Re: idea for capture anywhere in x

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

I understand that by changing habits one can do many things. Just as
user may use Emacs Window Manager, and everything is solved.

> I do not mind, but nobody has created a more generic solution that Org can
> use as a base to implement its features. That is why I wrote

Capturing information is just matter of connecting dots. Win those who
have best integration. Org is far from having best
integration. Running Emacs server is not easy. Last Emacs survey has
shown that just few users use it.

Look here the count of users:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=notes

Org Capture is 603 users, versus Firefox standard notes. Integration
is what matters.

I use this extension:
https://github.com/vifon/org-protocol-for-firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/org-protocol/

It has 45 users. It works for me without problem.

Of course I do not enter information in Org, but into PostgreSQL
database, as not to waste time and efforts later.

> > I don't know which quoted text you mean and how to add page URL to
> > quoted text.
> 
> I mean a note consisting of page title, page URL, and a quote with text
> selected on the page. Firefox exposes URL to selection, but I consider a
> browser extension as a better variant. You mentioned one extension, another
> one is https://github.com/sprig/org-capture-extension/
> 
> > > Plain text files stored in a version control system allows to review
> > > changes done at specific time interval.
> > 
> > To use version control system is non-trivial. To use Emacs is
> > non-trivial. Org, anything. What is trivial is to use simple
> > applications how they are designed on mobile devices.
> 
> Backups, history of changes, and compatibility over decades may be serious
> issues with "simple applications".

Emacs Lisp is just glue to PostgreSQL, so I never had problem with
compatibility of SQL to some newer versions, that is why there are
standards involved.

-- 
Jean

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