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From: swflint@flintfam.org (Samuel W. Flint)
To: Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: records/diary/journal?
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 10:42:06 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877frqgjht.fsf@turing.flintfam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5569D65D.6000504@pfdstudio.com> (Peter Davis's message of "Sat, 30 May 2015 11:25:17 -0400")

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Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:

> Over time, I keep finding more and more uses for org-mode. It's now my
> main tool for keeping an agenda/todo list, and for writing informal
> documents including images, GraphViz diagrams, etc. And I still
> haven't scratched the surface.
>
> Years ago, I used records-mode as a quick way to keep notes about what
> I did each day, so I could refer to them later. I haven't found an
> org-mode substitute for that. Is there some feature of combination of
> features that let's me enter notes arranged by date, create links to
> earlier notes referencing the same terms, etc.?

Capture!  This is what it's meant for!  I'd use the Date-tree style
templates.  And don't forget about tags/categories for searching.

>
> Thank you.
>
> -pd

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HTH,

Sam

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-30 15:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-30 15:25 records/diary/journal? Peter Davis
2015-05-30 15:42 ` Samuel W. Flint [this message]
2015-05-31 12:11   ` records/diary/journal? Peter Davis

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