From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: gnus org and tags Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:02:37 -0400 Message-ID: <871szk9qzm.fsf@gmail.com> References: <877f9cll7l.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <878ttsa4jb.fsf@mat.ucm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34424) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buiTy-00013c-4P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:03:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buiTu-00055I-7i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:03:45 -0400 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=59426 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buiTu-00052c-1X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:03:42 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1buiTN-0002jo-0x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 18:03:09 +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 Uwe Brauer writes: >>>> "Eric" == Eric S Fraga writes: > > > On Wednesday, 12 Oct 2016 at 08:42, Uwe Brauer wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> I would like to add to certain messages (which I read via gnus and the > >> imap protocol) tags so that searching is simplified. Is there a way to > >> do that using the org tags engine? Gnorb would be a candidate but that > >> feature is listed in the TODO list. > > > Might not be what you want but I turn this inside out and use org > > capture to create notes, with tags, that link back to the email > > message. I then use org to search etc. with C-c C-o to get back to the > > email. > > Yes I sometimes to that as well but then I tend to forgot where I put > that information etc. So I really prefer the other way around. > > > I have a single notes.org file (not an agenda file), where I do exactly what Eric described and I have defined keys to get to it fast: no more "where did I put that scrap of information" - well, not true: if I were perfectly disciplined that would be the case, but since I am not, I sometimes have to go hunt down that scrap; but the process is painful enough that once I find it, it goes into notes.org, no ifs, ands or buts ;-) -- Nick