From: mbork <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-mode for knowledge management
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:40:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5961eb323dd218d61cb71f4a9c831b92@wmi.amu.edu.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87siiwc4gd.wl-n142857@gmail.com>
On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 22:46:58 +0700, Daniel Clemente <n142857@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 1. Every information should have a single location, not two. Mix
sections
> fast if you detect repetitions. Use links extensively (C-c l) to connect
> one header with another, specially after you get lost once. Don't bother
> too much about finding the right place at the first time, you'll
eventually
> reorder or move headers to the correct place.
Yes (except that I don't use links). But the principle is /very/ good:
"for each piece of information, you should know where to look for it: in
the place it /should/ be".
> 2. Use global search (C-a /), you can use regular expressions there. No
> need to use grep.
Yes.
> 3. Use the package „helm“ to get fast access to all headers or to a
> subsection of headers (e.g. the ones you tag). E.g. I use <<<radio>>> to
> give important sections a title. After 1 key you start typing some
letters,
> select with cursors, press ENTER and go to the header.
I don't use (nor want to start) helm; I use Ido, and I'm going to switch
to Icicles some day. But the principle is true.
>> Also, if English is not your native language, consider making notes in
>> English. Whether you like it or not, it has one huge advantage: it's
>> /simple/. Almost no inflections, so grepping English texts is /much/
>> easier than, say, Polish (we have /a lot/ of inflections). (In this
>> regard, Esperanto is even better, though personally I'm not fluent
>> enough in it to make my notes in Esperanto comfortably.)
>
> And I thought I was the only one taking notes in Esperanto! >700 Kb of
> my notes are in Esperanto. Sometimes I invent new words which later I
> don't find by searching, but after I do, I add the new variants of the
> title. It's great for defining strange concepts.
> Inflections are a minor problem in most languages, just use partial
> search or regexp (e.g. in Polish use „słow“ instead of „słowo“,
> „następn.*“ etc.) and you'll find everything. If you want
inflection-free
> languages you'll need Indonesian, Chinese, …
> But I wouldn't force taking notes in a language you don't like, just
use
> the ones you like. („the ones“, in plural).
Well, I don't really use Esperanto (it's been like twenty years since
I've been fluent in it...), but I can see the benefits.
Also, in Polish it's not so simple: not only have you inflections, but
also some changes /inside/ the word (especially with vowels). For
instance, plural genitive of "słowo" ("word") is "słów", so you need
more than e.g. "słow" - you need "sł[oó]w". And this can become tedious
pretty quickly.
> Ĝis!
>
> Daniel
Ĝis!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-10 21:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-09 22:17 org-mode for knowledge management Louis
2014-10-09 23:54 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-10-10 15:46 ` Daniel Clemente
2014-10-10 21:40 ` mbork [this message]
2014-10-10 21:48 ` John Hendy
2014-10-11 2:53 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-12 4:54 ` John Hendy
2014-10-13 2:42 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-13 3:15 ` Daniel Clemente
2014-10-13 5:17 ` Samuel Wales
2014-10-14 3:47 ` Daniel Clemente
2014-10-14 1:14 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-11 11:36 ` Daniel Clemente
2014-10-11 19:45 ` Brady Trainor
2014-10-12 4:29 ` Daniel Clemente
2014-10-12 5:03 ` John Hendy
2014-10-12 7:48 ` Daniel Clemente
2014-10-14 2:14 ` John Hendy
2014-10-10 0:18 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-10-10 2:32 ` Louis
2014-10-10 2:34 ` Louis
2014-10-13 19:29 ` Louis
2014-10-13 19:36 ` Thomas S. Dye
2014-10-13 23:10 ` Louis
2014-10-13 13:11 ` Brett Viren
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