Re: [O] Seeking advice on structuring my org-mode file
* Marcin Borkowski wrote: > Hi all, Hi! > I have an Org-mode file with notes concerning a large project connected > with teaching at my university. One of the headlines is dedicated to > one particular course, where I am part of a group developing a concept > of this course. So, one subheadline is devoted to that. Yet another > (subsub)headline is a list if my proposals of things that should be > covered during that course, and now it needs 3 more levels down. > Summing it up: I have 5 levels of headlines and now I need a sixth > one. So, my question is: what are good practices of other Org-moders? > Do you push such a monster to an external file and just include a link > to it? Or do you just live with 6-level structure (which is a bit > cumbersome, since I sometimes want to copy a part of this document to > an email)? Or maybe there's yet another way of handling this? So I assume you've got this: - project.org - courseX - covered topics (unsure about this one; not necessary) - topic 1 - task related to topic 1 Either you are OK with this level of headings (I would not care) or you have many different possibilities. 1. Additional Org-mode file(s): see other answers 2. Usage of flat hierarchy - project.org - non-educational - courseX - courseX notes 3. Usage of tags - project.org - X:non-educational: - course material:courseX: - course topics :courseX: - course notes :courseX: Or you can use a combination of these methods or additional methods which do not come to my mind for now. -- mail|git|SVN|photos|postings|SMS|phonecalls|RSS|CSV|XML to Org-mode: > get Memacs from https://github.com/novoid/Memacs < https://github.com/novoid/extract_pdf_annotations_to_orgmode + more on github
Re: [O] Seeking advice on structuring my org-mode file
Matt, this is very useful! I agree with you, I also tend to create several org-mode files for a project that is becoming too large. For example, I keep a separate org-file for each paper or report, another with notes, another with analysis (with R code blocks), etc. One issue is that I use lots of TODO statemens in my files, and when org-mode files multiply it starts to become difficult to keep the agenda files list updated. To do this I use this snippet that I found somewhere (I do not remember exactly where). This includes all org-files in a specific directory (in my case my "Documents" directory) in the agenda files list. #+begin_src lisp ;;-- ;; Load org agenda files ;;-- ; Do not add agenda files "by hand" (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-c["'undefined) (org-defkey org-mode-map "\C-c]"'undefined)) 'append) (load-library "find-lisp") (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook (lambda () (setq org-agenda-files (find-lisp-find-files "/home/julian/Documents" "\.org$")) )) #+end_src With this I can create org-files to my heart's content and I know that all TODOs statements will show up in the agenda. All the best, Julian -- Julian Mariano Burgos, PhD Hafrannsóknastofnunin/Marine Research Institute Skúlagata 4, 121 Reykjavík, Iceland Sími/Telephone : +354-5752037 Bréfsími/Telefax: +354-5752001 Netfang/Email: jul...@hafro.is Matt Lundin writes: > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> I have an Org-mode file with notes concerning a large project connected >> with teaching at my university. One of the headlines is dedicated to >> one particular course, where I am part of a group developing a concept >> of this course. So, one subheadline is devoted to that. Yet another >> (subsub)headline is a list if my proposals of things that should be >> covered during that course, and now it needs 3 more levels down. >> Summing it up: I have 5 levels of headlines and now I need a sixth >> one. So, my question is: what are good practices of other Org-moders? >> Do you push such a monster to an external file and just include a link >> to it? > > If a file grows to large, I simply create a new one. In this instance, I > would recommend creating a separate file for each course. > > Below you'll find a very hackish helper function that I use to generate > a new file from a headline. It leaves a link to the new file in the > original location. > > Best, > Matt > > --8<---cut here---start->8--- > (defun my-org-file-from-headline (file) > (interactive >(list > (completing-read "File: " > (mapcar 'file-name-nondirectory >(file-expand-wildcards "~/org/*.org")) > nil nil))) > (unless (string-match "\\.org$" file) > (error "Not an org file")) > (save-excursion > (beginning-of-line) > (unless (org-at-heading-p) > (error "Not on a headline"))) > (let* ((exists (file-exists-p file)) > (ftags (append > (list (file-name-sans-extension file)) > (mapcar 'substring-no-properties org-file-tags))) > (headline (nth 4 (org-heading-components))) > (org-archive-reversed-order t) > (org-archive-location (concat file "::")) > (org-archive-save-context-info nil)) > (org-archive-subtree) > (save-excursion (insert "* [[file:" file "][" file "]] - " headline "\n")) > (find-file file) > (goto-char (point-min)) > (save-excursion > (if (re-search-forward "#\\+FILETAGS:\\(.