From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Compare Note Taking Apps and Emacs. Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 17:45:47 +0200 Message-ID: <87ilajhnbo.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <87sf9ohex6.fsf@dataswamp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8845"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:R7baib5geMwGgbGZgCXyxftwBSc= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 17 14:34:55 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qLNRH-000202-Sw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:34:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qLNQZ-00028B-7X; Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:34:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qL3wa-0002yQ-CM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:45:56 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qL3wY-000516-Kg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2023 11:45:56 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qL3wW-0006VW-I5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jul 2023 17:45:52 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:34:09 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:144293 Archived-At: > There was a popular application for Windows (sounds more > like MacOS but I think it was Windows), this application > gained some fame and for some time there wasn't, maybe still > isn't a FOSS Unix equivalent up to strength really up there > to compete, this despite the seemingly trivial task of > putting up notes. > > But for us that are used to using text files in an editor for > everything, I guess Emacs is number one for taking notes > as well. But, can you do _this_ in the popular note apps? [Actually, the software of choise here would be a spreadsheet, which we have in-house in Emacs for that matter. But, doing it in Elisp just makes it more interesting and fun! See also how much fun you can have with the interesting mini/sub-language of `cl-loop', but it is an acquired taste.] ;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*- ;; ;; this file: ;; https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/tent.el (require 'cl-lib) (when nil (cl-loop with gear = '( ("tent" 2530) ("sleeping bag" 1215) ("sleeping pad" 895) ("comic book" 605) ("rubber mallet" 460) ("head torch 3*AAA" 110) ("bottle" 100) ("firelighter" 58) ("flashlight 1*AAA" 33) ("lighter" 22) ("knife" nil) ("spiritmethylated spirit" nil) ("trangia" nil) ) with weight = 0 with items = (length gear) for (_ w) in gear do (when (numberp w) (cl-incf weight w) ) finally return (format "items: %s\nweight: %s g" items weight) )) (provide 'tent) -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal