On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 09:40:07 +0100 Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 14:44:31 -0700 > David Christensen <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > > > On 2020-09-03 03:50, Joe wrote: > > > I've finally decided I have to keep a diary. > > > > > > In Debian are RoboJournal and Lifeograph. > > > > > > Neither of them actually function, at least in sid. Does anyone > > > have any other ideas, apart from phpMyAdmin or Mysql Workbench? > > > > > > > Understand that, depending upon jurisdiction, you can be required > > to disclose diaries, journals, calendars, etc., if you are ever > > involved in litigation. > > > > I don't record things I don't want lawyers to see at all... > > I keep all my email, I take screenshots of completed online > transactions and record significant old-style purchases in a receipts > database. I have directories for clients and all the government > rubbish. That takes care of almost all my record-keeping needs. But > occasionally something happens which isn't any of these things. I can > indeed just keep a text file and add to it, but why do that when I > have an SQL database manager online at all times? > > I didn't mention it, but I'd like these records to be available > remotely over ssh, which basically means TCP and no routing, which > fits nicely with MySQL/MariaDB. If I use a simple file, or something > web-based, I need OpenVPN for access, which like many Linux > applications, works perfectly some of the time. >
OK, it's the web, for the moment at least. I made entry and tag editors this afternoon with phpMyEdit, suitably modified for PHP7 (the latest pME is fourteen years old). It's a bit clunky, but it will do for now. -- Joe