Re: emails written in Org Mode

[Joseph Vidal-Rosset <joseph.vidal.rosset@gmail.com>]

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Many thanks for this effort, Eric. I will try to test Gnorb as soon as
possible.

Best wishes

Jo.


2014-07-16 5:03 GMT+02:00 Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>:

> Joseph Vidal-Rosset <joseph.vidal.rosset@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is very interesting indeed. But is there somewhere a good
> > tutorial to read or video to see ? It would be helpful for people who
> > want to use Gnus + Org-mode in optimal way.
>
> Someone asked me about a screencast recently, around the same time that
> I realized the README isn't actually very readable! Part of getting the
> package Elpa-ready will also be writing a proper Info manual.
>
> For the time being, the very basics of email tracking (though Gnorb does
> a lot more) would look like this:
>
> 1. Start by making a TODO which represents a message that you have to
>    send. That could be using plain old capture on an incoming message
>    you want to reply to. Or using gnorb-gnus-outgoing-do-todo on a
>    message while you're composing it. Or just typing out a TODO. One way
>    or the other, you want a TODO heading that contains a mailto link, or
>    a bbdb link, or a gnus message link (or some combination thereof).
>
> 2. Call gnorb-org-handle-mail on that heading. You'll end up composing a
>    message of some sort.
>
> 3. Send the message. You'll be taken back to the original TODO heading,
>    and prompted to take a note or change the TODO state. For example,
>    from EMAIL to WAIT. It's useful to enable state-change logging.
>
> 4. Wait for a reply. When you get it, Gnorb will know (I hope) that the
>    reply is relevant to the original TODO, and will prompt you to call
>    gnorb-gnus-incoming-do-todo on the message. Do that.
>
> 5. Again you'll be taken back to the TODO, and prompted to take a note
>    or change the TODO state -- for example, from WAIT to REPLY. A link
>    to the received message can (and should) be inserted into the
>    state-change drawer.
>
> 6. Go back to step two, and repeat until your email conversation is
>    done.
>
> What it boils down to is calling gnorb-org-handle-mail on your TODO
> heading, and gnorb-gnus-incoming-do-todo on received messages.
> Everything else is gravy. (But there's a lot of gravy!)
>
> The moment something doesn't work the way you like it, look at the
> customization options.
>
> Maybe what I need here is a diagram...
>
> Eric
>
> > 2014-07-15 16:11 GMT+02:00 Alan Schmitt <
> > alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>:
> >
> >     On 2014-07-15 02:57, Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >     > Hadn't have the time to try Gnorb, but the combination of gnus&
> >     org is
> >     > definitely interesting for me.
> >
> >     I highly recommend this library. I haven't scratched the surface,
> >     but
> >     one great "aha" moment was when I was reading in email in gnus
> >     and saw
> >     a message in the minibuffer about a relevant task from my todo
> >     list.
> >
> >     I mostly use it to track "waiting for" sent email: after sending
> >     an
> >     email, with one keystroke I can create a waiting for task with a
> >     link to
> >     the sent email. I also use it to create "reply to" tasks.
> >
> >     Alan
> >
> >     --
> >     OpenPGP Key ID : 040D0A3B4ED2E5C7
>

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