*\\)$" nil t) > (progn > (save-match-data > (setq ftags > (mapconcat 'identity >(org-uniquify > (append ftags > (split-string > (substring-no-properties > (match-string 1) " "))) > (replace-match (concat "#+FILETAGS: " ftags))) > (insert "#+FILETAGS: " (mapconcat 'identity ftags " ") "\n")) > (goto-char (point-min)) > (unless (re-search-forward "#\\+CATEGORY:\\(.*\\)$" nil t) > (insert "#+CATEGORY: " (file-name-sans-extension file) "\n")) > (goto-char (point-min)) > (when (re-search-forward "^Archived entries from file.+\n" nil t) > (replace-match "" > (write-file file)) > --8<---cut here---end--->8---
Re: [O] Seeking advice on structuring my org-mode file
Marcin Borkowski writes: > I have an Org-mode file with notes concerning a large project connected > with teaching at my university. One of the headlines is dedicated to > one particular course, where I am part of a group developing a concept > of this course. So, one subheadline is devoted to that. Yet another > (subsub)headline is a list if my proposals of things that should be > covered during that course, and now it needs 3 more levels down. > Summing it up: I have 5 levels of headlines and now I need a sixth > one. So, my question is: what are good practices of other Org-moders? > Do you push such a monster to an external file and just include a link > to it? If a file grows to large, I simply create a new one. In this instance, I would recommend creating a separate file for each course. Below you'll find a very hackish helper function that I use to generate a new file from a headline. It leaves a link to the new file in the original location. Best, Matt --8<---cut here---start->8--- (defun my-org-file-from-headline (file) (interactive (list (completing-read "File: " (mapcar 'file-name-nondirectory (file-expand-wildcards "~/org/*.org")) nil nil))) (unless (string-match "\\.org$" file) (error "Not an org file")) (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (unless (org-at-heading-p) (error "Not on a headline"))) (let* ((exists (file-exists-p file)) (ftags (append (list (file-name-sans-extension file)) (mapcar 'substring-no-properties org-file-tags))) (headline (nth 4 (org-heading-components))) (org-archive-reversed-order t) (org-archive-location (concat file "::")) (org-archive-save-context-info nil)) (org-archive-subtree) (save-excursion (insert "* [[file:" file "][" file "]] - " headline "\n")) (find-file file) (goto-char (point-min)) (save-excursion (if (re-search-forward "#\\+FILETAGS:\\(.*\\)$" nil t) (progn (save-match-data (setq ftags (mapconcat 'identity (org-uniquify (append ftags (split-string (substring-no-properties (match-string 1) " "))) (replace-match (concat "#+FILETAGS: " ftags))) (insert "#+FILETAGS: " (mapconcat 'identity ftags " ") "\n")) (goto-char (point-min)) (unless (re-search-forward "#\\+CATEGORY:\\(.*\\)$" nil t) (insert "#+CATEGORY: " (file-name-sans-extension file) "\n")) (goto-char (point-min)) (when (re-search-forward "^Archived entries from file.+\n" nil t) (replace-match "" (write-file file)) --8<---cut here---end--->8---
[O] Seeking advice on structuring my org-mode file
Hi all, I have an Org-mode file with notes concerning a large project connected with teaching at my university. One of the headlines is dedicated to one particular course, where I am part of a group developing a concept of this course. So, one subheadline is devoted to that. Yet another (subsub)headline is a list if my proposals of things that should be covered during that course, and now it needs 3 more levels down. Summing it up: I have 5 levels of headlines and now I need a sixth one. So, my question is: what are good practices of other Org-moders? Do you push such a monster to an external file and just include a link to it? Or do you just live with 6-level structure (which is a bit cumbersome, since I sometimes want to copy a part of this document to an email)? Or maybe there's yet another way of handling this? Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam Mickiewicz University
