Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-21 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Tim Cross writes: > Transient on the other hand is a UI library for getting user input where > the options are a little too complex/large for the more common input > methods - for example, it could be a good candidate for the export > 'menu'. which I find can be very frustrating on a smaller scre

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-21 Thread Tim Cross
Ihor Radchenko writes: > Greg Minshall writes: > >> wasn't there also some talk a while back about whatever form'ish >> technology "magit" uses? my sense was it provides something similar to >> Emacs forms. > > To clarify, I am not aware about Emacs forms (unless you refer to > widgets used i

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-21 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Greg Minshall writes: > wasn't there also some talk a while back about whatever form'ish > technology "magit" uses? my sense was it provides something similar to > Emacs forms. To clarify, I am not aware about Emacs forms (unless you refer to widgets used in customize interface). Magit uses tra

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-21 Thread Greg Minshall
Ihor, > A possible alternative to forms could be using custom capture templates > for table lines. You can restrict the captured information to a specific > list or a function (like org-read-date). wasn't there also some talk a while back about whatever form'ish technology "magit" uses? my sense

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-21 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Jude DaShiell writes: > Interesting, thanks for your response. I keep tables in their own files, > one table per file to minimize complexity. A possible alternative to forms could be using custom capture templates for table lines. You can restrict the captured information to a specific list or

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Interesting, thanks for your response. I keep tables in their own files, one table per file to minimize complexity. On Sat, 21 Aug 2021, Tim Cross wrote: > > OK, but I'm still a little unclear exactly what you are asking about. > > If it is just a general question about whether Emacs Forms coul

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-21 Thread Tim Cross
OK, but I'm still a little unclear exactly what you are asking about. If it is just a general question about whether Emacs Forms could be used for data input into an org table, the basic answer is yes, I think so. If your asking if anyone has done this - not that I'm aware of. If your asking h

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
My reason for using forms to do data input into org tables is to minimize errors in the data input to the org tables. On Sat, 21 Aug 2021, Tim Cross wrote: > > So you are asking about using Emacs forms for data input into an org > table? > > Just not clear on what exactly your asking about. > > J

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-20 Thread Tim Cross
So you are asking about using Emacs forms for data input into an org table? Just not clear on what exactly your asking about. Jude DaShiell writes: > A table with a time stamp column, a text column for notes and an interval > column rounded to nearest hour. Any statistics to be calculated on

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-20 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Jude DaShiell writes: > A table with a time stamp column, a text column for notes and an interval > column rounded to nearest hour. Any statistics to be calculated on that > intervals column. I am still not sure if I understand you clearly. Does clocktable do what you want? Best, Ihor

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
A table with a time stamp column, a text column for notes and an interval column rounded to nearest hour. Any statistics to be calculated on that intervals column. On Sat, 21 Aug 2021, Ihor Radchenko wrote: > Can you elaborate? > >

Re: forms and org-mode

2021-08-20 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Can you elaborate?