From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: ?? While taking note, capture a note with reciprocal links to/from current location Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:50:15 -0600 Message-ID: <20120212065015.GA3140@x201> References: <831uq0btb8.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:32807) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RwTGY-0002TE-Qy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:50:31 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RwTGX-0003z0-KZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:50:30 -0500 Received: from jack.asmallorange.com ([74.52.119.82]:42764) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RwTGX-0003yj-Co for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:50:29 -0500 Received: from mff2c36d0.tmodns.net ([208.54.44.255] helo=localhost) by jack.asmallorange.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RwTGS-000BIl-DB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:50:25 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <831uq0btb8.fsf@gmail.com> 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 Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 07:54:03PM -0800, lngndvs@gmail.com wrote: > > I am studying some text in an org file, some comments from a colleague > on a research project. I need to do a little google search about a > term (something that happens quite often). It would be convenient to > produce a note elsewhere, perhaps in a different file, or perhaps > under a different top-level heading in the same file, with a note to > the term where the cursor is (let's say I've selected it as the > region). I want to capture some notes, perhaps some quite copious > notes, and when done I would like reciprocal links to bind these > bits. Then I can take some good notes on the terms or the topic in > my colleague's notes, and return, and so forth. > > I could do this, and it's not too difficult. However, it would be > *very* helpful to do this with one capture event. Does a facility > exist for this? > > Let me say that I think it does, and it relates to the %a element of a > template. However, I would like permanent links, say of the > current region to the note resulting from the capture event, and vise > versa. > > I thought of footnotes, but this footnote could end up being a whole > chapter, or a small section, in a report! > > Thank you for any suggestions. I apologize in advance, because I'm > sure this is no challenge for the gurus on this list. > > Alan Davis > > Org-capture. It's a great feature, press a key and take a note to a known location and the template can store date, time, and where you were when the note occurred. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3