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

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

2011-07-26 Thread Florian Beck
Bastien b...@altern.org 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

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

2011-07-26 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Bastien b...@altern.org 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

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: Bastienb...@altern.org 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

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

2011-07-18 Thread Matt Lundin
Bastien b...@altern.org writes: Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com 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

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

2011-07-18 Thread Sebastien Vauban
Hi Matt, Matt Lundin wrote: Bastien b...@altern.org writes: Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com 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

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 shine

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

2011-07-18 Thread Matt Lundin
Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgwmuf-genee64ty+gs+fvcfc7...@public.gmane.org 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

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

2011-07-18 Thread Bastien
Hi Sébastien, Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com 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

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

2011-07-18 Thread Bastien
Hi Florian, Florian Beck abstrakt...@t-online.de writes: Actually, I meant »tags« in the HTML sense. For boxedexample/boxed 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

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

2011-07-18 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Bastien b...@altern.org writes: Hi Florian, Florian Beck abstrakt...@t-online.de writes: Actually, I meant »tags« in the HTML sense. For boxedexample/boxed would call a function during export, which returns, say, its LaTeX interpretation, another function would be called by font lock (or

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

2011-07-18 Thread Florian Beck
t...@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) writes: Bastien b...@altern.org writes: Hi Florian, Florian Beck abstrakt...@t-online.de writes: Actually, I meant »tags« in the HTML sense. For boxedexample/boxed would call a function during export, which returns, say, its LaTeX interpretation, another

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

2011-07-16 Thread Bastien
Hi all, Nicolas Goaziou n.goaz...@gmail.com 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

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

2011-07-14 Thread Florian Beck
John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com 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

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

2011-07-14 Thread Florian Beck
Bastien b...@altern.org 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

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

2011-07-14 Thread Thomas S. Dye
Florian Beck abstrakt...@t-online.de writes: Bastien b...@altern.org 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.

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

2011-07-13 Thread Bastien
Hi Florian, Florian Beck abstrakt...@t-online.de 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

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 Sébastien, Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com 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

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

2011-07-13 Thread Sebastien Vauban
Hi Bastien, Bastien wrote: Sebastien Vauban wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com 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

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

2011-07-13 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Bastien b...@altern.org 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:

[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

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 abstrakt...@t-online.de 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

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

2011-07-12 Thread Giovanni Ridolfi
Florian Beck abstrakt...@t-online.de 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