. I fixed that by adding all my (hundreds of) tags to >>> `org-tag-alist' and restricting capture to »%g«, checking only the >>> current file. `org-id-find' is slow as we

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-14 Thread Florian Beck
Bastien writes: >> 2. Tags are SLOW (no doubt due to my 8.5M file). Completion takes >> minutes. I fixed that by adding all my (hundreds of) tags to >> `org-tag-alist' and restricting capture to »%g«, checking only the >> current file. `org-id-find' is slow as well and so will be property >>

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-14 Thread Florian Beck
John Hendy writes: > I posted something similar a bit back. I do use org for todos, but > also write papers/reports, and take notes on things I'm reading. You > might want to check out that thread. [1] In particular, there were > some great comments about using inline tasks with custom export >

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-13 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Bastien writes: > I'm talking about the way they _look_. So many asterisks looks > cumbersome to mee, and I'd favor a non-intrusive syntax like the > one proposed above. > > My question was: what is the rationale behind using so many asterisks? > > I can think of three things: > > 1. pe

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-13 Thread Sebastien Vauban
Hi Bastien, Bastien wrote: > "Sebastien Vauban" writes: >>> * !TODO This would be an inline task, not a headline >> >> I've no clear cut opinion on this right now. Maybe yes, maybe not. > > :) > >> Though, there are differences between inline tasks and headlines: > > Yep, I know the differences.

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Sébastien, "Sebastien Vauban" writes: >> * !TODO This would be an inline task, not a headline > > I've no clear cut opinion on this right now. Maybe yes, maybe not. :) > Though, there are differences between inline tasks and headlines: Yep, I know the differences. I'm talking about the wa

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-13 Thread Sebastien Vauban
Hi Bastien, Bastien wrote: > As suggested, you want to check inline tasks. > > I really don't like the current syntax for inline tasks, I would much > prefer something like special TODO keywords: > > * !TODO This would be an inline task, not a headline I've no clear cut opinion on this right now.

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Florian, Florian Beck writes: > A couple of questions and observations, first impressions really: > > 2. Tags are SLOW (no doubt due to my 8.5M file). Completion takes > minutes. I fixed that by adding all my (hundreds of) tags to > `org-tag-alist' and restricting capture to »%g«, checking

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-12 Thread Giovanni Ridolfi
Florian Beck writes: Hi, Florian, My org version is: Org-mode version 7.5 311b09d92644f39040087327d6a1dbeb09a9ab6e > I don't want to see todo-keywords and TAGs in > the output. How do I get rid of them? In the manual, Export options. #+OPTIONS: todo: nil manual explanation: #+OPTIONS:

Re: [O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-12 Thread John Hendy
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Florian Beck wrote: > [My main goal is to take research notes and write texts. I have little > interest in the todo/agenda part of org-mode, which I understand is its > main focus, so bear this in mind.] Snipped 1-4, as I don't have anything to add... >  5. Accor

[O] Using org-mode for Research and Notetaking

2011-07-12 Thread Florian Beck
[My main goal is to take research notes and write texts. I have little interest in the todo/agenda part of org-mode, which I understand is its main focus, so bear this in mind.] Previously I have been using muse-mode for publishing and a home brew system for organising my notes. Now I thought, I w