From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan L Tyree Subject: Re: using org-refile to sort research notes? Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:25:36 +1000 Message-ID: <535DA000.5030901@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------060504060906070304080800" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42589) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeZOF-0006bR-Or for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:25:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeZOC-0004Iy-2O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:25:47 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22c]:45049) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeZOB-0004Ip-HE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 20:25:43 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f44.google.com with SMTP id jt11so3463190pbb.3 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 17:25:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.1] (202.63.32.163.static.rev.eftel.com. [202.63.32.163]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id tk5sm30809647pbc.63.2014.04.27.17.25.39 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 27 Apr 2014 17:25:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060504060906070304080800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Jay, C-c [ and C-c ] adds and removes the current file from the agenda list. I can never remember these, so I leave the menus turned on in emacs (makes me a wimp!). BUT: do you really need to do this? It is the way I used to work, but my current book is 600+ pages and I am keeping it and all my research in a single file. By using the 'hoist' C-x n s for a subtree, writing is focussed and yet everything is where I need it. Maybe it won't work for you but I find it very convenient. Cheers, Alan On 28/04/14 08:25, Jay Dixit wrote: > Hello friendly org-mode community, > > I'm using org-mode to research and write a nonfiction book. I have a > large amount of notes and quotes that I now need to sort into separate > files. > > I am creating separate org files, one for each chapter of my > book—chapter-1.org , chapter-2.org > , etc.—with org headings in each one for every > topic/subsection. > > I now want to categorize my notes, moving them from where they > are—i.e. in a set of long, unorganized org files with names like > new-research.org and > more-research-and-notes.org —into > the the chapter files. > > 1. Am I right in thinking that org-refile is the most efficient way to > do this? > 2. What's the best way to do this? Should I add all of my chapter.org > files to the agenda using > org-agenda-file-to-front? I ask because these are not TODO headings, > just headings with notes and quotes, so I'm not sure if using > org-agenda functionality is appropriate. > 3. I am also learning to use org-agenda, so I do have a work.org > file that has my TODO tasks in it. Is there a way to > temporarily remove my work.org TODO headings from > the refile targets for when I'm sorting my book notes? Or is there a > way to have different "projects" with separate sets of refile targets, > one set of agenda files with refile targets for when I'm refiling TODO > tasks, another set of agenda files for when I'm refiling book notes? > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > > Best, > Jay > > --- > Jay Dixit > jaydixit.com > (646) 355-8001 > Facebook Twitter > The New York Writers’ Intensive > > Jay Dixit > > ᐧ -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typhoon@iptel.org --------------060504060906070304080800 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi Jay,
C-c [ and C-c ]  adds and removes the current file from the agenda list. I can never remember these, so I leave the menus turned on in emacs (makes me a wimp!).

BUT: do you really need to do this? It is the way I used to work, but my current book is 600+ pages and I am keeping it and all my research in a single file. By using the 'hoist' C-x n s for a subtree, writing is focussed and yet everything is where I need it.

Maybe it won't work for you but I find it very convenient.

Cheers,
Alan


On 28/04/14 08:25, Jay Dixit wrote:
Hello friendly org-mode community,

I'm using org-mode to research and write a nonfiction book. I have a large amount of notes and quotes that I now need to sort into separate files. 

I am creating separate org files, one for each chapter of my book—chapter-1.org, chapter-2.org, etc.—with org headings in each one for every topic/subsection. 

I now want to categorize my notes, moving them from where they are—i.e. in a set of long, unorganized org files with names like new-research.org and more-research-and-notes.org—into the the chapter files. 

1. Am I right in thinking that org-refile is the most efficient way to do this? 
2. What's the best way to do this? Should I add all of my chapter.org files to the agenda using org-agenda-file-to-front? I ask because these are not TODO headings, just headings with notes and quotes, so I'm not sure if using org-agenda functionality is appropriate.
3. I am also learning to use org-agenda, so I do have a work.org file that has my TODO tasks in it. Is there a way to temporarily remove my work.org TODO headings from the refile targets for when I'm sorting my book notes? Or is there a way to have different "projects" with separate sets of refile targets, one set of agenda files with refile targets for when I'm refiling TODO tasks, another set of agenda files for when I'm refiling book notes? 

Thanks in advance for any advice. 

Best,
Jay

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