Re: records-mode ?

[Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>]

Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> writes:

>    Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> writes:
>
>    > After having tried Org Mode, Muse, Howm (a little) they are
>    > really good package but too feature full and none offer a good
>    > indexing system to retrieve informations quickly and easily
>    > (except by adding links here and there).
>
>    How does `outline-mode' feel?  I use it for keeping various notes.
>
> Does it have something like an index of notes to quickly know
> where to retrieve a note/information ? This is a major
> requirement for me. In records-mode, pressing C-c C-j, I have an
> index buffer which shows a list of keywords and the respective
> notes entries (There is something close to this in notes-mode).
>
> The big no-no about records-mode and notes-mode currently is that
> they seem "dead" and unmaintained.
>
> As Bastien said, maybe I am misusing Org. Maybe Org is really
> what I want but concentrating only on the note taking aspect and
> not using planning/todo handling.
>
> As far as I remember, org-mode and remember has turned out very
> good combination by the past _but_, I always feel lost when it
> comes to « searching » informations -ie. I do not like the search
> process.
>
> What I need, if I go back to Org, is a setup like this:
>
> #1. One note page per day classified ala notes-mode (and I also
>     want to have the possibility to have notes not related to dates
>     -ie. independant notes (by, say, subject)
> #2. An index of all my note entries (with quick search on
>     keywords, tags, etc.)
> #3. I want to be able to narrow on a note entry (this is easy in
>     every mode I have tried)
> #4. navigation facilities to previous/next day (as is done by
>     records-mode and notes-mode). This is an important point for
>     my job position.
>
> Free form notes taking is, off course, a _must have_ for me.
>
> Regards,
>
> 	Xavier

Hi, i use planner and it do almost all what you need.
You can take notes for a special project or daily notes
You can link all these notes as you want and yes there is 
an index note with search...etc.
I like also occur to find something in my notes.
You can use narrow and allout in planner-mode but i don't
know if you can narrow just one note (except if you narrow region)
You can also take notes from a file or url or any place with remember.
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