* Is there any orgmode ChangeLog workalike (with enhancements)? @ 2019-09-24 18:06 Alan E. Davis 2019-09-24 20:06 ` Alan E. Davis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Alan E. Davis @ 2019-09-24 18:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: org-mode [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2089 bytes --] [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 -- [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) [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2841 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there any orgmode ChangeLog workalike (with enhancements)? 2019-09-24 18:06 Is there any orgmode ChangeLog workalike (with enhancements)? Alan E. Davis @ 2019-09-24 20:06 ` Alan E. Davis 2019-09-25 7:05 ` Colin Baxter 2019-09-25 13:39 ` Uwe Brauer 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Alan E. Davis @ 2019-09-24 20:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: org-mode [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3132 bytes --] 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 > -- > [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) > > > -- [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) [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 4622 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there any orgmode ChangeLog workalike (with enhancements)? 2019-09-24 20:06 ` Alan E. Davis @ 2019-09-25 7:05 ` Colin Baxter 2019-09-25 13:39 ` Uwe Brauer 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Colin Baxter @ 2019-09-25 7:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alan E. Davis; +Cc: org-mode >>>>> Alan E Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> writes: > I have come up with something simple that works: ("X" "ChangeLog > README" entry (file+datetree "./00_README.org") "* %? \n %U \n > %f" :prepend t) This is a nice solution. Depending on the your version of org-mode, you may get a depreciation warning on file+datetree. If you do then change it to file+olp+datetree. Best wishes, -- Colin Baxter www.Colin-Baxter.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG fingerprint: 68A8 799C 0230 16E7 BF68 2A27 BBFA 2492 91F5 41C8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Since mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself. A. Einstein ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there any orgmode ChangeLog workalike (with enhancements)? 2019-09-24 20:06 ` Alan E. Davis 2019-09-25 7:05 ` Colin Baxter @ 2019-09-25 13:39 ` Uwe Brauer 2019-09-25 16:16 ` Alan E. Davis 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Uwe Brauer @ 2019-09-25 13:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-orgmode [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 595 bytes --] >>> "AED" == Alan E Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> writes: > I have come up with something simple that works: > ("X" "ChangeLog README" entry (file+datetree "./00_README.org") "* %? > \n %U \n %f" :prepend t) Thanks I tried this and I obtain Deprecated date/weektree capture templates changed to ‘file+olp+datetree’. org-datetree--find-create: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer README.org<org>> That is why I have only absolute paths in my capture templates, but I find them no appropriate in certain circumstances. Any idea what is wrong here? Uwe Brauer [-- Attachment #2: smime.p7s --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 5025 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there any orgmode ChangeLog workalike (with enhancements)? 2019-09-25 13:39 ` Uwe Brauer @ 2019-09-25 16:16 ` Alan E. Davis 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Alan E. Davis @ 2019-09-25 16:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: org-mode [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2082 bytes --] I am using org-mode installed by the emacs package system: org-plus-contrib. I just updated it this morning: Org mode version 9.2.6 (9.2.6-elpaplus @ /usr/share/emacs/27.0.50/lisp/org/) I have no trouble, so far, running this template. If it is of interest, I am using this also in directories in my Dropbox folder, from my laptop and a desktop machine. I will investigate changes in the template parameters. I am already thinking of another one, to capture a file listing and perhaps enable commenting. That last bit will stymy me. In fact it's all pretty much beyond me, for the moment. I saw a contributed org function to do something similar. Anyway, for now, this template shows promise. It's already easier to save quick notes about an ongoing project. Before org-mode, I used steno.el, to good effect; org-mode, however, is lightyears beyond steno. Thank you for the comments. Alan Davis On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 6:51 AM Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote: > >>> "AED" == Alan E Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> writes: > > > I have come up with something simple that works: > > ("X" "ChangeLog README" entry (file+datetree "./00_README.org") > "* %? > > \n %U \n %f" :prepend t) > > Thanks I tried this and I obtain > > Deprecated date/weektree capture templates changed to ‘file+olp+datetree’. > org-datetree--find-create: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer README.org<org>> > > > > That is why I have only absolute paths in my capture templates, but I > find them no appropriate in certain circumstances. > > Any idea what is wrong here? > > Uwe Brauer > -- [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) [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3189 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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