From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl Voit Subject: Re: speed keys for plain lists? Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 09:30:33 +0200 Message-ID: <2016-05-18T09-11-58@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> References: <87eg9bck3t.fsf@mbork.pl> <153f4aedb6cc4ab181e9a168513c4a49@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> <87y47jf4vs.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <2016-05-10T10-20-32@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Reply-To: Karl Voit Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49581) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2vwP-0001i0-CF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2016 03:30:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2vwK-0007TS-4A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2016 03:30:48 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:52356) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b2vwJ-0007TN-T0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2016 03:30:44 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1b2vwI-0007Tj-0L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2016 09:30:42 +0200 Received: from friends.grml.info ([136.243.234.19]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 May 2016 09:30:41 +0200 Received: from news1142 by friends.grml.info with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 May 2016 09:30:41 +0200 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org * Bill White wrote: > > Here's a sample of my second iteration. A poor man's database - still > pure orgmode and still plain text, but easily parsable: > > - main word|subordinate word, subdivided into grammatical relations A, B, C, &c. > - identification > - main form :: Abbacy > - obsolete † :: no > - non-naturalized ‖ :: no > - pronunciation :: æ•băsi > - part of speech :: substantive > - specification :: none > - status :: default > - spellings :: 5-6 abbasy, 6-7 abbacie > - inflections :: none > - [morphology] > - derivation (etymology) :: A modification of the earlier > ABBATIE, assimilated to forms like prelacy, mediaeval Latin > -acia, -atia. > - subsequent form-history :: > - miscellaneous facts :: > - TODO: significations & illustrative quotations I am certainly not thinking of all of your use-cases. However, here is a possible alternative «solution» with headings. Just being curious: What disadvantages do you see here compared to lists? *** main word|subordinate word, subdivided into grammatical relations A, B, C, &c. :PROPERTIES: ## or: :identification:-drawer :mainform: Abbacy :obsolete: no :nonnaturalized: no :pronunciation: æ•basi :partofspeech: substantive :specification: none :status: default :spellings: 5-6 abbasy, 6-7 abbacie :...OR...: :spelling: 5-6 abbasy :spelling: 6-7 abbacie :inflections: none :END: #+COMMENT: Previous list as properties does have multiple advantages #+COMMENT: such as column view (+ corresponding edit functionality) #+COMMENT: Following lines seem to contain potential multi-line #+COMMENT: text which does not qualify to be handled well in properties: - [morphology] - derivation (etymology) :: A modification of the earlier ABBATIE, assimilated to forms like prelacy, mediaeval Latin -acia, -atia. - subsequent form-history :: - miscellaneous facts :: **** TODO: significations & illustrative quotations #+COMMENT: I personally prefer todos that can possible get SCHEDULED #+COMMENT: and/or DEADLINE dates to be headings. -- mail|git|SVN|photos|postings|SMS|phonecalls|RSS|CSV|XML to Org-mode: > get Memacs from https://github.com/novoid/Memacs < https://github.com/novoid/extract_pdf_annotations_to_orgmode + more on github