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.
>
>