Setup Org-mode to write diary.

Setup Org-mode to write diary.

[stardiviner]

I want to know how to configure Org-mode to write diary with a easy way.
I hope someone can provide his way.

Here is what I think what Org-mode write diary should have.

- [ ] *open/create* a buffer to write current day's diary quickly.
- [ ] *navigate* diary entry like viewing day entries in Calendar.
- [ ] *manage* diary files with some kind of style like (date, folder, etc).
- [ ] *search* diary content.

If you have some hints, welcome to tell me, thanks in advance.

Re: Setup Org-mode to write diary.

[Sharon Kimble]

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stardiviner <numbchild@gmail.com> writes:

> I want to know how to configure Org-mode to write diary with a easy way.
> I hope someone can provide his way.
>
> Here is what I think what Org-mode write diary should have.
>
> - [ ] *open/create* a buffer to write current day's diary quickly.
> - [ ] *navigate* diary entry like viewing day entries in Calendar.
> - [ ] *manage* diary files with some kind of style like (date, folder, etc).
> - [ ] *search* diary content.
>
> If you have some hints, welcome to tell me, thanks in advance.
>
I've kept a diary in org-mode for a year and a half now, like this -
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* July
** 26 Sat
   blah de blah, etc!
   
** 27 Sun
   not yet, it isn't here yet!
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Using that way it is auto-menued [is there such a word? I can't think of
a better way of putting it, sorry!] with "Imenu" so it is easy to go
back to a specific day. But I have found that I can't have more that 3
months worth of postings in a buffer, without things slowing down and
seeming to get slightly corrupted. So at the end of every quarter, I
transfer postings over from "2014a.org" to "2014.org", which isn't very
often used or accessed, but its available if its needed.

Hope it helps
Sharon.
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Re: Setup Org-mode to write diary.

[SabreWolfy]

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas <at> skimble.plus.com> writes:

> But I have found that I can't have more that 3
> months worth of postings in a buffer, without things slowing down and
> seeming to get slightly corrupted.

That would be three main headings and about 30 sub-headings under each,
giving a total of 120 sub-headings. Do you have line-numbering on?

Re: Setup Org-mode to write diary.

[Sharon Kimble]

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SabreWolfy <sabrewolfy@gmail.com> writes:

> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas <at> skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
>> But I have found that I can't have more that 3
>> months worth of postings in a buffer, without things slowing down and
>> seeming to get slightly corrupted.
>
> That would be three main headings and about 30 sub-headings under each,
> giving a total of 120 sub-headings. Do you have line-numbering on?
>
Yes, but I don't take much notice of it. 

Sharon.
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TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk
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Re: Setup Org-mode to write diary.

[SabreWolfy]

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas <at> skimble.plus.com> writes:

> Yes, but I don't take much notice of it. 

See my question and the answers here[1] about slow performance in Org files
when line-numbering is enabled.

[1]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5229705/emacs-org-mode-turn-off-line-numbers

Re: Setup Org-mode to write diary.

[Charles Philip Chan]

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stardiviner <numbchild@gmail.com> writes:

> I want to know how to configure Org-mode to write diary with a easy way.
> I hope someone can provide his way.
>
> Here is what I think what Org-mode write diary should have.
>
> - [ ] *open/create* a buffer to write current day's diary quickly.

Set up a capture template using a date tree. For example, this is taken
directly from section 9.1.3 of the org-mode manual:

,----
| ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
|              "* %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")
`----

> - [ ] *navigate* diary entry like viewing day entries in Calendar.

Use the imenu menu or just fold and unfold the outline.

> - [ ] *manage* diary files with some kind of style like (date, folder,
> etc).  - [ ] *search* diary content.

Add the file to the variable "org-agenda-text-search-extra-files" and/or
set up a custom agenda view to search the file.

Charles

-- 
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consciousness where Mortal Users fear to tread."
(By Matt Welsh)

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Re: Setup Org-mode to write diary.

[numbchild]

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This org-capture looks a way, I want to try it.
But need a more advanced way, because a single file for write diary is
really not a good idea. I will be slow. (I think....)
Maybe add a logic in the org-capture template.

I'm trying this way.

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On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net>
wrote:

> stardiviner <numbchild@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I want to know how to configure Org-mode to write diary with a easy way.
> > I hope someone can provide his way.
> >
> > Here is what I think what Org-mode write diary should have.
> >
> > - [ ] *open/create* a buffer to write current day's diary quickly.
>
> Set up a capture template using a date tree. For example, this is taken
> directly from section 9.1.3 of the org-mode manual:
>
> ,----
> | ("j" "Journal" entry (file+datetree "~/org/journal.org")
> |              "* %?\nEntered on %U\n  %i\n  %a")
> `----
>
> > - [ ] *navigate* diary entry like viewing day entries in Calendar.
>
> Use the imenu menu or just fold and unfold the outline.
>
> > - [ ] *manage* diary files with some kind of style like (date, folder,
> > etc).  - [ ] *search* diary content.
>
> Add the file to the variable "org-agenda-text-search-extra-files" and/or
> set up a custom agenda view to search the file.
>
> Charles
>
> --
> "...Deep Hack Mode--that mysterious and frightening state of
> consciousness where Mortal Users fear to tread."
> (By Matt Welsh)
>

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