org-mode for note taking

org-mode for note taking

[houkensjtu]

Hi emacser!
I have been using debian and emacs for about one year. After I get used to the command line and basic usage of linux system, I decided to learn more deeper in linux. During my study, I found it's hard for me to remember every technical detail about all the things I learned--I need to take notes.

Evernote is popular but it's not supported on linux(also it's proprietary). 

Until I found a youtube video talking about org-mode+github. In this way, basically one can write notes by org-mode, and push it to github, which is almost the same thing evernote does.

However I should say, taking note in org-mode is just not comfortable. I considered why it makes me uncomfortable and here is some of them:
1. I am not familiar with taking notes in plain text file. Usually plain text file means hard to navigate, hard to read, ugly structure, to me. Emacs could handle org file quite well, but WITHOUT emacs, on windows pc, on mobile device, plain txt is just disaster.
2. I don't know how organize all my contents when it become more and more. With a hand writing notebook, I have physical "pages", in Microsoft Word, I also have virtual "pages". In org-mode org file, I don't. It's like my org file is a endless roll of toilet paper(forgive me for being rude)! And I think it's the main reason makes me feels so uncomfortable to handle org file.
3. Hard to import pictures, web pages...into org file.(In fact I don't know how).

Is there any tips or suggestion to overcome these uncomfortable feeling?
Thx in advance!

Re: org-mode for note taking

[Diep Pham Van]

1. I don't know Evernote's file format, but can you use it without Evernote?
2. You can orgnize your notes into tree and subtree, you can use tags. I think
you do not know about org-mode filter capability.
3. Yes, you can, just read the manual.
On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 11:01:18PM -0800, houkensjtu wrote:
> Hi emacser!
> I have been using debian and emacs for about one year. After I get used to the command line and basic usage of linux system, I decided to learn more deeper in linux. During my study, I found it's hard for me to remember every technical detail about all the things I learned--I need to take notes.
>
> Evernote is popular but it's not supported on linux(also it's proprietary).
>
> Until I found a youtube video talking about org-mode+github. In this way, basically one can write notes by org-mode, and push it to github, which is almost the same thing evernote does.
>
> However I should say, taking note in org-mode is just not comfortable. I considered why it makes me uncomfortable and here is some of them:
> 1. I am not familiar with taking notes in plain text file. Usually plain text file means hard to navigate, hard to read, ugly structure, to me. Emacs could handle org file quite well, but WITHOUT emacs, on windows pc, on mobile device, plain txt is just disaster.
> 2. I don't know how organize all my contents when it become more and more. With a hand writing notebook, I have physical "pages", in Microsoft Word, I also have virtual "pages". In org-mode org file, I don't. It's like my org file is a endless roll of toilet paper(forgive me for being rude)! And I think it's the main reason makes me feels so uncomfortable to handle org file.
> 3. Hard to import pictures, web pages...into org file.(In fact I don't know how).
>
> Is there any tips or suggestion to overcome these uncomfortable feeling?
> Thx in advance!

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Re: org-mode for note taking

[Jambunathan K]

There is a separate group for Orgmode users:

    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/

Put forward your proposal there and see what the community has to say.

> Hi emacser!
> I have been using debian and emacs for about one year. After I get
> used to the command line and basic usage of linux system, I decided to
> learn more deeper in linux. During my study, I found it's hard for me
> to remember every technical detail about all the things I learned--I
> need to take notes.
>
> Evernote is popular but it's not supported on linux(also it's proprietary). 
>
> Until I found a youtube video talking about org-mode+github. In this
> way, basically one can write notes by org-mode, and push it to github,
> which is almost the same thing evernote does.
>
> However I should say, taking note in org-mode is just not
> comfortable. I considered why it makes me uncomfortable and here is
> some of them:
> 1. I am not familiar with taking notes in plain text file. Usually
> plain text file means hard to navigate, hard to read, ugly structure,
> to me. Emacs could handle org file quite well, but WITHOUT emacs, on
> windows pc, on mobile device, plain txt is just disaster.
> 2. I don't know how organize all my contents when it become more and
> more. With a hand writing notebook, I have physical "pages", in
> Microsoft Word, I also have virtual "pages". In org-mode org file, I
> don't. It's like my org file is a endless roll of toilet paper(forgive
> me for being rude)! And I think it's the main reason makes me feels so
> uncomfortable to handle org file.
> 3. Hard to import pictures, web pages...into org file.(In fact I don't know how).
>
> Is there any tips or suggestion to overcome these uncomfortable feeling?
> Thx in advance! 
>

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Re: org-mode for note taking

[houkensjtu]

> 2. You can orgnize your notes into tree and subtree, you can use tags. I think
> 
> you do not know about org-mode filter capability.
> 

Could you please be a little bit more explicit on using tree or subtree ...Is there any good tutorial for learning these "skills" for note taking?

Re: org-mode for note taking

[houkensjtu]

On Thursday, November 8, 2012 4:25:40 PM UTC+9, Jambunathan K wrote:
> There is a separate group for Orgmode users:
> 
> 
> 
>     http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/
> 
>     http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/
> 
> 
> 
> Put forward your proposal there and see what the community has to say.
> 
> 
> 
Thanks for useful information.
Just a little bit confused on this mailing list. I subscribed to emacs-orgmode directly through list.gnu.org, what's "gmane" however? I read through the FAQ on gmane homepage and still can't figure out...

Re: org-mode for note taking

[Jay Belanger]

> 1. I am not familiar with taking notes in plain text file. Usually
> plain text file means hard to navigate, hard to read, ugly structure,
> to me. Emacs could handle org file quite well, but WITHOUT emacs, 

Without emacs?  Eek!

> on windows pc, on mobile device, plain txt is just disaster.

There is emacs for windows, and the is mobile org for mobile devices.
See http://orgmode.org/manual/MobileOrg.html

Re: org-mode for note taking

[Oleksandr Gavenko]

On 2012-11-08, houkensjtu wrote:

> Just a little bit confused on this mailing list. I subscribed to
> emacs-orgmode directly through list.gnu.org, what's "gmane" however? I read
> through the FAQ on gmane homepage and still can't figure out...

Gmane is a NNTP gateway to mail lists. But web interface provided.

It is useful to send and receive mails without subscribing to a ton of lists!

Also Gmane host full archives of its list. Before asking question I perform
search on corresponding group (yes Google suck sometimes).

As always try Wikipedia:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmane

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Re: org-mode for note taking

[Oleksandr Gavenko]

On 2012-11-08, houkensjtu wrote:

> However I should say, taking note in org-mode is just not comfortable. I considered why it makes me uncomfortable and here is some of them:
> 1. I am not familiar with taking notes in plain text file. Usually plain text
> file means hard to navigate, hard to read, ugly structure, to me. Emacs could
> handle org file quite well, but WITHOUT emacs, on windows pc, on mobile
> device, plain txt is just disaster.
> 2. I don't know how organize all my contents when it become more and more.
> With a hand writing notebook, I have physical "pages", in Microsoft Word, I
> also have virtual "pages". In org-mode org file, I don't. It's like my org
> file is a endless roll of toilet paper(forgive me for being rude)! And I think
> it's the main reason makes me feels so uncomfortable to handle org file.
> 3. Hard to import pictures, web pages...into org file.(In fact I don't know how).
>
> Is there any tips or suggestion to overcome these uncomfortable feeling?
> Thx in advance! 
>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJTwQvgfgMM

Emacs Org-mode - a system for note-taking and project planning

Google Tech Talks
July 15, 2008

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