From: Diego Zamboni <diego@zzamboni.org>
To: Meng Weng Wong <mengwong@gmail.com>
Cc: Org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: org-mode as a logging target
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:09:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGY83EfwseF0QhRDsGRJDHFM3ENRo8GRA3AOH0aEFTG=RRZB4A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+r+iyjw9wN7JycJ8SSZutpfksip_7sCdrcQ50Eb6LDTUAJXqw@mail.gmail.com>
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This is actually pretty cool! Thanks for the tip,
--Diego
On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 5:39 PM Meng Weng Wong <mengwong@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been enjoying a featherweight alternative to log levels, made
> possible by org-mode.
>
> Try this the next time you write a little throwaway command-line utility
> script:
>
> Step 1: Add asterisks to the front of your printf traces.
>
> Step 2: Tee your STDOUT / STDERR to a file named log.org
>
> Step 3: Open the log file in org-mode.
>
> Step 4: Rejoice!
>
> Optional: You can tail the logfile with M-x auto-revert-mode.
>
> This illustration uses a Github scraper as an example:
> https://github.com/mengwong/git-scrape
> https://twitter.com/mengwong/status/1274236595109982208
>
> This is no substitute for real structured logging, of course :)
>
> That is all.
>
>
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2020-06-20 7:37 org-mode as a logging target Meng Weng Wong
2020-06-21 19:09 ` Diego Zamboni [this message]
2020-06-21 19:25 ` Russell Adams
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