From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Gray Subject: Re: Orgmode for research information management Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:41:52 +0200 Message-ID: <86k533ceb3.fsf@portan.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> References: <2c75873c0906230106h3daf3d34y230845e15dad278e@mail.gmail.com> <86ws73ciqt.fsf@portan.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> <2c75873c0906230451g41b8a2b1v670ecaf75af148b4@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJ5KM-0002yC-TS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:42:19 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJ5KI-0002vF-6Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:42:18 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57899 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MJ5KH-0002v0-P0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:42:13 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:48795 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJ5KH-0005bI-96 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:42:13 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MJ5KA-0000Nk-HK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:42:06 +0000 Received: from portan.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de ([134.169.34.77]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:42:06 +0000 Received: from chrismgray by portan.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:42:06 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Graham Smith wrote: > Chris, > Thanks, but I have a couple of more questions if that's OK >> For me, it works great because it is so easy to use as an outliner. > Do you use tags for particular linked topics or do you just rely on > the outline and drop related information into the same level of the > outline So far I have been using just the outlining capabilities, but tags sounds like a great idea -- I think I'll start doing that too. :) Until now, though, I mostly find the information that I am looking for with isearch. >> However, I still keep all my references in a separate >> database (I use the Zotero plugin for Firefox, which I export to >> bibtex). > Do you keep notes specific to a paper in Zotero, or keep them in > Orgmode. I keep it all in orgmode. I am addicted to the emacs key layout, so it is easier to do the note-taking in emacs than in Firefox. Plus, Zotero doesn't seem so easy to search for me. Cheers, Chris