From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Davis Subject: Re: records/diary/journal? Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 08:11:19 -0400 Message-ID: <556AFA67.2010809@pfdstudio.com> References: <5569D65D.6000504@pfdstudio.com> <877frqgjht.fsf@turing.flintfam.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44324) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yz25N-0003TI-GI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 08:11:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yz25J-0007nX-Fq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 08:11:25 -0400 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:48051) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yz25J-0007nP-7m for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 08:11:21 -0400 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4B5D20887 for ; Sun, 31 May 2015 08:11:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <877frqgjht.fsf@turing.flintfam.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 5/30/15 11:42 AM, Samuel W. Flint wrote: > Peter Davis writes: > >> Over time, I keep finding more and more uses for org-mode. It's now my >> main tool for keeping an agenda/todo list, and for writing informal >> documents including images, GraphViz diagrams, etc. And I still >> haven't scratched the surface. >> >> Years ago, I used records-mode as a quick way to keep notes about what >> I did each day, so I could refer to them later. I haven't found an >> org-mode substitute for that. Is there some feature of combination of >> features that let's me enter notes arranged by date, create links to >> earlier notes referencing the same terms, etc.? > Capture! This is what it's meant for! I'd use the Date-tree style > templates. And don't forget about tags/categories for searching. Thank you, Samuel. I'll look into it further. -pd -- ---- Peter Davis The Tech Curmudgeon www.techcurmudgeon.com