From: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>
To: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Is there any orgmode ChangeLog workalike (with enhancements)?
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:06:24 -0700 [thread overview]
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I have come up with something simple that works:
("X" "ChangeLog README" entry (file+datetree "./00_README.org") "* %?
\n %U \n %f" :prepend t)
It looks like it will grow quickly into a long file, with four lines for
each entry. For now, it's exactly what I needed. Proof of my instinct
that 95% of the time, when I reach out for help, I almost immediately find
a solution on my own.
I apology for wasted space and time.
Alan Davis
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:06 AM Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote:
> [I posted almost this exact message to emacs-help by mistake.]
>
> Many times I have envisioned having an org-mode function that works
> similarly to ChangeLog, to save notes as something like a 00_README.org
> file in-place, in any directory in which I am working. Maybe my
> imagination has just escaped me, and something either already exists or is
> so trivial as to have escaped my notice.
>
> I almost laughed when I saw a ChangeLog exists for the latest org release,
> but then thought that ChangeLog is so perfect and ubiquitous as it should
> not be replaced.
>
> However, for my plethora of little projects, scattered all over my home
> directory tree, it would be excellent to have a capture template to do this
> sort of thing, and store to any existing such file in the current
> directory, and be picked up readily by some simple keystroke. As an
> example, I might be working on a graph of today's tides, in a new folder,
> and work away, and when all is said and done, make a note and add it to the
> 00_README.org file. These would be convenient to find without digging
> through a lot of cruft (and I have a lot of cruft).
>
> It seems ChangeLog may sometimes save to a directory a the head of a tree
> of directories, though I'm not sure. Perhaps an option would enable this
> to be done for a limited number of levels.
>
> Certainly something like this must have been implemented. I think the
> main trick might be to use the current directory, and use many files with
> the same filename scattered around all over the place.
>
> I turn to the list out of a sense that I have already wasted enough time
> on trying to search for something of this nature.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Alan Davis
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> The use of corrupt manipulations and blatant rhetorical ploys ...---
> outright lying, flagwaving, personal attacks, setting up phony
> alternatives, misdirection, jargon-mongering, evading key issues, feigning
> disinterested objectivity, willful misunderstanding of other points of
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>
> ---- Edward Tufte (in context of making presentations)
>
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[Fill in the blanks]
The use of corrupt manipulations and blatant rhetorical ploys ...---
outright lying, flagwaving, personal attacks, setting up phony
alternatives, misdirection, jargon-mongering, evading key issues, feigning
disinterested objectivity, willful misunderstanding of other points of
view---suggests that ... lacks both credibility and evidence.
---- Edward Tufte (in context of making presentations)
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-24 18:06 Is there any orgmode ChangeLog workalike (with enhancements)? Alan E. Davis
2019-09-24 20:06 ` Alan E. Davis [this message]
2019-09-25 7:05 ` Colin Baxter
2019-09-25 13:39 ` Uwe Brauer
2019-09-25 16:16 ` Alan E. Davis
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