From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: org-annotate/collaboration? Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:07:00 -0800 Message-ID: <87fujnuigr.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87wpd02b3s.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36964) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cbws0-0008Lq-SD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:07:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cbwrw-0007GS-RW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:07:16 -0500 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=49150 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cbwrw-0007GC-LF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:07:12 -0500 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cbwrm-0001bN-Ur for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:07:02 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org "Alan E. Davis" writes: > I am looking for something a little different than this: annotated ls > listings. I have been searching blindly for years for this. > > Back in the 90s was a Dos clone called 4dos, which featured directory > listings with annotations, such that typing whatever the command was > (dir?), gave a listing with the file name just like "dir" but also a > description of the file. > > It was exceedingly useful for me, in keeping track of a large number > of files. I have never seen anything like it. > > Could org-annotate fulfill at least part of this requirement? (I have > posted to this list a similar question quite some years ago.) org-annotate could do the annotation part of it, but really that part pales compared to the challenge of creating and maintaining directory listings in Org. Doing it once would be easy, but tracking additions/deletions/renames in the directory sounds like a *lot* of work, not to mention making sure the annotations follow the correct entry. I suppose if you *only* edited the directory listing through custom commands you implement from Org mode you could keep it under control, but still... Some challenges energize you when you start imaging how to solve them. Others make you exhausted just thinking about them! Eric